Mind Your Business

Woman At Work

discountblogcity — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:59:46 -0400

Woman At Work: I’ve been a little silent on this blog lately. I’m working on one client...

Made With Paper

discountblogcity — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:42:45 -0400

Made With Paper

discountblogcity — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:39:39 -0400

Made With Paper

Take 2: I wasn’t feeling the first background as much. It...

discountblogcity — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 17:55:39 -0400

Take 2: I wasn’t feeling the first background as much. It was nice but WAY too heavy handed. It was less “sunset” and more “blazing inferno of doom”…

Made With Paper

Sometimes, you can’t leverage what’s on the Internet...

discountblogcity — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:42:47 -0400

Sometimes, you can’t leverage what’s on the Internet due to copyright issues. So, you have to create your own works instead. I needed a background for a client who runs a small business as a massage therapist. A friend suggested that I use a few photos of sunsets. I figured the next best thing was to create something that looked like a sunset.

Made With Paper

Here’s the opportunist approach. The cart pulled up when it’s...

discountblogcity — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:00:11 -0500

Here’s the opportunist approach. The cart pulled up when it’s owner realized there was a captive audience with bored children. This tactic is OK if you have a short term product with a limited window of sales opportunity.

Just in case you need a visual aid, this is what loyalty looks...

discountblogcity — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:55:03 -0500

Just in case you need a visual aid, this is what loyalty looks like…

Loyalty

discountblogcity — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:32:52 -0500

I’m standing in line, freezing with about 70 people (and counting) and learning an important...

"I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare: my..."

discountblogcity — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:24:02 -0500

“I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s; I will not reason and compare:...

Tools of the trade

discountblogcity — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:17:51 -0500

One point I forgot to add on to the post about all the tech available to design web pages these...

Oscar Night

discountblogcity — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:10:19 -0500

I’m also taking a moment to watch the Oscars, as sometimes design inspiration comes out of...

Brain freeze

discountblogcity — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:53:09 -0500

OY! There is so much more information out there since the last time I did a full website build. ...

Reboot

discountblogcity — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:29:45 -0500

Well - it took a wee bit longer than I expected (most things do), but I’m FINALLY at the point...

Some advice

discountblogcity — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:44:53 -0400

From the desk of someone who is WAY too tired after staying up too late to fight with a project plan...

Snapskill: Disrupting Online Education A former colleague of...

discountblogcity — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:58:40 -0400

Snapskill: Disrupting Online Education

A former colleague of mine is starting up this site, so naturally, I had to give him props on a blog about starting, running and surviving your own business.

Amazon FTW

discountblogcity — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:48:41 -0400

I’m a little biased in that I like Amazon and use it on a regular basis. Anything that saves...

We temporarily interrupt this blog...

discountblogcity — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:05:37 -0400

…to work on someone’s resume. It’s something I’ve been casually doing now...

My "AHA!!" Moment

discountblogcity — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:14:36 -0400

I just had a major moment of clarity. I was digging through the App Store on my iPad, trying to find...

Battle on

discountblogcity — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:40:07 -0400

Still fighting with for/while loops. Theory is one thing, execution is another matter. I really do...

Officially Returned

discountblogcity — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:31:27 -0400

Hi - I had to take a little time away from the blog to deal with some of the frustrations of Failure...