Month: April 2017
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Creating Consistently
Read more…: Creating Consistently“Piece of pie.” — Donatello Creating is awesome. Creating consistently is even better. Here are some strategies for being consistent in your creative endeavors. I’ve spent the last month blogging every day, but this isn’t the first time I’ve regularly put stuff out online. I posted every single day in 2010 and I’ve averaged a post a…
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Creating Consistently
Read more…: Creating ConsistentlyCreating is awesome. Creating consistently is even better. Here are some strategies for being consistent in your creative endeavors.
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Five Things You Didn’t Know About the Hudson River
Read more…: Five Things You Didn’t Know About the Hudson River1. The Hudson is a Tidal Estuary Twice a day the waters of the Atlantic rise higher than the levels of the Hudson. At high tide, salt water pushes up the Hudson, raising the water levels. When the tide goes back out, the Hudson switches back to its normal flow direction back out to sea. The…
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Why I Set Personal Deadlines
Read more…: Why I Set Personal DeadlinesWe all understand the importance of setting deadlines at work. Everything revolves around intentionally set deadlines and there are consequences if they aren’t met. Deadlines are a useful tool at work to keep progress moving forward. If there were no deadlines and no consequences for missing them, how many projects would realistically get done? Apply…
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Why I Set Personal Deadlines
Read more…: Why I Set Personal DeadlinesWe all understand the importance of setting deadlines at work. Everything revolves around intentionally set deadlines and there are consequences if they aren’t met. Deadlines are a useful tool at work to keep progress moving forward. If there were no deadlines and no consequences for missing them, how many projects would realistically get done?
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Running Zapier Actions During Business Hours Only
Read more…: Running Zapier Actions During Business Hours OnlyTwo weeks ago I had a problem I wanted to solve with Zapier: Only running a particular Zapier action during business hours and delaying everything that happens outside of business hours until the next day. I tried multiple approaches to make this happen, but each one fell short: Filtering up front for business hours meant…
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HTML and CSS Basics for WordPress
Read more…: HTML and CSS Basics for WordPressResources for WordPress users who want to use HTML and CSS to alter the structure, look, and feel of their themes, posts, and pages.
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When is the last time you sent a Thank You note?
Read more…: When is the last time you sent a Thank You note?Sending a thank you note is one of those pieces of common wisdom we always hear, yet an astonishingly low number of people actually do it.
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Yes, There are Stupid Questions
Read more…: Yes, There are Stupid QuestionsI field a lot of questions. I’m sure you do, too. In a single day I might get asked about technology recommendations, programming syntax, software integrations, business processes, locating files, and how to set up WordPress. I don’t mind answering these questions, and I try to do so quickly and politely. Here’s the kicker: At…
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Yes, There are Stupid Questions
Read more…: Yes, There are Stupid QuestionsYou should never ask someone else a question without first attempting to answer it on your own.
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Get the Most out of Your Kindle with These 4 Tools
Read more…: Get the Most out of Your Kindle with These 4 ToolsTake screenshots, get reading statistics, export your highlights, and remove the ads from your Kindle 1. Screenshots Did you know that you can take screenshots on most recent Kindles? This is useful for quickly sharing a passage, showing an editor or developer a display issue, and sharing tips in an article like this one. To take…
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Taking a Day Trip to Joshua Tree from LA
Read more…: Taking a Day Trip to Joshua Tree from LAPhoto courtesy of the National Park Service Are you visiting LA for a few days and want to get out to see Joshua Tree? Taking a day trip from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree National Park is completely doable as long as you plan ahead. Here is what you need to know. What you’ll need A full…
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My WordPress Stack
Read more…: My WordPress StackHere are the tools, hosts, themes, and plugins I use to build WordPress sites quickly and get the most out of them after they launch.
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The Afternoon Check-in
Read more…: The Afternoon Check-inOn January 5, I started using Exist.io to rate each day from 1–5 and jot down a few notes about the day. The scale is pretty simple: 1: Terrible 2: Bad 3: Okay 4: Good 5: Perfect At the end of the month I looked back at the data I collected and I was a…
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The Afternoon Check-in
Read more…: The Afternoon Check-inTwo and a half months ago I started asking myself two simple questions every afternoon and I’ve seen a clear improvement in my mood as a direct result. Don’t take your mood as a given. You are in control and can take actions to improve it.
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How to Hit Reset and Keep Going
Read more…: How to Hit Reset and Keep GoingWe’ve all been there: It is 4:30pm, our energy is low, we have at least four hours of work left to do, and we feel like giving up and taking a nap. In that moment, we must make a critical decision: Do we keep going and get our work done or throw in the towel,…
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How to Hit Reset and Keep Going
Read more…: How to Hit Reset and Keep GoingWe’ve all been there: It is 4:30pm, our energy is low, we have at least four hours of work left to do, and we feel like giving up and taking a nap. Here is what I do to hit reset and keep going.
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My Setup and Tools
Read more…: My Setup and ToolsI often get asked about what I use to get my work done. This post will be updated regularly with my current toolkit and setup.
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Adding Full Width Front Page Widgets to Genesis Themes
Read more…: Adding Full Width Front Page Widgets to Genesis ThemesMost Genesis themes don’t allow content to go edge-to-edge out of the box. Here’s how to add a new full width widget area to your Genesis theme.