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Everything’s cool. Totally cool. Cool.

May 12, 2012

(I wrote this while freaking out the week of my wedding. I’d say this was a healthier choice than most options.) Every time I read Robert Bruce’s post that includes how many steps he walks to his post office, I laugh at what a retard that guy must be. “What a doofus,” I say to [...]

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Friday Night Pitch

May 11, 2012

I’m writing this from Gangplank while watching rehearsals for Extreme Pitch and listening to the steady tray shuffling of the copier. It’s Friday night at 8:07pm. I’m married — my wife runs this place tonight and most days — and I’m nearly 33 years old. The current presenter is telling us about a new graphic [...]

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My Own Little Corner Of The Internet

May 3, 2012

Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void released a book last week. Freedom Is Blogging in Your Underwear is part manifesto, part love letter and part, well, I haven’t figured that out yet. In my own little corner of the internet, I’m king and servant; royalty and commoner. The first read disappointed me. While Hugh’s first two [...]

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Give a ball, get an AZ Diamondbacks experience

April 28, 2012

I’ve been a baseball fan all my life. I’ve attended countless Mariners games at the Kingdome, too few at Safeco, five-ish Spring Training games a year for nine years, and 30 or so Diamondbacks games. I’ve sat in the nosebleed seats, on the outfield seating grass, behind home plate and feet from the dugout. I’ve [...]

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You Are A Writer | Jeff Goins | Book Review

April 26, 2012

People like Jeff Goins piss me off. They say things* like: Choose yourself I started over and it was worth it! It takes more than talent, it takes hard work! I am fabulous and obviously better than you because I did this thing! Being helpful is more important than being clever. It’s enough to make [...]

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World Malaria Day | April 25

April 25, 2012

In Michael Bungay Steiner’s last book End Malaria, he wove together a series of articles from creatives, business leaders and doers of cool things to raise money to end malaria. The proceeds raised from End Malaria went to buy mosquito nets that save lives in countries not as fortunate as most. They raised a great [...]

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Finding Your Way Home

April 22, 2012

“Life is about finding your way home” – Michael Margolis During last week’s Reinvention Summit 2, I was inundated with good ideas from successful people. The presenters shared the process behind the stories they told, showed us how to do this for ourselves, and inspired great many of the attendees to share their personal tales. [...]

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Wordcamp Phoenix 2012

April 16, 2012

After attending Wordcamp Phoenix 2011, and hearing from multiple sources it was not only the best WordPress conference but best Phoenix-area conference they’d ever attended, I felt bad. Not bad in that I didn’t have a good time, because it was great. I gave a short presentation, attended a bunch of sessions, met some cool [...]

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Get Your Storytelling On | My First Webinar

April 12, 2012

(Disclosure: all links to Reinvention Summit 2 are affiliate links, including that one.) When my dad was laid off three years ago, I tried my damndest to help him get a better job. I told him to blog, to tweet, to use Facebook, to update his LinkedIn profile and to go to as many networking [...]

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TEDxPhoenixSalon – Failure Is My Muse

April 9, 2012

I’ve longed dreamed of being worthy of a TED selection. Every time I watch a talk online, I’m reminded that there are tons of smart people doing a ton of amazing things. Some of them fell into their fields, others prepared for such, but each presenter shares a passion about what it is they do. [...]

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