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• 07.01.08
  Lessons Learned on a Project in Paradise, Part 2: Traveling 100% is Good Up to a Certain Point   Personal, Professional (0)

  St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands was the destination for my last assignment. A company for which we did work for wanted our help, and I was staffed to assist with User Experience work. On the surface, this was fantastic for a number of reasons: despite living in the warmer, central Texas climate, I [...]

• 06.30.08
  Lessons Learned on a Project in Paradise, Part 1: An Introduction & Summary   Personal, Professional (0)

  The last five months have proven to be the most interesting and challenging, both personally and professionally, in my life. Not only did I have to deal with personal relationship issues, but also the project on which I was staffed was wrought with many problems that tested me in a number of ways. Could I [...]

• 06.24.08
  13 Ways to Guarantee Project Failure   Professional (4)

  It’s hard to believe that, after a number of years working with project-based teams, the greatest lessons learned are hardly ever remembered from project to project. Most of the mistakes made are avoided simply by treating your project team right, trusting a proven process to run its course, setting and managing expectations accordingly, and learning [...]

• 05.12.08
  Legislation to Eschew Obfuscation   Professional (0)

  If you’ve ever been confused by any document put out by the U.S. Federal Government, then you should be happy to know that the House of Representatives recently passed the Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2008. Of course, why an Act had to be drafted for something so… logical… is beyond me, but [...]

• 05.05.08
  Qualities of Wonderful Markup   Professional (0)

  Everyone has their own philosophy of how markup should be written, and I am no exception. Over time, I have strived to make sure that what I write can be described as follows:

  Browser Agnostic
  Semantically Correct
  Forward Thinking
  Well Documented
  Self Contained

  Clearly, these are ideal qualities that always seem to be challenged on every project, mostly around the existence [...]

• 04.29.08
  Submit Your Panel Ideas for SXSW Interactive 2009   Professional (0)

  Those who wish to have a chance at presenting at next year’s SXSW Interactive conference should be prepared to submit panel ideas starting on June 2. While this process will last through July 11, I encourage those who are interested to really think about what they want to present. Think of it as [...]

• 04.25.08
  Between Posts   Personal, Professional (0)

  The last blog entry I posted had to do with some networking event in Boston that I didn’t even bother to attend. That was when I lived in Boston, over a year ago. A lot has happened since then. One relationship, one move, and three clients later, I find myself working on a project in [...]

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• Lessons Learned on a Project in Paradise, Part 2: Traveling 100% is Good Up to a Certain Point
• Lessons Learned on a Project in Paradise, Part 1: An Introduction & Summary
• 13 Ways to Guarantee Project Failure
• Legislation to Eschew Obfuscation
• A Good Mixtape Website, Like Breaking Up, is Hard to Do