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Emma November 10, 2012

Today I made a decision to pivot my life in a new direction. I’m moving to Nashville, Tennessee and joining the Emma family as a Front End Developer. I couldn’t be more excited.

Two years ago, I had the privilege of having my print portfolio reviewed by some designers at Emma as well as getting a tour of their awesome office space (which by the way, they’ve moved and their new space is tops). I left that night with the thought of how fun and interesting it would be to work there. I would have never thought that in Fall 2012, I’d find myself joining the crew with much excitement and eagerness to push the company even further.

I can’t wait to get down to Nashville and get to work.

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Tools of the Trade October 24, 2012

I’ve recently reevaluated the tools and services I use to accomplish the different tasks I’m faced with on a daily basis. I thought it might be helpful to some if I listed everything I use, in both apps, configurations and web services. Let’s get started.

Apps
As part of my reevaluation, a few of my daily apps have changed or become more heavily used:

Configurations
As I’m sure everyone does, I’m very particular on how my apps are setup, not only for better work production, but a more enjoyable experience while working.

Sublime Text 2

{
	"color_scheme": "Packages/Tomorrow Color Schemes/Tomorrow-Night-Eighties.tmTheme",
	"theme": "Soda Dark.sublime-theme",
	"draw_indent_guides": false,
	"open_files_in_new_window": false
}

Terminal

function git_prompt_info() {
  ref=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null) || return
  echo "$(parse_git_dirty)$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX$(current_branch)$ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX"
}

PROMPT='$fg[magenta]⌘ $fg[blue]${PWD/#$HOME/~} $(git_prompt_info)'

ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_PREFIX="[git:"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="] $reset_color"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY="$fg[red]+"
ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN="$fg[green]"

Web Services
I use a handful of web services in my daily workflow, some free and some paid:

So these are the apps and services I used on a daily basis to create websites. I like to reevaulate from time to time because a tool or service is only good if it’s making you work in a way where you produce better work. I’m excited to dive deeper into Sublime Text 2 and really tune it to be the workhorse that I’ve heard about.

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That Was Fun October 14, 2012

It’s been nearly a year since I’ve taught formally. I quickly remembered how tiring it is to project your voice over a classroom for nearly two hours. And I almost forgot how refreshing and inspiring it was to listen to and answer questions that my students had. Sure, it isn’t a for-credit class, but it’s a class where students will immediately take what they’ve learned home and put their new knowledge to work on their personal projects, their business ideas, or as a stepping stone to learning something even greater. And for me…well, it was a chance to try to pass on things I’ve picked up in my short career and hopefully that knowledge transfer will impact one of my students.

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Simple October 8, 2012

The last iteration of my site last nearly two years, which I will proudly claim as a personal record. I had known for a while that I wanted to simplify it even further and of course, add support for all devices instead of my poor 1,000px viewport hack I had before. So I set out this past weekend to refresh my personal site. I ended up moving from static files and Tumblr to WordPress. I’ve been using WordPress a lot lately for clients, and now that I’m teaching another class on the platform, I thought it made sense to build my own site on it. I also hope having these posts on my home page will force me to write more frequently. I’m happy with how everything ended up and it should allow me to focus on some exciting things coming down the pipe.

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Let’s Start Here October 7, 2012

I’m not sure where to start so I’ll start here: a new post for a refreshed site for a renewed spirit.

The last few months, I had lost the drive to create. Every night when it was time for bed, I wasn’t satisfied with anything I had done that day. I thought new relationships could solve it. I thought new work projects could solve it. Hell, I thought eating a different cereal for breakfast would get me out of this rut. Nope. I longed for the feeling of creating something and being honestly giddy at the final product, and the excitement I’ve come to known with so many great projects I’ve been lucky enough to work on. But, with every change nothing changed.

The more I thought about it, the more I tried to rationalize that it was something that would pass in time. But I slowly began to realize it was something that I needed to be proactive about and continously work on. So, I’ve decided to force myself to do a few things.

1. Eat 3 Meals a Day
For far too long, I’ve made it on lunch and dinner skipping arguably the most important meal of the day. Last weekend, I picked up a compact fridge to put in my office to make eating breakfast as easy as possible.

2. Pray and Reflect
I need to stop praying only for the things I want. And while I’m at it, I need to make time for daily reflection, not just when things are extraordinarly good or bad.

3. Read
My stack of books to read has been growing taller and taller (Thanks Scott!) and I need to be reading them instead of dumbing out in front of the television.

4. Create
Whether it’s a personal or client project, writing here, or taking a few hours to mess around on the banjo, I need to express myself.

These may seem silly and insignificant to most, but I think being proactive with a few changes can’t hurt…maybe it’ll put me right back on track.

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