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Cory Miller on the Power of Smiles
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Cory says smiles are free and in his words: I could feel the warmth, the acceptance, the recognition back to me. Little pings from one human to another. And it felt … good. Really good. The light of others humans signaling to me and a resonating glow turned on inside of me. I try to
Shawn Blanc on Overwhelm
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed, then perhaps you feel as though you have been given too much. In fact, you’ve been given so much that you’re to the point of feeling buried and drown beneath a huge mass of stuff — from urgent issues, undone tasks, incoming requests of your time and energy, and more. And
Evernote makes me sad
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There is a good discussion here by Steve Dotto and Francesco D’Alessio on what is happening with Evernote. Years ago I would have said that Evernote changed my workflow. It made so so much easier. I loved it, and I don’t use it anymore. I haven’t used Evernote for years. I use Bear, and then
How I do WordPress development from my iPad
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You can read the whole post over on The Sweet Setup but here are the pieces. Digital Ocean Vim Coda for iOS Ergo Webtools Also see my iPad desk setup for tips on how I make this easy on the body.
Other things don’t bring us Happiness
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I think that’s the biggest problem with happiness. Why do we keep associating happiness with external things like career, love, and money? This from Darius Foroux. His main point is that we shouldn’t rely on external things to make us happy. They will let us down.
On devices to relieve anxiety
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So a weighted blanket it is. “We’re not understanding how to deal with mental health. Instead, we’re throwing products at it,” says Beautiful Voyager’s Arthur. “It’s very American.” This was an interesting piece on the rise of spinners and blankets to help reduce stress and anxiety. While I don’t have a specific device to fidget
Audiobook or Paper or eReader?
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That’s the topic tackled in this post from Time. I’m an eReader person for much of my reading, but I use a physical notebook to take notes…so I’m sort of bridging the gap, at least that’s what I tell myself. I certainly feel that I can’t physically orient myself in the content on an eReader
Justin Jackson on Supporting the Work
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While the whole article isn’t about supporting the work of other creatives you like, that’s the part that stuck out to me in this excellent post by Justin Jackson. “Supporting the work” is what Paul Jarvis wants to enable on Pico; a platform where readers pay writers monthly. “Supporting the work” is why I buy
If you’ve ever wanted to do an SEO Audit
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SEO seems like a black art to me, but with an audit and then some optimization of your site you can start bringing in the clients you want organically. My friend John gives us a walk through of the SEO audit part today. You still need to do some optimization, but this is part of
Seth Godin on The Benefit of the Doubt
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Great post on how to treat customers from Seth Godin. We need to remember this as we treat our customers with respect or not. I had a project go months over this year. When the client asked about it, I told them the truth. I fell in love with another part of my business and