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• 7 Steps to Catch up Quickly after a Break

  March 25th, 2008 | Tags: e-mail, freelance, organization, time management, work life balance

  I took my first break in ages — that didn’t include an illness or a holiday — for a few days last week for spring break. We went to San Marcos and San Antonio and visited Wonderworld, Sea World, and the Riverwalk. Wonderworld contains a dry cave created by an earthquak on the Balcones Fault [...]

• Links: 2008-03-19

  March 19th, 2008 | Tags: design, English, goggles, Google, typeface

  Early links. Spring break. Loads of offline resources for design inspiration. TypeFlash: Enter text, pick a typeface, modify it, and have fun. My youngest kept wanting to return to this site to see his name in different designs and colors. I told him we have lots more to explore! [...]

• Book Review: The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead

  March 18th, 2008 | Tags: aging, David Shields

  The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead contains a mixture of an autobiography and facts about the body’s growing and aging. The stories told and the given facts both humor and depress readers. Rather than linearly cover author David Shields’ life from childhood to adulthood sprinkled with quotes and stories about [...]

• Delete Pictures in Microsoft Word

  March 17th, 2008 | Tags: graphics, images, macros, Microsoft Word

  I was sleepwalking while deleting pictures one-by-one in a document — not remembering there was a faster and easier way to do this. First, I tried copying and pasting the image in the find/replace tool, but no luck. I knew there was a way to do it as I recalled discovering this process a long [...]

• Game du Jour: Week of 2008-03-17

  March 17th, 2008 | Tags: casual games, Diner Dash, PC Games, Slingo Quest

  Remember the deal is good on Game du Jour for one day only. 17 March: 40% off on Slingo Quest 18 March: 50% off on Pontifex 19 March: 50% off on Diner Dash 20 March: 50% off on Rummi 21 March: 50% off on Eleven 22 March: 50% off on Putt Mania 23 March: 50% off on Magic Stones

• Links: 2008-03-14

  March 14th, 2008 | Tags: numbers, shipping, success magazine, sxsw

  Random Number Service: Lots of number tools, too. Revived and all-new Success Magazine lists the 25 must-read books for achievers (first lists top 5 and this lists books 6 - 25) Received a copy of the magazine and picked up useful tidbits. 25 reasons why [...]

• Quick Review Slingo Quest Hawaii

  March 13th, 2008 | Tags: casual games, PC Games, Slingo Quest Hawaii

  Popular game Slingo Quest returns for a different destination. In Slingo Quest Hawaii, the game takes on a (what else?) Hawaiian theme. In the bingo slash slot machine game, players try to match numbers in a row while earning power ups, jokers, tricks, and bonuses to help them along the way. Players travel from island to [...]

• PC Game Review Magic Farm

  March 12th, 2008 | Tags: casual games, Magic Farm, PC Games

  Bloom Busters, Magic Seeds, Alice Greenfingers … now Magic Farm — another another farm / gardening game. Unlike the others, it has a touch of role-playing games (RPG), but it won’t turn off those not interested in RPG — I promise. If you’ve played Bloom Busters or Grimm’s Hatchery — you’ll notice some similarities. However, I’d [...]

• Five Ways Freelancers Can Stay on Track

  March 12th, 2008 | Tags: freelance, organization, time management, work life balance

  I have a few clients in which the engagements are open-ended. This means helping them with their ongoing content work. As a result, it’s easy to let something drag on without completing it. For example, a client may ask me to revise the Help documentation and write entries for blogs. Rather than just letting it sit, [...]

• Freelance Tip: Reliability, Follow up, and Fear

  March 10th, 2008 | Tags: freelance

  Freelance Folder writes that a successful freelance career requires reliability. Based on my own experience and others, it’s true. Sometimes I want to stop recommending freelancers to clients. I do this as a favor to the client and the freelancer, but I rarely see positive results. Often, the freelancer stops responding or responds when the [...]

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