- 01.02.09 | Resolutions
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 12.11.08 | Don’t Settle For Easy
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 11.25.08 | Dreams and Risk-Taking
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 11.24.08 | Inspiration
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.14.08 | How do you do it?
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.07.08 | Listonomics
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 09.10.08 | Birthday!
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 09.01.08 | Life, slowly
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 01.16.08 | 90% There
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 12.09.07 | Hello world?
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the […]
- 01.02.09 | Resolutions
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 12.11.08 | Don’t Settle For Easy
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 11.25.08 | Dreams and Risk-Taking
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 11.24.08 | Inspiration
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.14.08 | How do you do it?
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.07.08 | Listonomics
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 09.10.08 | Birthday!
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 09.01.08 | Life, slowly
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 01.16.08 | 90% There
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 12.09.07 | Hello world?
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, […]
- 01.02.09 | Resolutions
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 12.11.08 | Don’t Settle For Easy
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 11.25.08 | Dreams and Risk-Taking
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 11.24.08 | Inspiration
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.14.08 | How do you do it?
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.07.08 | Listonomics
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 09.10.08 | Birthday!
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 09.01.08 | Life, slowly
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 01.16.08 | 90% There
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 12.09.07 | Hello world?
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai […]
- 01.02.09 | Resolutions
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 12.11.08 | Don’t Settle For Easy
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 11.25.08 | Dreams and Risk-Taking
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 11.24.08 | Inspiration
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.23.08 | Multivariate Testing: Know what works
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.17.08 | Speaking at Silicon Valley Geek Dinner
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.17.08 | Hello gorgeous
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.14.08 | How do you do it?
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.09.08 | crowdSPRING
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.07.08 | Listonomics
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 10.02.08 | New Levels of Awesomeness
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 09.17.08 | Veggieblog (?)
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 09.10.08 | Birthday!
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 09.01.08 | Life, slowly
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 08.06.08 | How I’m rejecting the computer
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 04.09.08 | CSS Naked Day!
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 03.08.08 | To those I meet at SXSW:
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 01.16.08 | 90% There
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
- 12.09.07 | Hello world?
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system […]
Friday, January 2nd, 2009
I almost wrote “2007 Resolutions” as the title, then realized that I was two years off. Where the hell did the time go?
I graduated from college in June 2007, ready and able to take the world to its knees. And while I didn’t publicly write down any goals, I still remember my major goals for the last year.
2008 in Review
South by Southwest
Probably the best thing I did all year. I was a bit disheartened to find out that my work would not pay for me to go (since they’ll pay for conferences within the state already), but I ponied up the money, bought my hotel room, and threw myself into the melee of web design completely alone and knowing no one at the conference. It was intimidating, as I am by nature a very shy person, but I came out of it with knowledge and a few friends. These friends would help me network within my own area and jumpstart the networking process.
Geek Dinner
I had my first speaking opportunity, as small as it was, at the Silicon Valley Geek Dinners. I spoke about multivariate testing (being that it is now my main job at work) and was astonished by the amount of people who haven’t heard of it before (quick explaination). I will probably capitalize on this for future speaking opportunities.
Websites launched
I now have THREE unfinished websites, all in my name:
All of these are in need of serious work (this website needs to have all the formatting finished; veggieblog needs the last bit of graphic work plus actual blog posts; dream list needs its own skin) but I definitely have gotten more into the habit of writing. Since I only barely passed my writing courses in college, a lot of work (and practice) is needed and I’ve gotten on the right track.
2009 Resolutions
That’s it? That’s all I’ve done, professionally, in 2008? Rather annoying, if you ask me.
Resolutions:
- Finish Limedaring. I want to add in hand-drawn elements, and I don’t have a scanner. Really, this is the largest obstacle to finishing this website; I get so frustrated that I can’t (easily) do what I want to do so I put it off. So: In 2009, I will finish this website, finally.
- Write more at Veggieblog (and give it a better name): This is simply for writing practice, but I should get back in the habit of working on it.
- Write more on my Dreamlist.
- Speak professionally at least thrice. I need more practice if I’m ever to speak at a conference.
- Finish projects — first, the project I’m working on with others, and then start my own idea for a webapp. As I’m not skilled in stuff like Python, I will need help to get this webapp off the ground.
- At some point this year, look at my current job situation and determine whether it is fulfilling my needs. Move on if I have to (and especially if I NEED to).
- Look into getting myself into a position to consult, if I ever lose my job and need a backup.
- At the end of the year, submit a topic to speak about at SXSW.
May this year be fulfilling and exciting; may this year bring myself to higher levels professionally, and may this year leave me in an even better place than before.
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Six years I wrote this.
Six years ago, if I was told that, when I was 24, out of college and holding a job, that I hadn’t gone anywhere or done much, I probably wouldn’t have believed you.
I’m a dreamer. Wisher, day-dreamer, optimist, et cetera. I believed that life was the meaning of life was having the fullest, biggest life you could have. Reading “Chicken Soup for the Soul”, I read a story of a dying teenager who wrote down everything he wanted to do in life, and proceeded to go through as many as he could. And I wrote a list of my own. Skydiving. Mountain climbing. Backpacking through Europe. Learning another language.
Something changed in my mentality, and I believe it was when my father passed away from cancer. I’m scared of death now. I’m scared, period. And I began to play it safe. Got a job I didn’t particularily like, made money, put my dreams on hold. It was a game of, “Someday, I’ll be able to do so-and-so. But not now.”
I don’t know what happened the last few days, but I’ve been thinking of all my missed opportunities. I realized that the life I’m living now is not the life I dreamed of. And yes, at 24 years, I feel old. I feel like I’m wasting my time.
I’ve been kicking around ideas of opening (yet another) new blog about dreams and specific things I’ve always wanted to do. Force myself to achieve one thing a day that helps me achieve those dreams that I’ve had since I was little. It’s probably ridiculous of me to add another thing to my plate, but maybe I’ll be smart about it.
Stay tuned.
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
Hey, it’s my very first speaking engagement! Sadly, I’m not talking about anything REALLY awesome; I’ll be expanding a bit on multivariate testing, the stuff I do at work and how it has worked for the sites I manage. I promise to make it more interesting than it sounds.
This dinner is being held at Amarin Thai in Mountain View, on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 7:00pm.
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
I just spent the weekend wrapping myself in indulgence and relaxation; wandering the streets of San Francisco and savoring the hours rather than spending my time on a computer. It was amazing, to say the least.
The highlight of the weekend concerned Slow Food Nation, a “broad and inclusive food movement to build an American food system that is sustainable, just, and delicious.” And really, this consisted of eating… and eating… and eating. The point was to enjoy food from sustainable and organic farms while meeting the farmers themselves; learning how the food was grown and how it came to your table. Essentially, slowing down the process of eating, and respecting this process rather than seeing it as a means to an end.
I further highlighted this fact for myself by reading Omnivore’s Dilemma, a book that explores, quite thoroughly and sometimes disturbingly, the process of most American meals to our table. This focuses primarily on corn, and it’s frankly disturbing to see how pervasive this ingredient has wormed it’s way into all of our food products, and what it does to our environment in the process.
It is with both Slow Food and Omnivore’s Dilemma in mind that I am resolving to change myself in small, but significant ways. I’ve already been headed towards the mentality of “organic good, cheap Safeway bad” but now it’s evolved more intelligently into both supporting local agriculture and farmers as well as making sure what goes into my mouth and body is healthful and supportive. More than anything does the food I eat have to be delicious; I don’t believe my love for cookies and sweets will ever be tempered. But now my cookie will be homemade (begone, HFCS), and using better ingredients.
The only problem with this proposition is cost; regardless, it should be easier to cut out the TV budget from my life than decrease the budget that directly impacts my self in a positive way. Cost be’damned!
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