http://creacom.org/words Get more from your Muse Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:29:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was going through my routine this morning, awoke, ran, about to have breakfast, but my computer turns on at 11am, so I stopped to check email. Some link opened my browser and here I am, faced with a plethora of options!It's like walking down the checkout isle at the ... http://creacom.org/words/247-information-saturation-hurts-productivity/ Joy of joys, I've found myself another full-time job. (Why oh why can't I find fulfilling part-time work while I pursue larger objectives?) My fundamental idea here is to approach the situation as openly and honestly as possible, to avoid the mutual fallout 6 months in.In every relationship in our ... http://creacom.org/words/new-job-new-approach/ So, I'm going to follow my own advice, and focus the purpose of this blog into experience oriented creativity. The creativity brand is good enough for Apple and Amsterdam, so I don't have any problems in jumping onto that particular bandwagon. I'm not going to tout the latest macbooks, unless ... http://creacom.org/words/rebranding-for-focus/ How many frameworks have I wrapped my head around, Symfony, Ruby on Rails, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, and now, I've been tasked with porting a classified ad module from phpBB2 to phpBB3. In approaching a foreign framework and trying to understand it's workings as a whole I almost gave up several ... http://creacom.org/words/a-methodology-for-approaching-new-frameworks/ I wanted to write a post that wasn't complaining about the current economic woes that myself and many other people find themselves in at this time. I mean, what the heck, I'm not being foreclosed upon, I have a $25 balance on my credit card. And for the next month ... http://creacom.org/words/facing-frustration-while-job-hunting/ True story, in 1999, under Bill Clinton, I was working and making more money then I ever have since. Every job I had gotten up to that point was given to me as a result of my modest awesomeness. Apple stock barely peaked $10 a share, and life was good.Fast ... http://creacom.org/words/three-years-out-of-college-making-less-money/ I can't recall the last time I've posted a link to a story because of it's importance, and the complete media blackout surrounding the issue. Somewhere in between these two extremes, I am prompted to take whatever tiny action I can take. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yj8KZNI6-W8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yj8KZNI6-W8&hl=en&fs=1" ... http://creacom.org/words/extremely-drug-resistant-tb/ This was causing me no small amount of frustration. So, I have a number of items in a playlist that I want to play and navigate in order, when they're on my iPod. Yet, the default listing equates to what order I imported the songs into my library. When you ... http://creacom.org/words/custom-playlists-from-itunes-to-ipod/ Wow, what can I say but wow, it's been an exciting month. I've started freelancing again, got a few clients who need some web programming. This time is going much better then the last time I tried freelancing. Last time, I only managed to land one client, and despite my ... http://creacom.org/words/a-little-bit-of-luck-goes-a-long-way/ Here in Portland, Oregon, they're predicting 104 degree temperatures tomorrow. This is not good. You see, buying an air conditioner in Portland is a terrible waste of money, 360 days out of the year. The weather is tolerable and tends towards the cold more often then the hot.However, for those ... http://creacom.org/words/no-ac-hot-weather-got-a-freezer/