On the afternoon of Friday, August 22, 2008, I “left work” for the last time.
It was my last day at my full-time job and I was officially self-employed.
The last two years have been a whirlwind, and the benefits and repercussions of that single action have been far more significant than I ever could have predicted. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Career'
My 2nd Indie Anniversary
August 23rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Career, Pleasure
Tags:Career·Pleasure·Realizations
The 5-Year Anniversary of My LLC
August 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Career
With all of my elation yesterday, I completely forgot to acknowledge that on August 3, 2005, I signed the paperwork that established my LLC.
I was 7 months into my first full-time job at Digitas, and struggling to make ends meet. Since friends and family were already asking me to “just help them” with their websites, [...]
Fulfilling My Dreams, and Saying No Along the Way
August 3rd, 2010 · 31 Comments · Articles, Career, Pleasure
I am crying. And I am desperately trying not to smear the mascara I just put on.
I’m emotional this morning (well, more emotional than normal) because a professional dream of mine has been fulfilled: I’ve been published by A List Apart.
I read A List Apart when I was in college and needed to understand the [...]
Inspiration and Aspiration
July 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career
The words inspiration and aspiration are often used interchangeably, and I think it’s important that we draw a clearer distinction.
Inspiration is defined as, “the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something.”
Aspiration is, “a hope or ambition of achieving something.”
Stimulation versus ambition. Excitement versus action. And most significantly, external versus internal.
Inspiration is [...]
Tags:Career·Community·Inspiration
Reaching outside the UX tribe at STC’s Technical Communication Summit
May 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Career, Community, Conferences, Pleasure
In Transcending Our Tribe, my closing plenary at this year’s Information Architecture Summit, I asserted that in order for the field of user experience to survive, we need to stop spending so much time looking inwards, and start reaching out to the larger business and technical communities.
Because I’m a big fan of practicing what I [...]
Tags:Career·Community·Conferences·History·Organizations·Pleasure·Speaking·User Experience
