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WordCamp Dallas 2009 Thanks

I had a great time, learned, and met some great people at WordCamp Dallas this weekend. I’ve always been impressed with WordPress as one of the most polished free and open source projects out there. I’ll post my compilation/and thoughts later today or tomorrow.

Useful Project Feedback

Frequently, I find that my clients have no concept of how they want to work with someone and don’t have a full understanding of what they need in their team. I’m not talking about technical skills. I’m talking about personal, professional, and team skills.I don’t repost much but when I saw Seth Godin’s post on  Read more »

Big (D)esign Conference was a blast

 I usually sharpen the saw on Sundays (and bits and pieces throughout the week) but it came on a Saturday this week. I attended and particularly enjoyed BigD09 yesterday. It had a good group of attendees and the speakers were excellent. Some reinforcement, some new perspectives, and a lot of solid conversation.I especially enjoyed the strategy  Read more »

I need Google Wave.. or something

I’m not going to repeat what others have said. If you’re interested, you can read about it at the links below. I’ll just say that I’m constantly watching for a software tool that makes sense out of new media. We’re building it into our CRM but I’d like a personal tool too. http://lifehacker.com/5272048/google-wave-is-what-email-would-look-like-if-it-were-invented-todayhttp://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/sergey-brin-google-wave-will-set-a-new-benchmark-for-interactivity/ 

Don’t stop half way

My kids pediatrician recently changed to electronic checkin and new patient registration. Since we just had another baby, I recently got a chance to use it and left frustrated. I like the concept, especially given my current position designing custom applications to improve business workflow. I just think they took some missteps: Training is critical  Read more »