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Design Critiques: Good & Bad

Posted on June 30, 2014 by ameveryday

Physical Design — Good Dad’s coffee grinder. Good design because it’s compact, simple and very, very obvious in what needs to happen to accomplish the mission. ‘Nuff said.           Physical Design — Bad The center console … Continue reading →

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Milwaukee Home

Posted on June 26, 2014 by ameveryday

It’s been quite the 24 hours. I quit my job. I failed at book club this month (see also: Summerfest). I enjoyed a really great weeknight(!) with Manfriend. I had a weird day at work. I got new insurance. I … Continue reading →

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Rock, Paper, Scissors

Posted on June 17, 2014 by ameveryday

Last night’s exercise in Codecademy’s Javascript class required some serious brainpower. It’s invigorating to actually feel my brain working in different ways and doing some mental push-ups. I felt pretty unstoppable last week after I managed to successfully code a simple … Continue reading →

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Guts

Posted on June 15, 2014 by ameveryday

Yesterday I had another moment of affirmation: a panic attack. Since October, I’ve gotten much better at keeping them in line and talking myself off the ledge, as opposed to reaching out to my entire social network to talk me off the … Continue reading →

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You never forget your first

Posted on June 12, 2014 by ameveryday

I know that’s a bad advertising tagline for some product but I just had an “Oh my god!” moment here in JavaScript central. I definitely, definitely thought this function was wrong but then, when I hit “Save & Submit!” it … Continue reading →

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Write it in Reverse

Posted on June 3, 2014 by ameveryday

In college, someone put Write it in Reverse by Spoon on a mix for me and every now and again I get it stuck in my head. Today, it’s appropriate as so much has happened in the last week/month!! I’ll try … Continue reading →

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27

Posted on May 26, 2014 by ameveryday

From the Chicago Tribune: Prioritize fun this year. Get involved with your community. Financial expansion and windfalls keep you busy before mid-July, when words and actions get supercharged with extra impact. Launch, record, write and speak your creative ideas. Discipline towards … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on February 15, 2014 by ameveryday

Last week, I met with a very cool friend of mine to discuss the next UXBookMKE meetup and pick her brain about my UX progress. As such, I’m re-teaching myself HTML. I knew it once upon a time a long, … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on February 10, 2014 by ameveryday

Tomorrows are such an amazing thing. It’s whole premise is based on the promise you’ll get there. The thing after this thing, that next step, that something we’re all supposed to reach for. My friend bought a house. My friend … Continue reading →

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A short one today

Posted on January 20, 2014 by ameveryday

Whoa! What a difference an unplanned weekend makes! I watched some garbage TV, I started 3 different books (wow, I should have read Steve Krug‘s  Don’t Make Me Think about 6 years ago…), I played some videogames, I worked out … Continue reading →

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