August 2011
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My bag of Photoshop tricks
Edit: Sorry for the image quality in this post. I made the images for my old blog that had a narrower column.
I work in Photoshop every day. I design for the web and I’ve been doing it for a very long time. Photoshop is my home application. It’s big and bloated, inconsistent and is currently going through a rough spot with the webdesign community but, still, I love it.
Over the...
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Do what you love, and do it often.
This is the second sentence in the much blogged and linked Holstee manifesto. I came across it the other day and this particular idea got stuck in my head. I reflected upon those words in relation to my life and realized I’ve never made a complete mental or written list of what I love to do. Of course it makes sense! The more you do what you love, the more happy and content you’ll...
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Rebooting
Yesterday was the last day of the first real summer vacation of my life. I’ve taken some short vacations before but never a real, paid break from work. This is the first time I’ve been working on a 9-5 job (I’ve always favored freelancing) so long that it rewards a paid summer holiday.
Before the vacation I decided I was going to really enjoy it as a break from the daily...