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Month: April 2013

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“The Rise of the Creative Class”

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

Micro-entrepreneurship is a growing trend that has been identified by the media as “the freelance economy” or the “rise of the creative class&...

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Too True to Be Good

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

Up to this point, I have used my platform to discuss the varying aspects of my graduate path into online communication and web design. I have stayed away from t...

Design

A Fresh Approach to UCD

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

As my classmates and I quickly approach our final Fall semester, I’m beginning to panic. That’s natural, right? I’m a 42-year-old grad student...

Design

A Crash Course in Git

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

As promised, I did a little info-seeking session to find out some information on Git. I’ve been hearing about it more and more as I’ve attempted to ...

Design

RWD vs. Mobile-only Design

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

Here’s the question of the day: Is it better to to use responsive web design or design for the desktop and a mobile-only design? Responsive Web Design is ...

Design

WowPress – There’s Still so Much to Learn

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

As I’ve started becoming more familiar with WordPress I am realizing a couple of things. Thing No.1: Β I have done so many things wrong in the past. Thing ...

Branding/Business/Design

As Long As We’re Talking About Business…

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

It’s not deliberately that I’ve decided to shift my topics from the nitty-gritty of coding to running a business. I think it have be a free-flowing ...

Business

Relationships Are Key to Business Success

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

My husband and I have both owned and managed our own businesses and have learned quite a lot about succeeding on your own as small fish in a big sea. In very di...

Business/Communication/Marketing

Still a Freelancer at Heart

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

Almost a decade ago I threw in the towel on my freelance writing and design career to take on a full-time, work-for-someone-else gig as a high school English te...

Business/Marketing

Forget About Finding Your Audience – Create It!

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Shannan Powell / 0 Comment

I came across this video from Jason Fried, co-founder of 37Signals and co-author of the book I’m reading, Rework. In it, he discusses one of the factors t...

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Everything Is Teeth
What is the What
Bastard Out of Carolina
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Shadow of the Wind
Shelf Monkey
Fortunately, the Milk
Annihilation
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Weird Sisters
The First Time She Drowned
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
All the Bright Places
The Master Butchers Singing Club
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
Flight
Plainsong
Reconstructing Amelia


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