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sometimes, we all need time out

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I do my best to maintain regular business hours, but as a self-employed owner of 2 businesses, I have a tendency to work far too much. I spend the majority of most of my days sitting in front of 2 monitors, which is not good for my eyes, body, or brain.

I’ve worked from home for several years, but the same was true back in my on-site freelancing days. Back then, some of my co-workers would take frequent breaks to step outside for a cigarette. They’d get to walk away from their desks for 10 minutes and get some not-so-fresh air. We non-smokers were left sitting in our cubicles. In retrospect, I don’t know why we didn’t just get up and take similar breaks.

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sticky: learning resources

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I’ve been giving the following list of resources to clients and students over the years, to help aid in their learning goals. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it’s a good start. I’ll update this post whenever I come across good resources.

Full disclosure: All of these books listed, except Digging Into WordPress, lead to Amazon.com. None of the Amazon.com links are affiliate links, so I don’t benefit from purchases made through them.

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the truth about WordPress (and most software)

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So, you’re ready to start creating your home on the intarnetwebtubes, and you’ve chosen to use WordPress for building your site because you’ve read that using it is so easy that a computer novice can build their own website in a couple of hours. You may have even read that you don’t need to know anything about HTML, CSS, or PHP to build a “stunning” WordPress website. Then there are the “expert-rockstar-ninjas” who claim they can help you become one as well after a couple of hours of WordPress training.

Don’t believe the hype.

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out-jobify the competition

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Like most people I know, I have a LinkedIn account. Like many of those people, I’ve wondered what purpose it serves since I’m not looking for a job or hiring. So did the folks who create the SuperNews! animated series. It’s funny because it’s true.

“Didn’t you get my tweets? I just twoated all over the place.” No, I don’t tweet.