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Zoom Out, Focus

Do you ever wonder if this ecosystem of electronic data makes us want to save too much? We have the collective knowledge of millions of people at our fingertips, plus nearly all of the recorded information for all of times past, and yet we still want to save and preserve.

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Gun For Hire: Downtime

A funny thing happened today: I actually ran out of things to work on. My clients were happy, news of my new job was in motion, and I had no access to my home setup. What is a young creative to do? I think you can tell a lot about

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Gun For Hire: Likeness

I tend to obsess about online presentation. Whether it's business speak or replies on Twitter, I am fully aware that every time I "publish" anything it may be read by future clients. Here is an example of why that's so important. Yesterday I received

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Gun For Hire: Portability

I get asked about my netbook at least once or twice each week. No matter where I go, the little Dell 10v with the Apple sticker draws a few stares. What is it? Why on earth is it so small? How could anyone get anything done on that thing?!

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Holmes and Hobbits

I consider one of my chief failings in life to be how many similarities I (sub)consciously trace between my own portrait-of-the-knowledge-worker-as-a-young-man and Sherlock Holmes...but that will not stop me from using those personalities in this pseudo-psychological comparison.

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Gun For Hire: Reliance

These GFH articles have been down in the depths as of late, discussing the hard realities of having a business and searching for work. I'd be remiss to suggest that it really is turtles all the way down. Time to bring this trend of topics back toward the

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