Category Archives: Personal

A recent conversation with Verizon

Me: Hello, I’ll be canceling my account towards the end of the month, and I want to make sure my transition will be smooth.
Verizon customer service rep: Ok, may I ask who you are switching to?
Me: AT&T.
CSR: Oh. And can I ask why you’re switching?
Me: The iPhone.
CSR: …oh.
You’ve never heard a more speechless customer […]

So, SXSW Happened…

…and I didn’t make it this year.
Unfortunately, personal events kept me from attending geek nirvana for the second year in a row. Now that participants are back and in a blogging frenzy, it adds salt to the open wound.
But thankfully, fellow webbies Micah and Brion were awesome enough to set this up for me.

What more […]

Bagels vs. Donuts

How does that old proverb go?
You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
A peace offering is meant to be a friendly gift; a way of trying to mend a relationship (whether it be personal or professional). It’s a tried and true tradition, passed down from the hunter-gatherer era. Over time, the human race has […]

A note to anyone hiring for a web project

When finished with a web project, it is generally considered polite to thank your web designers and/or developers for the countless hours poured into said project.
These are just general thoughts about life, nothing specifically related to anyone.

Seattle will have to wait.

If you’re one of the three people who actually read my previous post, I either know you in real life, or you’ve scouted me for a possible job opportunity. In either case, thanks for viewing!
In my last post, I expressed my newly kindled love of the wonderful city of Seattle. I was absolutely awestruck by […]

So I’m moving to Seattle

I just don’t know when or where. Crazy? Mebbe, but I’ve fallen in love with the Pacific Northwest.
I left my heart in Seattle
I’ve just finished a first-time visit to Seattle. I was there for An Event Apart, but spent the weekend there beforehand. We met up with an old acquaintance, and he took us around […]