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2012 was very good to me. I got a new job, new place, met lots of new people, built up lots of friendships/relationships, and many other great things. One thing I always try do in a new year is make new year’s resolutions, however I have never actually publicly shared those resolutions. I’m going to try something different for 2013 and share those resolutions here on my blog, in hope that they push me a bit harder to stay on track with them. I feel that if I post them online I will be more accountable and pushed harder to stick to these resolutions for the full year. I have broken down my resolutions into a work category, and then a personal category.
Work Resolutions:
- Finish my first HTML5 game (it will be free), Sulli.
- Take a bigger stab at learning Ruby (I already started learning on Treehouse), on a more serious level.
- Launch “The Theme Fox” and get a few themes/plugins finished then put on sale.
- Continue to grow my development skills in PHP, CSS, HTML, and jQuery/Javascript.
Personal Resolutions:
- From the end of 2009 to the end of of 2012, I went from weighing about 265lbs to weighing about 198lbs now. I’m already very happy with my progress, but I want to continue that more and finally hit my target weight of about 180lbs.
- Give up soda completely and stick to only water, tea, etc.
There is probably a few things on both of these lists that I will still keep private to myself, but I feel like this is a good start. I’m very determined to knock out all of these resolutions by the end of the year. I want to make 2013 even more awesome than 2012!
Wish me luck! :)
Yesterday we introduced a new version of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that will take effect in thirty days. These two documents help communicate as clearly as possible our relationship with the users of Instagram so you understand how your data will be used, and the rules that govern…
One thing I hear a lot from friends and family is, “Zach, you know everyone!” While they are obviously joking to some degree, they do often wonder how I got to know all of these people from around our city to all over the world. If there is one thing I understand in life, it is the power of networking. I will admit that I’m a very personable person which makes networking easier for me. I have always been the type of person that loves getting to know new people. I enjoy hearing stories about people’s lives, their work, and making relationships. I wanted to write this post for people who brush off networking because they are just simply bad at it or don’t recognize the value. I want to show them that the work put into networking is well worth the tremendous value it holds, and that it is not very hard to do.
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#picstitch#space#tattoo sorry for the contrast only way I could get a good shot:( (Taken with Instagram)
My new tattoo by Dane!
Well, we don’t like it at all.
But first, what is spec work? From the NO!SPEC website:
“‘Spec’ has become the short form for any work done on a speculative basis. In other words, any requested work for which a fair and reasonable fee has not been agreed upon, preferably in writing.”
In a…
I know it has been a good minute or two since I’ve had some life updates on the blog, so I figured I would go ahead and post this and fill everyone in a bit on what’s new(ish) with me! Both some personal life updates, as well as some huge work life updates! Enjoy! :)
Read more →Don’t get too far ahead of yourself because, yes, I still love WordPress (WP) and would call it my CMS of choice, but at the end of the day, Tumblr beats WordPress for microblogging and here are a few reasons why…
Read more →I’m very excited to present my first ever jQuery plugin, called jQuery.JamCity.
jQuery.JamCity allows you to show your visitors on your blog, site, etc what you listen to on Last.FM (or anything that can “scrobble” to Last.FM. For example, Spotify) in a very beautiful and elegant way.
There is lots of plugin options on what you can display, wether it is your loved tracks, top albums, top tracks, new releases or recent playing tracks from Last.fm.
You can also view it on GitHub here: https://github.com/bluetidepro/jQuery.JamCity
Enjoy! I put a lot of hard work in this and hope you guys can enjoy it! :)
If you know me in real-life, you probably already know that I love my dog, Abby, more than anything. She is a member of our family and truly is “man’s best friend.” Well, the other day, I was thinking about just how amazing Abby is (as I often think about) and I realize I have actually learned a lot from her and her simple lifestyle. She has taught me many life lessons on how to be content as well as a loving person. I took those life lessons she taught me and realized they go hand in hand to being successful in the freelance world. It may be a first to compare a dog’s lifestyle to freelancing but I think after you read each lesson, you will agree, dogs really do exhibit the ways to rule at freelancing. Day 2 of this two part series will cover lessons 6-10. See part 1 of the series here.
Disclaimer: Poor/cheesy puns will be throughout the lessons! Watch out! ;) haha
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