I just saw that the US Mint will soon be releasing 5 new quarter designs for the America The Beautiful Quarters Program. This program started in 2010, and will issue 56 quarters featuring national parks and other sites. Wait, more new designs? And who is paying for...
Technology is cool. I just sold my 2009 15″ Macbook Pro. I plan to get a 2011-12 13″ Macbook Air. But I’m currently without a computer. I thought I had everything figured out by heading up to BYU campus to work from there. I have all my important...
On January 1st, 2103 I set three resolutions: #1 – I will write 1,000 words each day #2 – I will learn a new language #3 – I will release an iPhone app in the first 6 months of 2013 (You can read more details about these resolutions if you’d like to) Since then,...
I attended college at what was then in the top five undergrad business programs and top five entrepreneurship programs nationally: BYU Marriott School of Management. We had our fair share of conferences, clubs, competitions, presentations, and class events related to...
I just finished reading an article on The Verge called Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution. It was really good. A little long. But good. I have been pondering about a particular section about certain meetings held at Google. The...
Since my recent changes in site structure, I’ve been without a portfolio. And for a designer and WordPresser who wants to continue to land new jobs, thats not a good thing. Previously, I used BradyMower.com as a name and website for all of my design and...
My wife was patient with me today. She didn’t respond in a way that may have been justified to my correcting her on how she did something that didn’t match up to the way I would have done it. I said it kindly, but I still said it. But instead of pointing...
I recently heard on the radio what I consider to be a pretty good sales pitch. It had this phrase: “12 steps to double sales in 12 months!” The purpose of the commercial was essentially to sell a program to help your business increase sales. It was that...
Last night I decided I’m going to stop saying: “I build websites.” Instead I’m going to say: “I create websites.” I know it may be subtle difference, but for me its significant for two reasons: #1 – I feel that...
I need to take more time to learn design. I’ve been lacking in that area lately. Its just so tempting to focus on what is making money and not what you really want to do. I’ve been focusing on building sites in WordPress because that is where I’m...
