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Out Sick

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Out Sick

So, you started your own business. You went out and left corporate America. Ventured into open waters. You can do it. Stay focused. Get clients. Meet deadlines. Get paid. If all goes well, but what happens if you get sick? Catch a cold or the dreaded flu and you’re out. Or, you have an accident. [...]

Up to my Elbows in the Green Economy

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Up to my Elbows in the Green Economy

What is your impact on the global health of the climate? That is a question we are now getting daily from websites, the media, our friends, our politicians. When consumers go to a website that has a carbon calculator, they will see their carbon footprint  generated. A large portion of it will be from what [...]

Design Process – Part 1

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Design Process – Part 1

All creative people have a process.   The process I speak of is everything it takes to bring a client’s thoughts or idea to a completed design.  Sometimes, it can be easy.  Other times it can be grueling. Inspiration, creativity and progress might happen fast or you might find yourself at a major roadblock.   The process [...]

GIS and Due Diligence

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GIS and Due Diligence

Hello fellow designers and planners, this is my first blog for Blueprint For Design, I hope you find it useful. This article is about using GIS to gather information for planning architectural projects. First, what is GIS? Geographic-Information System – those who have not used them before these are systems that store property tax information, [...]

uprinting.com

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uprinting.com

Getting printing done cheap and good can be tough. Getting printing done for next to nothing and good seems impossible. There is a solution and you’ll find it over at uprinting.com. Admittedly, my experience with this company doesn’t cover a large variety of printed projects. I’ve had several sets of business cards made and a [...]

disconnecting

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disconnecting

This post talks about when it’s time to stop all the connectivity. Halt the txts, e-mails, facebook, twitter, linkedin, and whatever else that keeps you engaged in the moment. Disconnection When I started social networking, it began with linkedIn. Next, I got into twitter and soon after, facebook.  I was connecting, updating, sharing, learning, reading [...]

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