a thought to begin 2007

for me, a year of change, of growth, of excitement, of learning, and most of all, of dreaming up the year to come.

NYC Wrapup, the home for the holidays

Barcamp Gesture Notes

NYC with the new crew

I just got to Amit’s place to meet up with Chris and Tara.

a brief moment of clarity…

..in a totally insane world right now. I:

recruiters that “get it”

I’m admittedly not a big fan of recruiting agencies/head hunters. I was pleasantly surprised when I met MaryHelen Votral and the CM Access crew back in September at Creative Camp and saw a completely different kind of recruitment process.

and again, with the websites

http://www.weknowhtml.com, the business-y end of this operation, finally got the overhaul it deserved.

drexel rant 1.1

Jason Santa Maria, whom i recently introduced myself to, posted about a course that is using his website as an example of critiquing site design and usability. His focus is on the types of critiques he was given (and kudos to him for taking them in stride…some of those kids we...

what’s in a name?

something like 10% of my blog traffic is from people who search “Alex Hillman”.

c’mon philly!

i wrote about philly pride almost a month ago, and apparently I’m not the only one experiencing it.

no doors, no hinges of any kind

my lack of posts for the last couple of weeks is the fault of a)my employer and b)my university. things are leveling out, so real posts are coming soon. In the mean time:

finally ALA posts something thought provoking

I’ve been disappointed by the lack of thoughtfulness and the general berevity of articles on A List Apart for…well…coming up on a year. Things have been ramping up recently, and have finally peaked at with Ben Henick’s 12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards. What a g...

screaming flying slingshot monkeys

the value of education

Drexel University gets a lot of press around here as a “prestigious” school. Do any of you outside of the northeast corridor even know that Drexel exists? Does it mean anything over a degree from any other accreddited university (i’m not talking community college, i’m talking ...

philly pride: i’m ready to swallow mine, how about you?

my first barcamp, my first coworking pitch, and how Indy Hall got its name

this past few weeks has been a networking whirlwind. every place i go, every person i meet, every email i send, is another business connection. and it’s all peaked in the last 24 hours leaving me barely able to sleep (though I’m gonna try again once I’m done with this entry).

inspiration festival goes live

still a bit of work to do (clean up wiki styles, style/brand the forum, load FAQs and a tutorial, and get the php mail() function turned on), but since the press and other advertising means are about to take a spin through their material, it made sense to go live a bit prematu...

coworking

I’ve recently (the last few weeks) become obsessed with the idea of coworking.

dont break us down, you’re regret it

Nate Kohari wrote a great bit about the things that management often forgets to do/not do when handling their software development team.

calling all freelancers

the next 6 months have the potential for a lot of work to cross my keyboard…most of it, out of the scope of things that I can do on my own. I’m looking to team up with sharp, creative, driven individuals who are experienced but also are interested in learning new things. Desig...

that's what I want

I just found an article on informationweek.com that covered stories of 5 people who went from the typical 9-5 drone to exploring their passions, and making buttloads of money doing it.