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Featured Artist: ME

Profile shot of Aaron Schaap In all fairness, this month got away from me and I forgot to touch base with a designer to give him/her enough time to create something. Besides, I was itching to create one anyway. You'll be glad to know we're already on track for next month though.

Geeks Group (Jan.)

Date: Jan 20, 2009
Time: 5:30 - 8:30pm
Location: TBA

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Exposing Yourself Through Outsourcing

by: Aaron Schaap

As a preface, you should know…I’m completely for Outsourcing and I think you should be as well. But keep reading before you begin forming your (possible) rebuttal.

Here are my thoughts why Outsourcing is valuable, if not crucial, and why a lot of us keep getting it wrong.

This article discusses:

  • What Do You Do?
  • Passionate People ask for Help
  • Getting Started
  • Just Embrace it

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Coworking or Co-Working?

by: Janson Hartliep

After a long-overdue move back to the West Coast (apparently bringing the snow with me), I found myself working more often than not from home. Such is the contemporary life of knowledge workers, all we need is a steady stream of caffeine and an internet connection. So I was set: a home office provided the base, with regular sojourns to local coffee shops for a change of pace. But I wasn’t completely happy with the arrangement; I wasn’t as productive as I know I can be. And as time went on, cabin fever began to creep in beneath the doorstop.

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2008 Review & 2009 Looking ahead

by: Zach Moazeni

With 2009 right around the corner, I reviewed my 2008 goals list and whether I felt I accomplished them. I also formed my new goals for 2009, and my reasons for each of the goals.

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Fail or Flourish

by: Jodi (Michelle) Schaap

Innovation is a powerful thing online. I'm finding this out more and more while writing for my own website. When a concept is born, all I can think or talk about is getting the idea off the ground. Everything from defining it further and putting all the pieces together to generating buzz, down to maintaining and growing the idea. Problem is - for every 10 ideas I have only 1/2 of one of them get anywhere.

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