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Entries from September 18th, 2008

Lorem Ipsum

September 18th, 2008 · 19 Comments · Digressions

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Find me at Web 2.0 Expo NY this week

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Conferences

O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo is in New York this week at the Javits Center. This is the largest tech conference that NY has ever seen and those of us who live here are thrilled to finally get the attention that NY tech so greatly deserves. There are eight tracks for four days of sessions, everything [...]

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The ups and downs of consulting

September 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Consulting

In my first week as an independent consultant, I wrote a blog post boasting about my 33+ hours of billable time. Now that two more weeks have passed, I thought it only fair to share some of the obstacles I’ve experienced as well. (But before I do, let me say this: I have awesome clients. [...]

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Congrats to the new IAI board members

September 15th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Community

I just received an e-mail to notify me that I was not elected to the Information Architecture Institute’s board of directors. While I am disappointed that I won’t be able to represent the IAI in an official capacity and help them to reach a new generation of IA practitioners, I’ll still keep fighting the good [...]

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I’m running for the 2008 Information Architecture Institute board of directors

September 6th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Career

The Information Architecture Institute has four open spots on its Board of Directors and the 2008 election process is underway. A few weeks ago, my friend Livia Labate encouraged me to nominate myself, and while I was apprehensive at first, I decided to throw my hat into the ring. I believe I can help to [...]

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