SheSaidSheSaid
Surprise.
Snow in April and other unexpected stuff that messes up your plan. Deal with it.
Easy.
Lessons from buying a used car: Promises are easy. Delivery? Not so easy (but it can be).
We lied.
It's a competitive world and even the smallest white lie can come back to haunt you.
No regrets.
Our office was displaced the last three weeks — we answered an urgent call to help.
Matters of the heart.
Some days, work takes a back seat — in these moments, kindness matters most.
Snuff is itchy.
Job skills and life lessons. Looking back at past jobs and lessons learned along the way.
Cutting the Mustard
Programs and apps and productivity. Good, better, best — when it matters, it matters.
Conflict.
Confrontation, competition, and compromise. Tough times don't last; tough people do.
The Summons
To be picked or not to be picked — that was the situation. And they didn't pick me.
Upgrades
Everything new is old again (eventually). Why we disagreed about upgrading.
The Rooster
Cock-a-doodle-dooing and customer service (good and bad) — and yes, we name names.
The man of my dreams.
Brief bookkeeping primer + equally brief flashbacks. Learning + laughing, all in one.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
What Steve Jobs learned from the Fab Four, our Beatles at Work playlist, and more.
U-G-L-Y
Lots goes into making a great website — and design matters. How does yours measure up?
Scary stuff.
Digital footprints, cybersecurity, cookies, privacy policies, VPNs, and more.
On a different note.
A deep dive into the exciting world of digital and analog note taking.
Apps we can't work without
We've accumulated quite the library of applications through the years.
We redesigned our website twice this year.
It was quite the journey and challenge but when we landed it was right.
(ad)venturing out
Office work from the road — what worked, what didn't, what we packed and more.
Goodbye Mailchimp.
Parting ways with a service we've praised since day one — not easy, but right.
My first kiss (and other disappointments)
Typography + falling in love with football (and what it taught me about business).
From the round table.
Winning proposals, lessons about owning a small business, and stories from a round table.
Copy that.
Thoughts about copywriting, creating a pitch deck, and a list of books we're reading.
**it happens.
Dealing with difficult clients, business lulls, and remote working challenges.