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Comment on A little bit of Chicago by Matt MacDougall

Matt MacDougall — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:18:29 +0000

When I was in the city, I used to go to http://www.parkcommunitychurch.org/ and http://www.moodychurch.org/ … both worth a look if they’re not on your list already.

This torta place by your office is quickly becoming one of my favorites for lunch: http://rockystacos.com/

Comment on A little bit of Chicago by Drew

Drew — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:01:50 +0000

Love it! Glad to hear things are going so well. I know you’re busy as heck-fire, but I know you thrive on that too! lol. Miss you both!

Comment on Lax on Lent: Changing My Thinking About Sweets by Drew

Drew — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:28:05 +0000

Yeah, I’m with you.

If PB&J is a sweet, then brownies are salty. Ya know, because there’s salt in it.

Comment on The Personality Mute Button by Berry

Berry — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:57:35 +0000

To me the difference is in one situation (Tebow) it would be going out of your way to delete some parts of his persona. In the other situation (MLK, Jr.) it would going out of your way to include random parts of his persona. So, I would say if the EA Game cover designers have to photoshop out his eye black that’s going out of your way to delete the parts you don’t like. At the same time, if the statue makers make a statue that wouldn’t normally include details such as text on eye black then they shouldn’t have to add it in. If the conversation about MLK is about his civil rights accomplishments then there is no need to mention his personal sins (regardless of how public they were). But if the conversation is about MLK’s life as a whole then we should not insist on separating out his failings. He was not perfect and he was not the messiah. He pointed to a messiah that was perfect and came to die for those who aren’t. I’m willing to honor MLK for his accomplishments while remembering that he was far from perfect, in fact the One who inspired him came to address that very issue.

Comment on A crossroads for my company by Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:14:27 +0000

Matt, Just a couple of comments:
1. Doing subcontracting and maintaining quality are very hard to do. I’ve had a few miserable experiences with it.
2. Most of your work is likely to come from some sort of referral, and that mitigates the need for the corporate presence.
That said, I think it is great to have a good url and web site. Just define what you are able to do as clearly as you can, then work the network.
My two cents…

Comment on A crossroads for my company by Matt

Matt — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:23:16 +0000

Berry: Definitely is about how I present the company. I don’t think I would say it’s about my calling; unless callings/goals in life change, I’m not on the way to building a studio with employees and a building and everything. The question is: What should the nature of my part-time design work be: managing subcontractors and presenting us a corporation, or working as a freelancer and presenting myself as a freelancer?

Since 80% of the jobs I take only require me to do any work, the choice to go corporate would have little effect on the day-to-day operations of the work; it would make a difference in what people expect from me (for example, corporations don’t take 2-week breaks for Chapter Camp), so that’s where the subcontractors come in, but outside of that the difference is primarily how I present myself.

Great question! Thanks–it definitely helped me clarify.

Comment on A crossroads for my company by Berry

Berry — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:58:12 +0000

clarification question: is this just about how you present the company or is it also about your calling to build a web design company?

Comment on Books I’m Reading by Chris Stauffer

Chris Stauffer — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:47:52 +0000

Wow – this is impressive. You didn’t get your reading skills from me!

Comment on I’m not as confident in science as you probably are by Chris Stauffer

Chris Stauffer — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:31:13 +0000

It’s great to see you writing again, Matt. Thank you for explaining your hypothesis with the sneeze example. so I could get my non-philosophical mind around this fascinating idea.

Also, Karen’s link is wonderful.

Comment on I’m not as confident in science as you probably are by Karen Fenton

Karen Fenton — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:32:24 +0000

Saw your Facebook comment and followed it here. Clearly not my area of expertise, but I have to wonder if this professor (and so many others like him) could have been suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect (involves the consequences of unknown unknowns on one’s life.) Interesting 5-part series started yesterday at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/the-anosognosics-dilemma-1/
Hope you’re doing well. Miss you here in A2.