Archive for 'Thoughts'

Short Break per “Baby Izzy”

So, I had planned on catching up on some over due tutorials this past weekend… However, my first-born had other plans (showing up 30 days early). Born November 1st, 10:23 pm EST, meet my daughter, Isabella Danielle Ross “Izzy-D” for short. I will return to tutorials soon… she is just too cute to ignore

David Allen : Getting Things Done

Hey Campers – Ran across a YouTube video from a guy who’s book I’m reading. The guy, David Allen, the book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. Check it out!

Thought for the day…

…lie still for 60 seconds and think what you could truly accomplish if you knew that you literally could not afford to fail.

10 things to do for 30 minutes a Day

Do you realize that 30 minutes a day turns into about 15 hours every month – but what the heck can you do in only 30 minutes? 1. Post in your Blog 2. Start reading that book you’ve been putting off for two years 3. Start writing that book you’ve been putting off for two [...]

The Essential Need for an Honest Critique

I believe that we all are the sum of both the positive and negative experiences, and people, in our past and present lives. As an instructor, I know that both my good teachers and bad teachers helped to shape my teaching styles and methods. In some cases, one of my teachers would do or say [...]

Clients & Budgets & Artists… Oh My! (cont.)

The response on this post has been great! Please keep the comments coming. I also encourage everyone to read the responses from the Creative COW business forum where I placed the same post.http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/17/860161 Thanks, Tony Ross

Clients & Budgets & Artists… Oh My!

From time to time when doing freelance work, I have encountered potential clients that have projects, ideas or concepts that are much greater than their budgets. Now, the type of client I speak of is the client that never mentions their budget. Usually during the course of our initial conversation, whether from experience or intuition, [...]

A Funny Tale of Plagiarism

I think time has passed enough that I can share a story from my teaching experience. A funny story (now) of when circumstances stopped being a coincidence, and, even from the outside looking in, seemed to have the hand of God involved. OK, so here goes. A few years back I was teaching at ACA. [...]

January 90th

Yes it’s real date, or at least it is for this post. My wife and I had been discussing the concept of what would happen if you chose to do something, anything, consistently for 90 days. Whether something for your health, or skill set, or even put a dollar away a day. Anyway last night [...]

Where have I been?? Toasted!

Ok, So where in the “H – E – Double Hockey Sticks” have I been??! Well for one, my day job is in internet advertising, and trust me fourth quarter is a beast! Still waiting on that PS3 and bottle of Tequila for all the videos I had to encode for Sony! Secondly I have [...]