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Featured Blog Posts – January 2011 Archive (9)

Thinking Positive Has Never Been This Funny

Last night the girlfriend and I went to the IndyFringe Theatre. While her job was to look pretty (not hard), to laugh and enjoy herself, I was there to review "A Brighter Shade of Blue."

In a word, the one-man act is hilarious and worth your time. Julie and I couldn't stop laughing. Nationally Touring Comedian Paul Strickland tells the hilarious story of one man's struggle to talk himself into being happy. And this was no small feat. Given his married to his future ex-wife, a…

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Added by Rodger D. Johnson on January 30, 2011 at 12:03am — No Comments

The Demise of My Dumpster Diving Pants

My husband Jim and I have an extraordinary marriage. After knowing each other for 11 years and married for 10, we still find each other to be attractive. Ya know why? Well, I ditched my dumpster diving pants, along with the attitude that accompanied them.

What the dickens are dumpster diving pants? Why in the world would someone with a master's degree in social work dive in dumpsters? For God sakes, she probably has enough vittles, you may think. Yes, I do…

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Added by Annie Sever-Dimitri on January 25, 2011 at 9:08pm — No Comments

Design Criticism and the Creative Process

This terrific article by Cassie McDaniel is sure to benefit new and seasoned designers alike. Well, then again, anyone for that matter!

Here is a brief snippet:

"The critique’s importance in creative output is not a new idea; it is why design community sites such as Dribbble, Behance, and Forrst flourish. But embracing the critique depends on knowing your value to a project and understanding how to navigate process to achieve great work."

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Added by Jack Koning on January 24, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Stumble but Do not fall

The way life moves at a rapid pace, it’s very likely to tumble a few times before it slows down. If you really take an honest look at everyday, you’ll notice a few slip ups here and there, especially if you look at it in the time frame of a month or two. That’s when you’ll really get to know your habits, whether good or bad.

Everyone has a few vices they fall back on when times are tough on an emotional scale. Sometimes those vices are the exact reason life slips up every now and… Continue

Added by Jennifer Lamb on January 19, 2011 at 1:57pm — 2 Comments

The Cabaret at The Columbia Club: Tierney Sutton Band

Swanky, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is fashionably elegant. Swanky, as defined by Indianapolis, is The Cabaret at The Columbia Club.

The international-headlining Tierney Sutton Band starts the new year…

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Added by Elizabeth J Musgrave on January 16, 2011 at 9:31am — No Comments

Buy Local Food Economics Has Flaws

Economists Jayson Lusk and F. Bailey Norwood, in their essay The Locavore's Dilemma: Why Pineapples Shouldn't Be Grown in North Dakota, provide a perspective on the whole idea of locally grown food and why the economics of such an idea is not a reality that can occur.

Local food is generally more expensive than…

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Added by john blue on January 14, 2011 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Making Lemonade

I was at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce luncheon, today, where Emily of VisitIndiana.com presented us with facts about tourism in this state. As an example, Tourism is either the 3rd or 4th largest industry in Indiana, depending upon who’s numbers you use. The average ‘tourist’ to Indiana is 42 years old, has an average income of $60,000.00, annually, and is driving between 101 and 200 miles to get to their destination. This was a very nice presentation with lots of…

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Added by Daniel Curry on January 13, 2011 at 2:18pm — No Comments

How to Improve Your Local SEO

Though SEO as a whole can become a rather complicated technique, there are several steps that just about any small business owner can take to optimize his website and increase the chances of it appearing in organic search results. Most small businesses are locally-focused – that is, they cater to or offer their services to their local community. However, many small business website owners think "internationally" when it comes to search engine optimization.

If you're a pizza…

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Added by Karen Scharf on January 12, 2011 at 11:26pm — 2 Comments

Disappointment Takes Planning

Good friend, Doug Theis of Lifeline Data Centers, recently lent me a book on Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It's a fascinating book and has allowed me to do some deeper analysis of my personal behavior, happiness, work habits, etc. I'm finishing up the book right now and one of the key ideas in the later chapters is that disappointment and failure are often anticipated by us... and eventually lead to... disappointment and…

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Added by Douglas Karr on January 2, 2011 at 12:00am — 5 Comments