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Apr072013

A Perfect Life

Having just spent the last 2 days at Wordcamp Miami, my passion is running super high for working for myself. Not to mention kicking butt. In my perfect life, RS Creative Solutions will run smoothly and earn us enough money for Steve to do law school and me to not have to work in corporate America.

In reality, I don’t have any consistent clients and don’t get paid for the bulk of the work I do… mostly bc I don’t ever bill for it. From now on, I need to set boundaries, create job scope/ specs, get down payments, have contracts signed all before I ever do a drop of design work.

I’ve been doing this long enough (15 years) that I can’t keep calling myself an amateur. I mean really, that doesn’t help with my design-esteem. Yeah, that’s like self-esteem but for my design work.

I found two somewhat mentors willing to help me with my business and was told that I really need to get to more events in the industry. I was also told our URL was too long. So I bought a shorter one: RS Creates

Now to implement my perfect life.

Aug202011

Scam Going Around via Text Message

Just a little PSA for those reading this blog…

If you get a text/ call from (413) 347-3925, it is a SCAM! Below is a copy of the text I received. And to an even more interesting point, I have never even heard of that bank nor do I have any accounts beginning or ending with those 4 digits. I do wonder how many people have fallen for this. Maybe the same ones that think Nigeria really has princes wanting you to hold onto their millions.

Also found this article already on the subject: Union County authorities warn residents of text message phishing scam

Aug052011

Dying Contacts List, Must Resuscitate

My phone and Gmail account seem to be conspiring against me. They keep deleting my contacts. I’m talking about my husband, my parents, my best friends… Ya know, the people I text with on a frequent basis.

It’s bugging the ever loving frell outta me! Seriously.

Every time I open my messages, I see more phone numbers and less names associated with them. The only way I know who they are is based on what we’ve been discussing.

And lemme tell ya, when you text with about 20 or so folks on a regular basis, that’s no easy feat! Also, it’s taking emails and all the other info with it when it goes POOF.

I have sent this to the 100 or so people remaining in my Gmail Contacts list and posted it on Facebook and Twitter, but I figured I’d post here as well. The easiest way to get my peeps back, is for y’all to give me your current info directly.

This form will send the contact info directly to me and no one else will see it. So no worries there with regards to privacy, k?

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Jun172011

Favorite iPhone Apps

I’m just curious, what are some of your favorite iPhone apps? Preferably the free ones, but if a paid one really impresses you, let me know.

As you can see below, I’m a bit of an app fiend. To me, the greatest invention Apple gave us was being able to group apps! Seriously. In some of those boxes I have the maximum available number of apps. I tried really hard to only have a single box for a grouping. Then there’s the ones that aren’t grouped on my main screen that I use most often like the calendar, messages, StitchMinder (highly recommended for you fiber fans like me!), and Posterous. They’re kinda my 2nd row of home keys.

All in all, I have 110 apps, which includes the ones that came standard like mail, calendar, etc.

Wow… 110. That’s crazy!

Screenshot images by me. The background is the sky over Homestead, FL at sundown.

Note: I’m not getting compensated for this post by anyone, I’m just a huge fan of my beloved iPhone. <3

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