What Starbucks, Mountains, and Running Have in Common

Starbucks, Mountains and Running

For some of you who are reading this, none of these things might appeal to you.

Perhaps you prefer coffee from Caribou or some other local coffee shop. It’s also possible that you’re a beach person, and can certainly do without the mountains.

The idea of running is something that you loathe, and a hobby you vow to never get into.

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Redefining My Website and Yes… The Elephant in the Room

About Brian Gardner

First off, let’s get rid of the elephant in the room. Yes, I did it again. And yes, I know I said that I was going to stick with the previous design for a while.

The fact of the matter is that I have a serious problem, but I won’t apologize for it.

I love to design, to tinker and to try new things. This isn’t a surprise to anyone, and quite honestly if you thought I’d be keeping the previous design forever — shame on you. #grins

I will compensate Rafal with Starbucks for a month since I lost our side bet. The sun will rise and the sun will set today. Let’s all move on with this, ‘mkay?

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Oops! I Did it Again… and the Reason Why it Happened

You may have noticed, that things are looking a bit different around here. That might be a surprise to you, especially when things didn’t go so well the last time I tried this.

So I pulled out my big guns, and got Rafal Tomal involved.

I know, you might be calling that an unfair advantage, but this was one of those times where I really needed his help. And now I’ll go into detail why it was a necessary thing.

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…That Moment When You Admit Defeat and 86 Yourself

Last week I released my current design and wanted to come up with something new. Unlike previous occurrences, I made the design available while I was still using it.

Normally I make folks sweat it out and wait a few weeks once I unveil a new look, but for whatever reason this time around I changed things up. So this past weekend I spent a number of hours working up a new design for my personal site.

I started with the Modern Portfolio theme that we are releasing today, and ran with it into a direction that I thought I really liked.

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