"I’m Sorry" & the Vacation Piggy Bank Experiment

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"I'm Sorry" & the Vacation Piggy Bank Experiment

"I’m Sorry" & the Vacation Piggy Bank Experiment

By aprilholle | general observation, life news, self-reflection

I have a really, REALLY nasty habit of apologizing for every little thing in life. Find out how I’m fixing it

An Open Letter to am/pm

An Open Letter to am/pm

By aprilholle | design, general observation, social media, technology reviews, user experience

My car has been running on empty for almost two days now, I seem to notice that I do this a lot and I chalk it up to my experiences at gas stations as to a reason why I let my life be possibly hindered by running out of gas rather than to take ten

Happy, Sad and Somewhere in the Middle

Happy, Sad and Somewhere in the Middle

By aprilholle | general observation, life news, self-reflection

There are some moments in life that have this perfect duality of Happy and Sad to them. They capture many of the beautiful things in life while some how having that tart center of “reality comes to bite you in the ass”. I often admire these situations in life because very rarely is something so

Growing Smarter Not Harder

By aprilholle | general observation, new idea!, new technologies, self-reflection

The Smart Growth Manifesto considers the 20th Century Economy to be based on a poor growth model that was unsustainable, unfair, and brittle. Using what we’ve learned in this 20th Century growth model, the article suggests we move to a smarter growth model that provides sustainability, equality and resilience

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun

By aprilholle | general observation, self-reflection

I found this video, quite randomly one day while looking through twitter links. It really inspired me. This video repeats a few of the messages I hear so many people say these days, but some how it captures how simple and yet how perfect fun is and how important it is to our lives and

America the Brave or America the Backwards?

By aprilholle | general observation, life news, self-reflection

Before I start this rant, I just want to make a small disclaimer. I’m not a political analyst, I don’t know all the facts. However, I am an American and I do have the first amendment to back up what I’m about to say. Some things transpired this weekend that have brought myself to question

Band of Brothers: Building Offline Community

By aprilholle | general observation, things to do

While there’s a lot to be said about online community and how much value it creates in the web industry, I’d like to focus on offline community for a second. A great deal of time and money has been spent on building online communities and connecting people from one nation to another, but lately the

Self-Inflicted Undue Pressure

By aprilholle | general observation, project management, self-reflection

I’ve been speaking to several colleagues lately within the web design community, and I’ve come to a harsh realization. I think that as a whole, our industry creates it’s own self-inflicted pressure with deadlines and customer relations. Granted, some customers can come into the relationship wanting the impossible, but often, with a little enlightenment, customers

Doing What You Love vs. Having a Job

By aprilholle | general observation, things to do

Doing what you love is the key to career happiness, and when I mean doing what you love, I mean the WHOLE package, not just the industry, not just who you work for, the place you work at etc. You can love who you work for, but not the exact tasks you do for the

Walking on the Ceiling

By aprilholle | general observation, life news, new idea!, self-reflection, things to do

I was in a meeting with one of my co-workers today when she mentioned that as a child she would lay on her back with her feet up in the air, as if she could walk on the ceiling. It brought me back to that time in my life, remembering how life would be if