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Changing Gears: Career Move

By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, design, life news, project management, seo

I’ve left my position at Terralever as a front end architect to explore other opportunities within the Phoenix area. Over the last few months I’ve developed an interest in other aspects of the web industry, not just xhtml/css. I’d like to expand my abilities in areas such as web marketing strategy, seo/sem, design and other

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

New Year, New Me?

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

Sorry I’ve been in hiatus the past three weeks or so… I was all on track to get some serious blogging done over the break and instead found myself in a mess of personal life crisis that made me wonder if Doctor Phil needs me to fill in some days. In the last three weeks

I too bought an iPhone

By aprilholle | life news, new technologies, technology reviews, user experience

As an early Christmas gift to myself I went ahead and bought an iPhone. I’ve been debating for quite a while about plunking down the change for one, but eh, there just really isn’t a better phone out there right now, and there isn’t going to be for a while. So, why not. I LOVED

Ack! I Missed Some Days!

By aprilholle | life news

Alright, alright, I missed some days. I fail. I’ve been caught up in this silly house thing, but it looks like the timing isn’t right after all. I’m approved for the loan amount, but the mortgage payment would be double my rent payment now… yeaaa not going to go back to eating ramen any time

The Hunt Is On

By aprilholle | life news

Kaleb and I have been thinking about purchasing a house come next year, after all the loans are paid, credit cards cut up… well… I jumped the gun. I found this super cute patio home over in North West Mesa that is more than what we’re looking for. Three bedrooms, two baths, a good sized

National Blog Posting Month

By aprilholle | life news, new idea!, things to do, wordpress

November, the month of brisk winds, first frosts, pumpkin pie, giving thanks, and now… national blog posting month. That’s right folks, for the month of November I will be posting every day. While there have been some discussions on how blog posting frequency doesn’t matter, I believe that I truly do have something interesting and

Local Lifestyle Magazines Recieve Facelift

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, advertising & marketing, life news, technology reviews

This was the first website in which we were really able to experiment with large scale theme usage and I learned quite a bit about how to make the front end flexible enough to reskin

Pink for October

By aprilholle | life news, self-reflection, things to do

It’s that time again! October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and to spark awareness around the world wide web PinkforOctober.org has asked web site owners to go pink for the month of October. Last year, I grabbed a pink wordpress theme and called it a month. This year, I’ve gone ahead and created a pink

Red Bull Flugtag Texas Recap

By aprilholle | art forms, life news, self-reflection

Oh my goodness! What an amazing time I had in Austin! I want to thank Aaron, Brooks, Parts, Derick, Domino, Erica and all the rest of the Red Bull staff who made this event amazing and the weekend just a blast! Austin is definately living up to it’s city slogan “Keep Austin Wierd.” While I