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Rise Up Phoenix

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

A soapbox about Phoenix community, but first, a video about ants. Last night I was talking to my father about the Climategate, Cap and Trade and other world issues all of which are way way bigger than either of us, and all I had was one question, how can I help? Then dad mentioned a

Pulp Browsers > Browser Wars

By aprilholle | XHTML/CSS, accessibility, links of the week, technology reviews, things to do

Found this little gem the other day on Twitter. For all of us who enjoy Pulp Fiction as much as we hate broswer testing, I bring you… Pulp Browsers

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

Stronger, Fitter, Happier

By aprilholle | life news, things to do

I could write some lame excuse post about why I haven’t been writing, like “oh I bought a house, I celebrated my 25th birthday, etc” but I’ll spare you the bits and if you’re interested let me know and I’ll fill you in. In the meantime, I’m starting to wonder about what to do next.

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

Refresh Recap: Demo Night

By aprilholle | new technologies, speaker reviews, things to do

Great Refresh meeting last night over at Inza Coffee. There were about 10 to 15 5 minute demos of new and exciting web projects coming out of Phoenix. Some of the highlights were: Show in a Box – If you’re interested in starting a video blog, but you’re not technically savvy, check out Show in

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

Links of the Week Vol. 4

By aprilholle | advertising & marketing, links of the week, things to do

Coke has made a great interactive game area called The Happiness Factory, where you enter into employment at Coke as four different types of alien like workers. Check it out! If one of your new years resolutions is to be happier at work, check out these 25 ways you can improve your mood at work.

Tweet Up AZ!

By aprilholle | new technologies, things to do

Had a great time this weekend at a tweetupAZ meetup. Basically a lot of us twitter addicted peoples get together in one common area to interface offline and in more than 140 characters. This was the second TweetUpAZ meeting I believe, the first at a coffee house, and this one at Tempe Marketplace. It’s so

Links of the Week Vol. 1

By aprilholle | accessibility, general observation, links of the week, project management, things to do

Welcome to the first week of LINKS OF THE WEEK! I come across some great informative and humorous content online, and I want to share that.. with all of you. Enjoy! Wonderful cartoon explaining the communication struggle in development of applications. Happy Webbies is like Happy Bunny for web geeks. Check out the animated talking