Jeff Gardner » writing http://jeffgardner.org photography, technology & wordology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:12:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Another one for the Smashing crowd! http://jeffgardner.org/2009/07/14/another-one-for-the-smashing-crowd/ http://jeffgardner.org/2009/07/14/another-one-for-the-smashing-crowd/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:01:38 +0000 Jeff http://jeffgardner.org/?p=392 Another article of mine was just published on Smashing Magazine! As always, I’m having a great time replying to comments and emails about the article. Please keep them coming!

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Good writing is the sign of an organized mind.
— Jim Coudal

Here, here!

(via this terrible quality video interview)

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]]> http://jeffgardner.org/2009/01/12/article-published/feed/ 1 50,000 words, a new job and skiing before Thanksgiving http://jeffgardner.org/2008/12/08/50000-words-a-new-job-and-skiing-before-thanksgiving/ http://jeffgardner.org/2008/12/08/50000-words-a-new-job-and-skiing-before-thanksgiving/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:43:18 +0000 Jeff http://jeffgardner.org/?p=192 Yeah you could say that I’ve been busy.

Let’s start with the novel.  I posted here before say that I was taking part in NanoWriMo this year.  First off, it was great fun overall and I did finish make my 50,000 word goal by the end of the month.  Having a deadline on something as large as a novel (even a small one like 50k) is such a good thing, it forces you to just pour the words out onto the page.  No matter how bad they are, and believe me, they are bad.  Everyone writes crap for a first draft, especially under a deadline, but as many writers that chimed in on the NanoWriMo pep talks each week said, “A shitty finished novel will always beat an unfinished great novel.”  I am inclined to believe them if only to stroke me ego a little.  So make your plans now, signup for NanoWriMo 2009 and write yourself a novel!

The new employment situation:  I am the new front-end web developer for Entermotion.  They are a Kansas based company that builds webpages for clients and also develops web apps under the moniker Paste Interactive.  It’s, so far, been a fantastic gig.  I am super busy day to day and I am now working from home.  It is a remote job, meaning that I can work from wherever – this is going to be pretty key for the impending move to Italy next winter.

And no, I haven’t moved to Colorado.  I’m not sure who did the snow dance so well this fall but I’ve already skiied 4 days this year.  Three at Whitegrass on the xc sticks and then yesterday at Snowshoe on the tele skis.  It’s been all beautiful snow and soft powder (east-coast style, no cold-smoke).  Here’s to the wonders of winter and the beauty of sliding down a hill really fast with sticks attached to your feet!

A few images of the xc at Whitegrass from the last few weeks for your viewing pleasure.

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I’m currently at 28,299 words.  Just barely behind the curve (You should be writing 1667 words per day).  It’s been fun to be master of a universe, even if it is just in my own head.

I swear I’ll be back to blogging after November is over.  And who knows, maybe I’ll even post my novel up here when it’s done for those brave souls that want to waste a few hours of thier lives reading my dribble. ;-)

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