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September, 2006 Archives

Reaching Professional Milestones »

An article my friend Jennifer sent out this morning has stirred some interesting discussion and self-reflections. The article belongs to the “Masters of Design” series by Fast Company, and is about Paula Scher: Her talent, her expertise within the graphic design industry, and what she’s had to do to get where she is… One of […]

Copyright Superheroes »

Recently I had to deal with yet one more episode of thieves plagiarizing my work. Flying out of the clouds, with a virtual superhero cape, Jonathan Bailey came to the rescue. Jonathan is the author of Plagiarism Today, a wonderful resource for all things online plagiarism. Thanks to his help, I was able to quickly […]

Luz and Lucila »

Lorelle’s latest blogging challenge is to write about your hobbie. While I don’t intend to give you all the nitty gritty about the many activities I enjoy doing with my free time, this topic ties nicely with a subject I’ve been wanting to write about for some time now: This post is about two special […]

So Long, Mr. Walters »

I am so completely shocked, this probably won’t be a very well thought-out post…
For some reason I was just reading some of the old comments left on this site, and when I got to the post I wrote about some artists I met at the Utah Arts Festival, for no reason at all, I clicked […]

A Merciless Self Design Review »

If you think that I am terribly proud of the visual design and information architecture exhibited on this web site, I need to quickly clarify that you are unfortunately wrong. Mafe Maria may be a sample in my portfolio, but only because it shows that I have taken WordPress by the horns, and also as […]

One Second »

It only takes a second or less to have your life dramatically changed, doesn’t it?
Monday night, at about 8 pm the phone rang… English being my second language, I still have a hard time with the beginning words of strangers on the phone, so I didn’t really understand who this person was, but he was […]

The Notion of Paradise »

The last time we visited Joey’s family in Houston, Sharon (Joey’s mom), Joey and I were discussing the latest news about a new war starting in the Middle East. After I articulated some hot sports opinions, we got engaged in a very interesting discussion.
I was saying that if I could choose a parallel universe, and […]

Trying to free-ride on my business name? »

Dear Yaw Osafo-Ansong,
Congratulations on the recent launch of your web design business and web site “MQStudios”. As you well know, my name is Maria Q. Stultz, and I own a small but successful web design business named “MQStudio“, operating online since Aug, 2003.
Mr. Osafo-Ansong… May I call you Alantee?… I am extremely surprised by the […]

Daily Distractions I Must Fight »

Every day, with fresh supplies of morning energy to tackle precious billable work, several new urges attack mercilessly. I blame this year’s SXSWi and having joined the blogosphere for the sudden explosion of some of these…

Reading all new blog posts in my Sage bar
Checking to see if anybody replied directly to any of my very […]