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One of my business partners, Mason, studied philosophy in college.

'Last week I wrote a post about significant shifts in people's views on college in our country[^1] The article grew out of a conversation I had with a high school grad considering which path to take:

'Not too long ago I pointed out a few very strange icons representing male and female restrooms[^1].

Yesterday morning I had disagreement with one of my business partners.

'This is the third post in an ongoing series about the transition from maker to manager.[^1]

'I've had the privilege of attending Front End Design Conference for the last few days.

In an effort to consistently apply critical thought to what we do at The Iron Yard, we often post food for thought around education and learning.

I don't read a whole lot of news.

Yesterday I had the chance to talk to a recent high school graduate who was thinking about their future.

Last week an internal email exchange came across my inbox that made me stop and smile.

I'm responsible for writing most of the copy on The Iron Yard's website.

Last week I was in Colorado at a family reunion (hence the lack of writing) and randomly found a single page from the Des Moines Sunday Register.

You might have noticed that I use footnotes, not links, in the body text of my articles.

This week a friend[^1] emailed me and shared a few extremely encouraging words with me.

Last night my wife asked me if I'd heard about an iPhone app called Yo.

'Here's an interesting fact about The Iron Yard Academy: in the city where the school was founded (Greenville, SC) we haven't spent a single dollar on marketing.

'Two days ago I wrote an article[^1] about the risk of the internet presenting homogeneity to individuals as opposed to varying opinions and 'balanced' content in response to search.

I've long held that media in and of themselves are morally neutral: they can be used for good or for bad.

'We have been moving non-stop since arriving in Europe and I haven't had a chance to process many photos at all.

'If you've ever attended a large event in a non-traditional event venue, you know that obtaining food and beverage can sometimes be a challenge.

Below is an incredibly honest take on content marketing from Kathy Sierra[^1].

This is a marvelous quote from Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day[^1] about the approach of Allied ships to the beaches of Normandy.

Andrew Dumont is an entrepreneur who works for betaworks[^1], a launchpad for great companies.

I'm about to leave on an international trip with my family.

'Email subscriptions are one of my nemeses.

'This quote always challenges me to be a lifelong learner:

'This is the second post in an ongoing series about the transition from maker to manager.[^1]

'This is my grandfather, Herb Simmons, showing his medals to my wife.

'One truism that I harp on relentlessly focuses on expectations:

'I had the chance to process a few non-Zappos pictures from my recent trip to Las Vegas.

'This is the first post in an ongoing series about the transition from maker to manager.[^1]

Last week I published a letter that I wrote to our company about disagreements.[1. 1.

'This is the third post in a series called Making it Count about getting things done and using our precious hours wisely[^1].

'When success happens, people tend to view the path leading up to that success with rose-colored glasses.

The first draft of this post was titled, "All Budgeting Software Sucks."

This week I've had the unbelievable privilege of spending time with a handful people from the Zappos team.

'I’ve been picking up the pace on my blogging lately and thought it would be interesting to share the reasons behind my effort to produce more content.

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Failure is a funny thing.

I'm always fascinated by a writer's ability to say so much with so few words.

'I found these icons above the aft lavatory on a Delta flight to Houston.

'I've always loved this bit about empowered consumers.

'I have a fair amount of experience in the world of agency and client work.

Startups attract people for different reasons.

'I recently wrote about the strange comfort I find in ships and the fact that on a basic level they've remained largely the same for thousands of years.

'Today I had several hours of work to do in a hotel room, so I dragged the desk to the window for sunlight and at least some sort of view (other than beige walls).

'It's hard to call any machine that gives you ice cream a failure, but this one is about as close as they come.

When I have the opportunity, I write letters to our company.

'Today we made a trip to the mountains to wish my grandfather a happy 92nd birthday.

'This is the second post in a series called Making it Count about getting things done and using our precious hours wisely[^1] .