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Ceteris Peribus is a Latin phrase that means, "all other things being equal."

'It's common for people on my team to bring up great ideas.

'Recently one of my business partners joined my team's weekly call to explain an HR process we were implementing (he focuses on The Iron Yard's hiring and staff growth).

As I approach the end of a year in which me and my partners grew The Iron Yard from four employees and one location to almost 40 employees across 10 locations, I'm beginning the process of reflection....

My wife's uncle is an amazing entrepreneur and creative director.

'Last week I wrote a post about how one simple difference in email signatures in automated emails can make the difference between perceiving authority or just another email[^1].

'Though I work to manage it well, I spend a good bit of time in email.

I’ve written before about leaders of growing organizations undergoing the transition from maker to manager[^1], seeing less of their time devoted to building things and more of it focused on supportin...

I’ve been creating content personally and professionally for over a decade.

'I’ve recently signed up for two services: Uberconference and Zirtual.

Recently I've written two posts about changes technology is driving in libraries[^1].

'Last week I wrote a post about bookless libraries[^1].

'Last year Quartz published an article comparing Bing's direct jab at Google (the 'Scroogle' campaign[^1]) to tactics commonly used in political campaigns[^2].

A few recent articles have made the democratization of information—and the 'arrival of the future,' as some call these advances—hit much closer to home.

This week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association's yearly Summit[^1].

I am generally categorically opposed to what I call 'productivity snake oil'.

'This is a snippet from an email I sent to a designer I'm working with:

'Yesterday I wrote about a potential customer asking a question about our business on Quora[^1]:

'Recently a potential customer (who is now a customer) asked a question about our business on Quora[^1]:

'It's a healthy exercise to think about the way people who aren't like me experience things differently than I do (even if the raw material of those things are the same).

'Last night my wife and I were folding laundry.

This week a potential student reached out to The Iron Yard.

'Reflecting on my past writing is always a fun time.

'Earlier this month my wife, a florist, wrote a short blog post about messes and failure[^1].

Monday I wrote a post about marketing perspective—whether we view ourselves as part of our customers' stories or the other way around[^1].

Because I travel a good bit, blocks of down-time in airports have become coveted chances to knock work out and clear my inbox.

'Recently I was working with one of our teams to distribute pre-work for classes at The Iron Yard.

'A significant portion of the reading I do is digital.

'I'll delve into more detail in the future, but I'm very happy to say that today I completed a goal I've had for a long time: writing a program using code.

Recently I thought about what people might envision when they think about what others actually do when they travel for their job.

'Yesterday I wrote a post about post about the difference between being entrepreneurial and enterprising[^1].

The term "entrepreneurial" gets thrown around a good bit these days, especially now that startups are a popular headline in the news.

If I could read 77 quotes and suddenly experience all of the desired transformation I seek personally and in my business, I’d be…well…not writing about how to navigate the crazy adventure I’ve found...

Yesterday morning I somewhat randomly reminisced about my introduction to email and how I used electronic messaging "early on" (at least in my personal history).

I've worked on a fair number of video projects over the past few years.

'In June I wrote about testing "un-tailored search"[^1] with a tool called DuckDuckGo[^2]

Lately I feel like I've noticed more user experience details or other instances of creativity as I browse the web.

I recently took my car to the shop to be repaired.

Last week I wrote a long post about how I attempt to steward my time, attention and technology[^1].

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

Sometimes decisions made about what a company's culture is going to be like are significant.

I've said before that I'm not a user experience or design expert.

I ran across a story not long ago that is a shining example of the exhaustive reach of the internet.

'Etymology is the study of the history of words.

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'Earlier this week I wrote a post called Distraction is the Enemy[^1].

Today Peter and I had the chance to spend time with both leadership and various other teams from Zappos and MailChimp

This article will be the first somewhat "practical" post in a series of posts I'm writing called Making it Count[^1].

I participated in the Apple Beta program for OS X Yosemite.

Last week I shared a few quotes that explain why I don't pay attention to the news[^1].