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		<title>Client instructions through the WordPress admin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I currently have a client that &#8211; no offense to anyone, I swear it &#8211; cannot seem to handle instructions to save his life.  I&#8217;ve written two PDF documents, as well as one in Word format, as well as multiple phone conversations, and having an &#8220;Active Collab&#8221; type area where your discussions are stored for future reference &#8211; and finally emails.  However, I still find myself repeatedly giving him instructions, because if [...]


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		<title>More on the treadmill desk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to give a little update on my previous posting about my new treadmill desk setup.  It&#8217;s still set up the same way &#8211; my husband hasn&#8217;t been able to actually create a better working desk than the current prototype, due to an unexpected garage emergency involving electrical wiring and discussions about suing the dude who did the house inspection before we bought the place because we&#8217;re seriously lucky our house hasn&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Why I moderate comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people feel that moderation of comments of a blog (such as this) is bad practice, and is performed pretty much by people who believe themselves to be the end-all of correctness. Only people who love themselves and care nothing for other people&#8217;s opinions moderate the comments on their site.  (This observation, anyway, is something I&#8217;ve seen in my years as a blog-reader and Twitterer, but I don&#8217;t have any direct references to such [...]


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		<title>6 Things to Check Before the Site Launch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am absolutely sure that this list will change over time.  But I realized this morning that I don&#8217;t have a real set list of things to do before I launch a site &#8211; be it a redesign or a brand new site.  Again, it&#8217;s a whole &#8220;fly by the seat of my pants&#8221; kind of thing. Using experience and memory to help me through it &#8211; when really I should have something [...]


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		<title>Steps to better health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brassblogs.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back, I made a post about how annoyingly cluttered my office was.  (I did clean it up after I posted that one, by the way.)  But one thing that&#8217;s always bothered me about what I do for a living is the hit my health is taking. I sit &#8211; SIT &#8211; for anywhere from 8-16 hours per day &#8211; even on weekends &#8211; depending on what I&#8217;m working on.  (This [...]


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		<title>I have a plan. No, really. I swear.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brassblogs.com/?p=178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you may have noticed a new layout here on the site, with a big, fat announcement that I&#8217;ve gone on sabbatical.  Yes, it&#8217;s true (obviously).  The reason I finally decided to do this was because my business was going down one path, while my dreams for my business were leading down another.  It&#8217;s been nearly 8 years since I took on my very first client, and I&#8217;ve come to understand why [...]


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		<title>Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brassblogs.com/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I&#8217;m a web designer.
I run a small web design and development company in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury, CT.
My goal is to create beautiful and usable websites that connect with people.
My passion is finding solutions to challenges that are presented to me.
My inspiration is from life, the world, and from you.


sab&#8226;bat&#8226;i&#8226;cal
 [suh-bat-i-kuh l]

-adjective
bringing a period of rest.
-noun
any extended period of leave from one&#8217;s customary work, especially for rest, [...]


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		<title>Defining My Place, Part VII: You Can Always Do Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brassblogs.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed, over the last couple of years, how people tend to slow down in their careers.  They get into a groove (which is good, that means you&#8217;re efficient and have a system that works for you), but they never seem to deviate from it.  
When it comes to web design, one thing I&#8217;ve noticed &#8211; usually by clients who come to me to take the place of an old designer who &#8220;disappeared&#8221; [...]


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		<title>Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I’m a web designer.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Hello, my name is Shelly Cole, and I&#8217;m a web designer.
I run a small web design and development company in the Hartford suburb of Simsbury, CT.
My goal is to create beautiful and usable websites that connect with people.
My passion is finding solutions to challenges that are presented to me.
My inspiration is from life, the world, and from you.



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		<title>Holy crap, I made a boo-boo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just informed about a stupid mistake I made with my CakeShop plugin (formerly called &#8220;Simple Cart&#8221;).  So please, if ANY of you have downloaded those files before today, redownload them NOW.
Here&#8217;s the reason why&#8230;

Basically, I&#8217;m developing that simple code into a serious plugin that will hopefully help a lot of people who want to use shopping systems on their site.  Now, there are some awesome shopping cart plugins out there already, [...]


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