Ryan Carson

Doing a little A/B Testing

Hey everyone - I'm experimenting with Google Website Optimizer on WordPress on this post, so apologies for the 'noise'. I'll try to share anything I learn. Meanwhile, if you're bored, can you please click on the following link to my profile page? Google Website Optimizer is going to randomly rotate the ...

Good dad, selfish dad?

Jackson said his first real words yesterday. I was giving him a bath and Candy, our ballerina like cat, sauntered into the bathroom. Jackson looked at her, pointed and said 'at!'. Whoa. I was dumbstruck. That simple action reminded me that he's a person, not just a 'baby', and my duties as ...

Change your business or go out of business

Everyone knows that times are tough financially at the moment. A lot of businesses are finding it hard to make it and many are closing their doors forever. At Carsonified, we had to make the really tough decision to let some of the Team go. It was very hard, but it ...

Doing something memorable

We were heading into town on Friday and I wanted to make it memorable. There's so many times when someone says "What did you do over the weekend?" and I answer "You know, I can't really remember. Just hung out, I guess." With that in mind, I decided to bring our ...

Super Modern Ultra Efficient (and crappy)

Gill bought me some Geo F. Trumpers shaving soap over a year ago ... and I'm still using it. Compare that to your typical crappy can of Gillette Shaving Gel that is just as expensive, last a couple months, and is bad for the environment (aerosols, metal/plastic can, etc). Instead, my ...

Burn the money – How to do things you don’t want to do

We all have things we want to do, but we struggle to find the motivation or time. This is the constant relationship I have with working out. I hate working out. I know it's important, but I just hate it. So after reading the chapter Why we don't do what ...

Three things to make your work meaningful

I've really been enjoying Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers. There is a particularily interesting section from the chapter The Three Lessons of Joe Flom that I'd like to share: Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people agree, the three qualities that work ...

Holiday at Home

Gill and I decided to spend a week of holiday at home instead of flying somewhere. Gill got the idea from watching 1940's House, a show about what it was like during World War II in Britain. It wasn't safe or affordable to travel for holidays during the war, so ...

Taking the Boy for a spin

Little Jackson Bee (he looks like a bumble bee when we swaddle him) was crying this morning, so I thought I'd take him for a spin in the Baby Bjorn (or 'Front-loading-baby-holster' as Keir calls it). It was a stunning morning so I thought I'd shoot some photos and share ...

What’s your passion?

I sent out this question on Twitter: "Outside your day job, what are you passionate about?" I got some really interesting answers: mhalligan : @ryancarson World Domination! (2008-04-12 15:42:40) Reply calvintychan : @ryancarson passionate about meeting new people, playing basketball, playing Texas Hold'em :) (2008-04-12 15:15:18) Reply ralovely : @ryancarson It's awful. Thanks ...