Category: Running the Business
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Mickey Mouse to Be Public Domain in 2023?
Now that Sherlock Holmes–both the character and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories–has been officially declared to be in the public domain, someone asked on Facebook when Mickey Mouse would enter the public domain. Being that I am, A) very interested in intellectual property law, and, B) an American with a great familiarity to the…
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Small Business Statistics and Infographic
Considering starting a small businesss? Let these statistical nuggets sink in.
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Building My Own Super-Charged Hootsuite and Buffer App Replacement
I’ve been building my own replacement for Hootsuite, Buffer App, and other social media monitoring and sharing systems. I have only a couple of relatively minor aspects to figure out, and then I’m cutting the cord tying my social media life to stagnant third-parties like Hootsuite. Why I (and My Followers) Need Me to Use…
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Design Saturday Market Free eSeminar Series
New free eseminar series to discuss the tools and trade of professional design.
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My New Business Cards
I’m happy with my new business cards from a new online printer.
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Notice to PR Agencies
I just sent the below e-mail in response to a “HairMax LaserComb” laser hair therapy press release delivered to me an hour ago as part of an e-mail blast. The press release was from Andrea Samacicia, Account Executive, at KMR Communications, a New York-based public relations firm. My message is fair notice to all PR…
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I Love Busy Days
Deadlines. Writing. Designing. Editing a letter for my girlfriend. Web design and coding (4 sites simultaneously). Scheduling a speaking engagement for November. Negotiating my fee for same. Writing questions for a software certification exam. Trying to learn the ins-and-outs of RSS feed parsing. And, in my spare time, turning myself into a manga character (here…
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Quark Vs InDesign Under Its Own Domain
As part of a multi-phase restructuring of this site–not to mention moving to a hosting company that actually works–the Quark VS InDesign category of I Am Pariah.com has moved to its own domain name: Quark VS InDesign.com Now The Authority for News & Opinion on the War of the Desktop Publishing Giants has a look…
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I Wept Teaching A Class Today
Today was my last day working in Colorado Springs. I fly out early tomorrow morning. Because I am so passionate about InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc., about the graphics industry, and about sharing my enthusiasm for these things with others through teaching classes, I often bond with my students. On many occassions students treat me to…
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Fear Grips Blogs: Copyright Infringement
I think this issue is being taken a little too seriously and literally–especially by the commentors on Calacanis’s original post–because of one article, which was written in early 2002 if you read the fine print at the bottom (or read the URL). Were copyright infringement on blogs really such a hot issue, we would have…