Welcome to the blog portion of this site: Capturing My Attention

I'm a freelancing "creative type" making a career out of helping others express themselves creatively. My site includes both professional & personal content. Here in the blog, you're as likely to read my random musings as something related to my particular twist on self-employment. For more, you might want to read this page.

Monday
Jan092012

Latest Squarespace site launch: Artist Tracey J. Marshall's artbytjm.com redesign

Screen shot of Greensboro artist, Tracey J. Marshall's newly redesigned website hosted on Squarespace.There is no question that Tracey Marshall knows art. When she decided she wanted to have her website hosted through Squarespace so she could eventually learn to make her own regular updates, she started talking to me. Wanting a complete site facelift for the new year, in addition to more flexibility to update, she'd gotten excited about the possibilities this platform offers - particularly to artists and other creative types who need to manage multiple online portfolios of their work.

If anybody has multiple online galleries, it would be Tracey J. Marshall. This woman has painted more canvases

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Friday
Dec302011

Seth Godin on Productivity Plans

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment. - Seth GodinSeth Godin's blog post today was written for me. Clearly.

The reason productivity improvements don't work (as well as they could) hit home a little too well. Now... What am I gonna' do about it?

Thursday
Dec292011

Leftover Cuties - Favorite new musical discovery for my design groove

It always seems to be music that helps me reconnect with a lost creative groove. Today was no different.

Quite by accident, I've discovered a band I'd never heard of before, called Leftover Cuties. Nice sound. Between the sultry voice of Shirli McAllen and instruments that include an upright bass, ukelele,

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