Month: May 2018

Thom DeVita, 85, Dies; Revolutionized the Art of Tattooing – The New York Times

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash While other tattoo artists offered a rigid set of images and styles, he designed one-of-a-kind tattoos, blending high art, primitivism, Japanese designs and classic Americana. But getting a DeVita tattoo was always a gamble: What you saw on the wall wasn’t necessarily what showed up on your arm. “I don’t tattoo like…

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Art Paul, Art Director Who Gave Playboy Its Look, Dies at 93 – The New York Times

Photo by Les Anderson on Unsplash Probably the coolest thing about this story of Art Paul is that through his work and his innovations, he opened a whole new profession for artists who would have otherwise simply chosen a more traditional route for their careers. More personally, I remember my Dad showing me at one point how that…

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Overlooked No More: Julia de Burgos, a Poet Who Helped Shape Puerto Rico’s Identity – The New York Times

Source: Overlooked No More: Julia de Burgos, a Poet Who Helped Shape Puerto Rico’s Identity – The New York Times

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Why kids need to move in school – CNN

I’m fortunate to work for a great company that takes great care of their employees.  That’s my new stand-up desk in the photo above.  This story about a school implementing the same idea is long overdue.  Seems a little bit silly that we have to “encourage kids to move so that they will want to…

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I’m rooting for you and your success

I read this ridiculous statement this morning. That a single decision cam ‘determine’ the course of your life. Determine your success forever. A belief for some that is wholly inaccurate. I felt compelled to respond. It’s just the kind of externally focused thinking that holds you back. Your reaction to events is what is truly…

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Beyond Responsive Design: How to Optimize Your Website for Mobile Users

This is a terrific article that will take your thinking well beyond making your web site fully responsive. Once you’ve done that, you then need to start thinking about exactly how your customers are interacting with you online so that you can communicate with them more and more effectively. -John Micro-moments occur when people reflexively…

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Obituary – Jhoon Rhee (1932 – 2018), “father of American Taekwondo” | Legacy.com

Jhoon Rhee was a 10th-degree black belt credited with spreading taekwondo in the United States, especially around the nation’s capital, after emigrating from Korea in the 1950s. He opened his first taekwondo school in Washington, D.C., in 1962. By the 1980s, Rhee had 11 schools in the Washington area. Source: Jhoon Rhee (1932 – 2018),…

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