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		<title>Things worth reading today</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2009/10/things-worth-reading-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[50 Brilliant Birds Eye Photos Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s of Photoshop retouching 40 Must have logo tutorials Delaware Young Professionals mixer Thursday 99 Beautiful Portfolio Designs 10 best Content Management Systems for Designers &#8220;Notice Me&#8221;]]></description>
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<li><a href="http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/50-brilliant-birds-eye-photos.html">50 Brilliant Birds Eye Photos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/10/dos-and-donts-of-photoshop-retouching/">Do&#8217;s and Dont&#8217;s of Photoshop retouching</a></li>
<li><a href="http://designrfix.com/resources/logo-design-40-tutorials">40 Must have logo tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="http://delawareonline.com/dypn">Delaware Young Professionals mixer Thursday</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.instantshift.com/2009/09/06/99-creative-and-beautiful-looking-portfolio-designs/">99 Beautiful Portfolio Designs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://webdesignledger.com/tools/10-best-content-management-systems-for-designers">10 best Content Management Systems for Designers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/10/notice-me.html">&#8220;Notice Me&#8221;</a></li>
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		<title>Recent ads built for DelawareOnline</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2009/08/recent-ads-built-for-delawareonline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CitizenConnelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few recent ads built for DelawareOnline, hopefully you recognize them&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are a few recent ads built for DelawareOnline, hopefully you recognize them&#8230;</p>
<div id="attachment_724" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 520px"><img class="size-full wp-image-724 " title="petescyle728_0729" src="http://citizenconnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/petescyle728_0729.gif" alt="Yamaha Sale for Pete's Cycle, I was going for a retro look with a contemporary feel" width="510" height="63" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Yamaha Sale for Pete&#39;s Cycle, I was going for a retro look with a contemporary feel</p></div>
<div id="attachment_726" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-726" title="hadfields0625" src="http://citizenconnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hadfields0625.gif" alt="Went for more of a rough look with some pop" width="300" height="250" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Went for more of a rough look with some pop</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_722" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-722" title="harryssavoy0805" src="http://citizenconnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/harryssavoy0805.gif" alt="Ran on MetroMix and DelawareOnline" width="300" height="250" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ran on MetroMix and DelawareOnline</p></div>
<div id="attachment_723" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-723" title="fruitflowers300_0803b" src="http://citizenconnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fruitflowers300_0803b.gif" alt="Great client, great products, did very well." width="300" height="250" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Great client, great products, did very well.</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_725" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 170px"><img class="size-full wp-image-725" title="stewarts0724_160b" src="http://citizenconnelly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stewarts0724_160b.gif" alt="Microbrewery located in Bear, great place. " width="160" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Microbrewery located in Bear, great place. </p></div>
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		<title>If your website is crap, don&#8217;t promote it</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2009/03/if-your-website-is-crap-dont-promote-yourself-as-a-web-designer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CitizenConnelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m tired of web designers and web design companies promote their mad skills despite the fact that their website itself is utterly deplorable. Seriously, if your site sucks why should I trust that your work on mine will be any different?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m tired of web designers and web design companies promote their mad skills despite the fact that their website itself is utterly deplorable.</p>
<p>Seriously, if your site sucks why should I trust that your work on mine will be any different?</p>
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		<title>Push through it</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2009/02/push-through-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CitizenConnelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I&#8217;m at work&#8230;I have this great desire to work on my personal projects (photography, website design, music production, this blog, etc) and so I vow that the second I get home&#8230;I&#8217;ll go at it. Attack this work in such a dynamic way that I go to bed feeling the accomplished exhaustion I have on [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I&#8217;m at work&#8230;I have this great desire to work on my personal projects (photography, website design, music production, this blog, etc) and so I vow that the second I get home&#8230;I&#8217;ll go at it. <strong>Attack</strong> this work in such a<em> dynamic </em>way that I go to bed feeling the accomplished exhaustion I have on my best days&#8230;<a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Medium" title="swallowed in the sea" href="http://citizenconnelly.com/flickr/photo/2887571732/swallowed-in-the-sea.html"><img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2887571732_176e0f20a5.jpg" alt="swallowed in the sea" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>But when I&#8217;m home, all I want to do is get away from the computer and do some personal unwinding (work out, play wii, watch tv, socialize, etc). I have nearly<strong> no</strong> desire or push to work on those personal projects.</p>
<p>Its an unusual and rather <em>unfortunate dichotomy</em> between the two parts of my day.</p>
<p>I simply <strong>loose</strong> too much during my day&#8230;I can&#8217;t continue that same driven attitude for 16 hours of the day.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot I want to accomplish; there&#8217;s quite a bit I want to do. I just need to put more attention and intention on getting these things done&#8230;even to the point of forcing myself to propel through it. <strong>Whatever</strong> I&#8217;m missing whether its desire, energy, ambition or what have you&#8230;there&#8217;s something missing in this.</p>
<p><em>Whatever it takes</em>, I need to find it.</p>
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		<title>Things I want to improve on &#8211; life edition</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2008/11/things-i-want-to-improve-on-life-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CitizenConnelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, Punkin Chunkin&#8217; photos are in fact coming, but they&#8217;re not available to me at this moment and so I&#8217;m writing this instead&#8230;. Things I want to improve on, become more active in, changes I plan to make, foresee and continue on&#8230; The path back -  I have some people still left to speak with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seriously, Punkin Chunkin&#8217; photos are in fact coming, but they&#8217;re not available to me at this moment and so I&#8217;m writing this instead&#8230;. <a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small" title="P5153671" href="http://citizenconnelly.com/flickr/photo/2665354945/p5153671.html"><img class="alignright" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2665354945_ac896518d3_m.jpg" alt="P5153671" width="240" height="180" /></a></p>
<p>Things I want to improve on, become more active in, changes I plan to make, foresee and continue on&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li>The path back -  I have some people still left to speak with and with Monday off, I need to arrange talks with them then.</li>
<li>My sister &#8211; I&#8217;ve done very little in terms of getting back in touch with her and trying to rebuild our relationship since the falling out&#8230;I need to get more active in making that a priority</li>
<li>ContributeDesign &#8211; I haven&#8217;t touched a non-profit client for quite some time; there&#8217;s a call I need to make to one of them and begin work there</li>
<li>Reading books -  Seriously, I have a ton of books I need to read.</li>
<li>Prayer time/quiet time &#8211; I try to read my Bible everyday, but that doesn&#8217;t always work out, prayer the same. I need to just get better at both</li>
<li>Communication with friends -  There are people, as of late, that I have let fall a bit by the way side. I need to reconnect with some friends, people I used to speak to often. I&#8217;ve let myself become absent lately and I&#8217;m not a fan of it.</li>
<li>Art/Writing/Side Projects -  I haven&#8217;t worked on art in sometime and there are a few pieces I&#8217;d really love to tackle. Writing wise, there are a few drafts that need my attention to finish. I need to finish things I start through. Side projects&#8230;its been awhile since i&#8217;ve done anything flash related, I need to make something cool and I have a few ideas how to express that.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is all for now, its part of the constant thinking, always seeking&#8230;its all about what I want to become, what I should become and the journey there.</p>
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		<title>Dear Web Designer &#8211; Don&#8217;t make me think</title>
		<link>http://citizenconnelly.com/2008/08/dear-web-designer-dont-make-me-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CitizenConnelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Web Designer, Don&#8217;t make me think. Don&#8217;t make me wonder, question or dare make me explore to find what I&#8217;m looking for&#8230;until you&#8217;ve pulled me first. Here are my list of demands for every site you create: Tell me what&#8217;s important, what&#8217;s not. I&#8217;m talking big and o b v i o u s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Web Designer,</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t make me think. Don&#8217;t make me wonder, question or dare make me explore to find what I&#8217;m looking for&#8230;until you&#8217;ve pulled me first.</p>
<p>Here are my list of demands for every site you create:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tell me what&#8217;s important, what&#8217;s not. I&#8217;m talking <span style="font-size: 26px">big</span> and <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">o b v i o u s</span></strong></li>
<li>Navigation is not a Rubik&#8217;s cube, if I can&#8217;t figure out how or where to go to find it, I&#8217;m out</li>
<li>Search bar that&#8217;s relevant, if I ever think of searching through your pages.</li>
<li>Readability, make text easily readable, none of this <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #a00685;">nonsense</span></li>
<li>You have 5, maybe 10 seconds to tell me who and what you are. More importantly, why I should spend that next second on your site.</li>
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<p><em>Thanks,</em><br />
<strong>CitizenConnelly</strong></p>
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