http://chrismarsden.com/home The Online home to all things Chris Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So last night was the night. I redesigned and reset up my whole site. Next comes the migration and the redesign of this domain. In order to make that smooth, I have turned off all comments on all posts at ChrisMarsden.com. It is not that I don't want your input. ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/redesign-and-migration/ So it's been crazy busy the last few weeks getting ready for little baby Marsden #3. And today is finally the day. I'll have updates later, but you can check out pictures over at Flickr as I get a chance to upload them. http://flickr.com/photos/cruciformity http://chrismarsden.com/home/baby-day/ So I wrote about the windows day I had last week over at The After Mac. It wasn't really Windows fault. I was mostly venting. But the outrageous number of options for Window's Operating Systems is kind of ridiculous, especially when you can't get all of them in any local ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/intermittent-connections/ Don't Forget. June 17th is Firefox Download Day. Help Set a World Record and get your hands on one of the greatest browsers ever. It doesn't matter what OS you are running (within reason), Firefox has a version for you. Check it out. Tags: firefox, download day, world record http://chrismarsden.com/home/firefox-download-day/ With WWDC around the corner I have just announced a contest at The After Mac. It runs through next Sunday Night. All you have to do is comment on any of the WWDC related posts over the next week. Each comment is an entry into the contest. http://chrismarsden.com/home/contest-announced-at-the-after-mac/ Do you have a book idea floating around your head? Are you a photographer with a ton of pictures you are just dying to sell? Do you just want something free? Lia, over at Gadgenista, is giving away two free books from Blurb. Not her book... your book. You can enter until June 8th. ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/get-your-book-published-for-free/ Yesterday morning I had to go to court. It is a long story, but the short version is some kids spray-painted my fence and I was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena">subpoenaed </a>to appear in court in regards to the case. [of course I didn't actually get the subpoena, but the lady on the ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/justice/ So... BIG NEWS!!! I am now a professional blogger! Seriously. I have been kicking the idea around for quite a while. Debating about whether I should try and set up my own niche site or join a network or what. I want to write and I want to help people. Blogging seems such ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/chris-marsden-joins-b5mediacom-as-co-blogger-for-theaftermaccom/ A year and a half ago I was firmly on the GTD wagon and had a great workflow for how to process information and actually turn it into something useful to myself and to others. Today, I just kind of try my best to get things done and hope it ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/re-working-my-workflow/ Quote: “If everybody believes something, it’s probably wrong. We call that Conventional Wisdom” (ht-think:believe:move ) Quote: "I want two things that are mutually opposed - I want to live a nice little life, and I want to play an important role in God's kingdom." - John Eldredge, Walking with God (ht-tony ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/random-links/ One of the most rewarding things I get to do as a dad is teach my girls some of the simple little things in life. Oh sure, they need to learn to read and write. And math is critical. But who is gonna teach them how to put their socks ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/teaching-the-little-things/ Coming soon to a city near you (Ok, not near you, unless you live near the little city of Ocoee,  FL)... A New Adventure Begins This summer is going to bring with it some huge changes. Huge changes for this site. Huge changes for my company, No More Box. Huge changes for ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/a-new-adventure/ What a Night! Beamo, Sammy Witness, and Jeremy West. The music was mostly original and was incredible. Afterwards, the guys from Beamo, one of their friends from work, and I headed next door to Ale House to hang out a bit more before heading home. Next time I'll let you ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/voxtropolisbeamo-show/ If you aren't using RSS to read your favorite websites, you should be. Everything else is just a waste of time. So save time, be more productive, and check on the updates of your favorite sites via RSS. On a related note... RSS Feed publishers... PLEASE publish your whole feed. I ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/rss-awareness-day/ Photo by Altus on Flickr (found on WeHeartIt.com) Photo By Bryan Villarin My obsession with photography has been growing lately. I still don't have a "real" camera and the one I have I don't carry (I know, lame), but I have been looking at and tracking more photographers lately. Good writing comes ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/pictures-of-the-day/ Over the past couple of years, I have had the great "privilege" of introducing people on stage. I have never quite been sure what to say. In February, I got to do a string of introductions MC-ing the Ocoee leg of the Vox World Music Jam. As always, I felt ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/introductions/ I have been a bit lax in posting lately (quite possibly the understatement of the decade), but I have noticed that many people post a list of links (some with context and some without) once or twice a week. Since the primary purpose of my blog is a brain dump ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/random-wrapup-041808/ I am not much for politics. I avoid television during the elections and skim over articles referring to political news. But... This coming election seems to me to be huge. It seems to me that where we are at, as a country, is not where we should be at. There needs to ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/i-am-not-much-for-politics/ A re-occurring passion/obsession in my life has been photography. I still lack the free time and a decent camera, but I have been looking more and more into photography the last several months. What I am looking for today is a list of good, artistic photographers to follow on Flickr. Right ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/looking-for-photographers/ So the last 6 weeks have been... well... crazy. First of March, my boss, and good friend, decided that he needed to close his business, Garden Music Center. After some debate, prayer, discussions, and some interesting turns, the building owner decided to open a new business, maintaining all the lessons and ... http://chrismarsden.com/home/back-in-the-saddle/