Most of the ads on my Facebook personal profile are directed at weight loss, bootcamps, free childrens’ products and get-rich-quick books. I guess that’s what the average 30-something female can expect. Some of you know that I make jewelery in my down time under the alias Moradoara. I surround crystal pendants with beadwork that has [...]

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Fiona on May 4th, 2010

As Facebook plots world domination over Google, I can’t help but keep hearing the same thought over and over in my head: Facebook is ugly. Look at all the great web 2.0 and 3.0 design out there. Think of your iPhone or Twitter account: round, glossy, bubbly, fun, intriguing, eye candy, etc. Facebook is … [...]

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My Saturday morning pursuit of good freelance design work in Calgary resulted in fatigue and frustration. It boggles my mind that graphic designers often have the most horrific displays of representing both themselves and client work. After four years of receiving resumes from job-seeking graphic designers and promotions from freelancers, here it goes – the [...]

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My Facebook account was getting too bulky and it was too hard to get good stuff about people I either care about or do good business with. I clarified that my purpose on Facebook is to “connect personally with people I care about.”  To that extent, I decided to thin out the herd. I stared [...]

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Fiona on April 7th, 2010

I was taking the bus home from work today, thinking about my most recent invite to yet another social media luncheon. As of late, I really haven’t been enjoying it. It seems this crazed phenomena has added to my to-do list and  is one more thing I need to delegate appropriately so I don’t let [...]

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