Author: Brian Richards
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Changes in the Wind, Part 2: Design Advice
Note: This is the second post in a three-part series. Part 1 discusses advice for leaders and Part 3 is for developers. Continuing along in my story as I transition away from my role as “Implementation Team Leader” for Delta Defense, I have for you today some maxims for better design. If you’re already a…
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In Which I Reveal Myself as a Professional Wedding Photographer
Here’s a fairly mixed bag of shots from some of the weddings and engagement sessions I have photographed over the past few years. I tried to pare it down as much as I could. It’s hard to create a brief overview from sampling of nearly 14,000 photos. Like what you see? Let’s talk!
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Changes in the Wind, Part 1: Leadership Advice
Note: This is the first part of a three part series. Part 2 is for designers, and Part 3 is for developers. After more than 18 months working as the “Implementation Team Manager” (a developer and project manager) with Delta Defense, LLC I have left to join WebDev Studios. I’m making this transition so I…
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Grand Rapids South-West Skyline, 24 stories up
View actual size Taken July 4th, 2012
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Brush up on your photoshop…
I’m a sucker for these kinds of awesome speed-design/painting videos.
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Why McDonalds Hamburgers Don’t Look Like They Do In The Pictures
(Source: Taxi)
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The Levitating Slinky
(Source: http://kottke.org)
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Weirdest Incident Yet…
Here at the Richards Manor, we don’t get a lot of foot traffic. We’re a young married couple with no kids, surrounded by retirees, 10+ miles from our nearest friends. Despite this, however, our doorbell rings at a surprisingly regular rate. Not daily, mind, but almost certainly weekly. It’s a game I like to call…
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The Future of Cell Networks
Several years ago (3 or 4) I conjectured that we would soon see the day that cellphone networks would drop their complicated plan archetypes that melded limitations on voice and text and data (which are all just fundamentally data, by the way) in exchange for a simpler, singular [Plan]. Well, it sounds like that day…
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Streaming media from a Drobo FS to PS3 or iPad or iPhone
After months and months of grueling searches, annoying config files, and very little success, I’ve finally uncovered the solution to streaming media from my Drobo FS to other devices in my home (e.g. my Playstation 3 and my iPad). I’m posting the solution here in hopes of helping others in my situation, because I cannot…