Business Life

Been working on the new “work” page of the Marah Creative site.  It is true when people say your own work is the last to be accomplished.  Stick with us as we work hard at completing our new blog section, which will be much improved from what you see here.  We worked on making the [...]

The last few weeks we have been talking about the effectiveness of virtual workspaces.  On any given morning (as long as it isn’t before 10am), you can walk into a coffee shop in Portland, Or and find dozes of free agents at their computers or on their phones working.  This isn’t anything new, but we [...]

Change.  It seems like we don’t go but a few steps before changes are to be made.  If it appears as though we have not been as active on the blog, you would be correct in thinking so. We are hard at work on several changes to the Marah Creative website, and the blog is [...]

The news of Steve Job’s death yesterday hit me with surprising force. I’m still not sure I understand why. Why should the death of a man I never met in a place I’ve never been affect me in that way? Yes, I learned about his passing while listening to iTunes radio on my iMac; I [...]

apple.com

This will be the first full week of working almost exclusively from the iPad. When the iPad first came out, I was one of those who thought it would be pretty useless and just something for people to play around on. Although I still believe it has its limitations for a all in one work [...]

Maybe like us, you are in a position that you are exceedingly busy.  Although we all like when work is coming in, the trap is that the work can become bottle-necked if you are not able to manage time efficiently.  Here are a few things that I do to help myself out when time becomes [...]

In no way would I be confused for a financial guy.  Truth be told, working with company money is not something I enjoy doing.  Every so often I will run in to someone who provides me with a great piece of wisdom and I will remember that advise for as long as I am in [...]

  Contract negotiations tend to be a very busy and interesting time in any project.  A good contract builds the relationship you have with the client along with ensuring a level of quality in your work.  Too many people breeze past the contract thinking that getting the work is good enough, and I am hear [...]

And just as I write a post about Apple… Who would have thought a company that started with making computers could change the landscape of everything we do in such a profound way.  I am not sure there has been a leader of a company quite like Steve Jobs.  He will be missed.