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For a person who was born and raised in Kentucky, Pittsburgh is exciting but also an adjustment my family and I are meeting with energetic optimism.

Since 2005, I have freelanced from Lexington, Kentucky with no real directive other than to do work I can be proud of. At the end of June 2011 I will be moving to a new, very different, very spirited town—Pittsburgh, the City of Steel.

Professionally, it’s been a unpredictable exciting year; lots of changes bring several opportunities to grow.

Approached sensibly and with discipline, running is a benefit to your bodily health, but is it even better for your ideas?

If God is in the details, then heaven must be in the small creative acts. Welcome to a point of view that I call Epic Small.

I will admit, I’m a very jealous person creatively. Great works both inspire me and goad me. I think that’s a good thing.

Last year a young man from England wrote to ask me what advice I could offer him to grow his Web Design career. I didn’t want to say “do something else” so I wrote this.

In 2010 I’ll be posting one sketch a day to Flickr. I hope you follow along and maybe even get inspired to share your sketches.

Much like spice to food, perfectionism can either differentiate or ruin your project. Know how and when to turn it on and off.

Being an independent has its perks, but one downside is that working in isolation can dull valuable social instincts. I found an answer in coworking.

Sometimes consciously leaving your comfort zone by taking on an unexpected project is a shortcut to inspiration.