A friend who’s been able to turn his hobby of computers into an IT career choice (systems/network administrator) told me something that surprised me a little.

Okay, I can tell I am sick of computers. I walked into Micro Center and saw a nice rig. A quad core AMD machine, 4GB RAM, 1TB hard-drive, decent video for $200.00. My reaction?? “Meh.”

I literally had to giggle. I couldn’t believe that his inner geek couldn’t muster any excitement about this relatively new technology on store shelves at a really good price. Has his career stagnated his inner geek that much? Or has the foundation of computers not change enough to impact the IT field?
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Is the Google Analytics system a bit overwhelming? Looking for a digestible Google Analytics cheatsheet? Look no further! There is a 2-page cheat sheet written by Ian at Conversation Marketing and it’s very handy.

The cheat sheet covers:

• Set-up
• Link tagging
• Filters
• Goals and goal tracking
• Tracking 404 errors
• Nerdy ninja tricks
• Blogs and tools you’ll need

Get your analytics cheat sheet in both link friendly or print friendly formats.

There are three simple steps, rules, mantras, however else you want to consider them,  that I follow in the design world. Not only do I practice them in design projects, but you can adapt them to any type of work or industry.

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