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Tag: Work

  • Brain Teasers

    Brain Teasers

    You know you’re gonna crush it today when you knock out a few brain teasers left in your office by colleagues.

  • Dark Early

    I don’t like the fact it’s nearly dark when I leave work. That said, I think the University of Illinois campus is beautiful at dusk with all the buildings lit up, still full of students, faculty, and staff.

  • Hard Work

    Hard Work

    Yes! True in all things, not just baseball. Baseballism has some great gear, check them out!

  • Moving on…

    Moving on…

    One of the joys of working with creative professionals. My last weekly meeting at the IGB today, and my awesome coworkers give me this wonderful card. “That’s gold Jerry, gold!”

  • First Day of Classes

    First Day of Classes

    Illini students couldn’t have asked for better weather on the 1st day of classes. Our campus is beautiful.

  • Join Us!

    I know several folks who work in law enforcement and/or are married to police officers. The U of I Division of Public Safety is looking for a police officer. They’re also looking for an accounting associate. I know the State budget thing worries people, but the University really is a great place to work. Plus,…

  • Facebook Media Partnerships

    Your Facebook feed may start to look a little different. The technology and journalistic issues in play with “instant articles” are fascinating. I always try to find the actual sources of news I want to read. I may find their articles on FB, Twitter, etc, but usually end up reading them on the source site.…

  • Earhustle

    I used the word “earhustle” today and the person I was talking to loved that word. But, I had to give credit where credit was due to a previous coworker friend of mine! Made me miss all my former coworkers. 🙂 I was asked to use the word in a sentence, and I chose this:…

  • “Sitting is Killing Us”

    I’m all about being active, upright, and moving. This article highlights why we need to make the shift back to a more active lifestyle. “What we need to do is change the default,” Levine says. “I want us to have to find excuses to be sitting down.” Imagine that. Maybe standing really could be the…

  • Responsive Drupal

    Recently, I built my first “responsive” Drupal website.  I also decided to add some HTML5 to the mix, so you’ll see HTML5 elements like section, header, etc in the markup.  Plus, we threw in some nifty web fonts and a cool one-page slider effect just for giggles.  Actually, we did it on purpose, but you know…