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Eric Sforza I'm currently working on 3 startup projects that are looking to create websites. Since all of these companies are lean, I'm trying to find the most cost effective solutions. Each company does something different (social venture, small business w/ online store, consulting) so I'm looking for a variety of options. For example: Is it better to use a site builder - if so, which ones and why? Is there better value at getting a freelance graphic designer to build a few pages? Thanks in advance!

53 weeks ago from Shotgun Startups, Freelancing, Social Entrepreneurs, Web Development and Web Startups 3 more

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Kelly Seiler: @Eric - you might need to tweak the CSS in your theme so that content shows up the way you want (fonts, size, center, left, etc) consistently ...More@Eric - you might need to tweak the CSS in your theme so that content shows up the way you want (fonts, size, center, left, etc) consistently across the site. When you update you shouldn't be doing much - if any formatting.

Of course I'll caveat that with the advice to never copy stuff out of Word directly into Wordress. They don't play nice. Copy text into Notepad or a similar program that strips away the formatting then copy into Wordpress.
50 weeks ago

Sadya Siddiqui: Outsource it, so that you can focus on building your business and your clients. Try out Brazen Careerist Lindsey Donner
50 weeks ago

TOP IDEA: La Donna Lokey I believe that to find happiness, you've got to cultivate a healthy work/life balance, including at least one KILLER hobby or obsession off the clock. Maybe you were the hackey-sack champion of your dorm, once trained to be a cartoonist, or secretly want to be Cake Boss. Now's the time to tell the world: what are your MAD SKILLS?

55 weeks ago from We're Hiring, Ask Penelope Trunk!, Personal Branding and Citi 2 more

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La Donna Lokey: I love the variety here - from swimming to visiting monastaries to jumping out of airplanes! Is there anything Brazen folks don't do? ...MoreI love the variety here - from swimming to visiting monastaries to jumping out of airplanes! Is there anything Brazen folks don't do?

@JRandom42 What job was that? I hope you got a payraise!
54 weeks ago

jlp1976: I knit to relax and am planning and gathering all the equipment I need to do roller derby. I'm also into genealogy and have a fascination with ...MoreI knit to relax and am planning and gathering all the equipment I need to do roller derby. I'm also into genealogy and have a fascination with tornadoes.
53 weeks ago

Tyler Durbin I enjoy reading but find it difficult holding myself accountable to read & absorb it! So GenYJourney has created a sister site: http://GenYBookClub.com. GenYBookClub is an online community & monthly twitter chat dedicated to bringing the best GenY books & minds together. We vote on a book, take a month to read it & then have a twitter chat (#GenYBookClub) the 1st Tuesday of each month at 8pm ET. The idea is simple: One book. One month. One chat. Is this something you’d want to be involved in?

60 weeks ago from GenYJourney: Tips, Insights, Experiences For Young Professionals, Brazen Bloggers, Brazen Undergrads, I am Gen Y and u30pro 3 more

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Tyler Durbin: @Timothy That was a suggestion from the survey we took before launching. We will be taking suggestions at the end of each chat and will be ...More@Timothy That was a suggestion from the survey we took before launching. We will be taking suggestions at the end of each chat and will be posting the Top 5 for the community to vote on. I'm sure that book will be the Book of the Month very soon!

So glad to have you! Thanks for joining us. :)
60 weeks ago

Tyler Durbin: We got tons of great publicity yesterday for the launch of #GenYBookClub! Thank you!

We will continue to take votes on the book through the end ...MoreWe got tons of great publicity yesterday for the launch of #GenYBookClub! Thank you!

We will continue to take votes on the book through the end of the week and announce the book via email (make sure you are signed up) on Monday morning! Is there anything your curious about? What can we be doing different?
60 weeks ago

Zack Zaban Does anyone have tips on successfully taking a break from social media? This question sounds strange, but I find that the only way I can limit my interaction with others in the online world is to simply go to a location where I cannot get Internet.

117 weeks ago from Brazen Careerists on Twitter, Brazen Undergrads, Tech Gurus and Work/Life Blur 2 more

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Jed Cohen: Something that has worked somewhat well for me was to disable badging icons. I tend to have e-mail, RSS, and Twitter applications running ...MoreSomething that has worked somewhat well for me was to disable badging icons. I tend to have e-mail, RSS, and Twitter applications running whenever I'm at my computer, and seeing icons with numbers or notification overlays everywhere was a bit distracting. So I turned them all off. It's not really a break from social media, but at least I'm not constantly reminded that I'm connected - letting me get other work done online but still allowing me to switch gears if I want to.
115 weeks ago

Brandy Brown: Since I got my droid you can hop into settings and turn off your social applications - which I make a point to do when I need to focus or am ...MoreSince I got my droid you can hop into settings and turn off your social applications - which I make a point to do when I need to focus or am trying to achieve flow (which I generally am doing for a portion of each day), and then I also have started trying to take one personal day per week off-line completely. I just try to stay off the computer if at all possible. It's helped a lot with achieving some balance.
115 weeks ago

Hi everybody, I was hoping somebody could give me some more information about training dogs in prison. I've read that those programs are a huge succes in the States and Australia and since we don't have them in Belgium I was interested in doing some research to start it up here. Can somebody help me with this or knows somebody who can give me more informations?

119 weeks ago from Animal Companions

Jess Lundie: There are several prison programs that work with adopted greyhounds. Typically the grey will be assigned to an inmate or several inmates. They ...MoreThere are several prison programs that work with adopted greyhounds. Typically the grey will be assigned to an inmate or several inmates. They live with the inmates, who work with them on basic acclimation and obedience. When they "graduate," they are adopted out into a home. Neither of my greys come from a prison program, but the programs are phenomenal! Unfortunately, many of them are being shut down due to funding issues. :(
118 weeks ago

JR Moreau When your work/life blurs, what's the first thing that you let go of? Sleep? Workout? Your relationships? What are the trade-offs for you?

121 weeks ago from Work/Life Blur

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Jess Lundie: Another vote for apartment/house. It starts with one or two piles. But then the piles start oozing together and take on a life of their own, ...MoreAnother vote for apartment/house. It starts with one or two piles. But then the piles start oozing together and take on a life of their own, eventually expanding across all flat surfaces until they have taken over everything.
121 weeks ago

Rebecca Thorman: Workout for me, and then relationships, and oftentimes my condo as well. Although it's hard for me to function when my place is messy. With such ...MoreWorkout for me, and then relationships, and oftentimes my condo as well. Although it's hard for me to function when my place is messy. With such limited hours in the day, it's hard for me to fit everyone in my life, even though that's the most important. I guess I'm still learning there!
121 weeks ago

Jay Hepner You're so welcom, Jess. BTW, can you get a decent bottle of Olympia in Olympia these days? I used to love that beer. But that was a while ago...

122 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

Jess Lundie: Sadly, I am the wrong person to ask about that, as I do not drink beer! There's a great selection of local hard ciders though...
122 weeks ago

Jay Hepner Hi Jess! I'm no expert, but I remember reading somewhere recently that sans serif fonts work better for body text. Compare your headlines, fonts above the blog proper to those below. Looks like Times Roman, right? Try Verdana or Arial. They're both sans serif fonts. Check out the fonts on this page, except of course the courier as you're typing!

122 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

Jess Lundie: Hi Jay! Good call on that - basically the whole site is Georgia, which is a serif. I'll definitely take a look at switching that over. Thanks ...MoreHi Jay! Good call on that - basically the whole site is Georgia, which is a serif. I'll definitely take a look at switching that over. Thanks so much for the input!
122 weeks ago

Boon Chew: There's no conclusive evidence for sans serif over serifs (MoreThere's no conclusive evidence for sans serif over serifs (http://www.alexpoole.info/academic/literaturereview.html). Times actually works well as reading text, so really it all comes down to how you lay out your text and paragraphs. Georgia works fine as well for reading.
122 weeks ago

Jess Lundie Hi Penelope (and anyone else who feels inclined to chime in) - I was wondering if you had a moment to look at my blog from a design perspective. I don't think it's really serving me - particularly my static front page, but my sidebars as well - but I am at a loss for how to change it. I feel like it just fails at catching people's attention, bringing them in, and keeping them. Any thoughts would be so appreciated. Thank you!

122 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

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Smith+Fritzy: Gotcha - I know what you're looking for (I think) lol. I like a magazine-style blog, where you can have a flashy TOC, not just a list of posts - ...MoreGotcha - I know what you're looking for (I think) lol. I like a magazine-style blog, where you can have a flashy TOC, not just a list of posts - right? They're called magazine-style, I think - at least you can find a lot of templates under that name. Check out this site, they have several types but maybe it's close to what you're thinking about: http://visionwidget.com/showcase/graphics/334-free-magazine-blogger.html
122 weeks ago

Jess Lundie: Yes, I think maybe more along those lines. Do other people find those effective? As a chronological, indexy blog reader, I have a hard time ...MoreYes, I think maybe more along those lines. Do other people find those effective? As a chronological, indexy blog reader, I have a hard time figuring out what other people will like. And thanks for the link! If I decide to go that way, which I'm leaning towards, those will give me a bunch of different templates to work off of with Headway (which gives far too much flexibility to people like me who are crummy at aesthetics/design :P).
122 weeks ago

Bennett Kanhai "Also, for me, a sustainable human population isn't ethical if it comes at the cost of other ecosystems and life forms...and you can't tell me that humankind hasn't essentially destroyed everything it touched..."-honey And doesn't that actually make us UNsustainable... at this population? after we kill our food, water, shelter, I think we would be next, no?

128 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

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Honey: Yes, It does make us unsustainable in the long term (we are talking generations and generations, here), but also, I am not comfortable with the ...MoreYes, It does make us unsustainable in the long term (we are talking generations and generations, here), but also, I am not comfortable with the morality of a race that thinks other beings are expendable just because they're not sentient. That's taking advantage.
128 weeks ago

Bennett Kanhai: Other beings, hell! Parts of Humanity seem to think other parts of humanity are expendable.
128 weeks ago

Penelope Trunk Warning: This group is becoming Penelope unedited. This is what I'd sound like without an editor. Because my editor is already overwhelmed with my blog and my tweets. Okay. So, Is this a career topic? I just met with the farmer. I tried to convince him to stay with me. I know TOTALLY LAME. I know. But i couldn't stop myself. And he told me that he knows I'll be fine. He said I should just buy a farm. But I think I want to be a housewife. I don't want to buy a farm. I want to marry a farm. Crap.

128 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

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Amy:

@Bennett - Also I have to highly disagree with "Plus, if you truly think about it, VERY FEW people who work actually contribute anything of ...More

@Bennett - Also I have to highly disagree with "Plus, if you truly think about it, VERY FEW people who work actually contribute anything of REAL value to SOCIETY. Most actually produce negative effects..."

There may be some, even many, who produce negative effects, but I think the vast majority of the workforce is doing SOMETHING productive and ultimately beneficial to/valued by someone. The economy wouldn't run otherwise.
128 weeks ago

Maggie McGary: "A housespouse has MUCH more free time in almost ANY given day than a Careerist to do whatever s/he wishes..."....um, just wondering--who would be ...More"A housespouse has MUCH more free time in almost ANY given day than a Careerist to do whatever s/he wishes..."....um, just wondering--who would be taking care of the kids while the "housespouse" is taking advantage of all that free time? I will digress on this but I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this comment.
128 weeks ago

Penelope Trunk Warning. I'm about to do a very bad personal branding move. Do not try this at home.... I'm so sad today that I can't think straight. And I can't get any work done. But then I thought, well, maybe if I were chatting in my group then that would 1. distract me from being sad and 2. count as me working, since really, on some level, it is my job to be doing this group. I mean, even when we are talking about Lance's (questionable) dating tactics, it still counts as work for me. Is anyone there?

128 weeks ago from Ask Penelope Trunk!

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B Maddigan: Dear Sister Penelope,

Besides a lot of guys Are real Turds...

They feel that women are like cattle or property

and think who cares I'll just ...MoreDear Sister Penelope,

Besides a lot of guys Are real Turds...

They feel that women are like cattle or property

and think who cares I'll just get Another one

I feel that what Ruins a lot of relationships Is smothering

It's You & I, and You & I that's all

Familiarity Can/Does Breed contempt

The Best policy Is to Each have time with Your own friends

as well as with each other

Hmmm... sounds like a Plan :-)

128 weeks ago

Claire Veuthey: P- not sure you need to pick a set #of days. Take a few, then try to go in the office. If it's not working, leave. I find if work is busy it ...MoreP- not sure you need to pick a set #of days. Take a few, then try to go in the office. If it's not working, leave. I find if work is busy it distracts me (thank god), but then smthing happens &I lose my shit. Week after week, though, I stay longer, get more done, &enjoy it more. I am so thankful my workplace is flexible enough that if I leave at 2pm, no-one bats an eye.
That said: I am so sorry. Obviously this doesn't in any way make YOU a less smart, witty, fun, desireable, loveable person.
128 weeks ago

Tyler Durbin What are the major issues facing Gen Y today? -Health Care Reform? -Sustainability? -Investing?

131 weeks ago from I am Gen Y

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Chris Ostini: Investing has the brightest future at the moment. Look people yes we are in the depths of the depths and these topics come up every time there is ...MoreInvesting has the brightest future at the moment. Look people yes we are in the depths of the depths and these topics come up every time there is a bit of weather (wintertime). If problems in the world get you excited to change your way of life?

Maybe you should start looking at the bright side like at least there is much expansion to be made in the next 5 years. Silicon Valley is going to keep CA alive and the summer is right around the corner.

123 weeks ago

Chris Ostini: No... Do something about your life now don’t wait for summer or some mystical awaking in a tech commuinty.
The next 5 are going to affect the ...MoreNo... Do something about your life now don’t wait for summer or some mystical awaking in a tech commuinty.
The next 5 are going to affect the next 15 years. Want to know what is more important than health reform. Mind reforming http://bit.ly/4H84ox

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