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Life is Fleeting

1/2/2011 By Brandon 4 Comments


Sometimes things happen that remind us how fleeting life really is. Today, I reconnected with the family of my childhood best friend, Andrew. He and I met when we were 5 or 6 and were best friends until my family moved from South Carolina when I was 12. We initially kept in touch, but as we got older we spoke less and less. He came to my wedding in 2002 – and that may have been the last time I spoke with him.

I’ve often thought about him, wondered what he was doing. I even Googled his name, and searched for him on Facebook a time or two. But I never really tried to find him. I never really tried to reconnect.

Tonight his mom, who was like a mother to me, found me on Facebook and soon after I learned that Andrew had passed away. Wow. [Read more...]

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What Do You Do When You’re Spread Too Thin?

4/20/2010 By Brandon 6 Comments

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my workload, priorities, and the future. I’ve come to realize that I have spread myself too thin. Between a full-time job at Kelsey, running 2BigFeet.com, writing the SitePoint Tribune newsletter, speaking engagements, and most importantly my family, I realized I’ve really overextended myself.

But what do you do when you really love everything that you’ve committed yourself to do? How do you choose what to give up when everything that you’re doing is in line with your career goals?

I’ve been struggling with this for a few months now, and I don’t really have an answer. I don’t really want to give up any of the things I’m doing, but I need more time with my family and more time for myself. [Read more...]

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I’ll be on Gravity Free Radio this morning

4/13/2010 By Brandon Leave a Comment

I will be one of the guests on Gravity Free Radio this morning with Stephanie Frost and Erik Wolf at 10 AM this morning, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. You can listen to the show live on their website. I’ll be talking about online marketing and my book, Online Marketing Inside Out. Stop by and listen to the show. If you can’t make it check this post again later, I’ll post a link to the recorded interview.

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My Massive SxSW 2010 Recap

3/21/2010 By Brandon 4 Comments

South by Southwest Interactive isn’t just a conference. It’s “Spring Break for geeks.” That may have started as a joke, but it couldn’t be closer to the truth. Every year, thousands and thousands of web designers, programmers, gamers, bloggers and online marketers come together for what is most probably the largest technology conference of its kind.

The conference is huge, the parties are over the top, the venue is amazing (who doesn’t love Austin?) and the people are what it’s all about.

This was the first year I was speaking at SxSWi, I had a book reading for Online Marketing Inside Out on Saturday, March 13 at 11 AM (well, a little later because the previous speaker ran into my time slot). So I was incredibly excited about going this year, but decided to take a slightly different approach.

Instead of trying to go to a lot of panels and sessions, and trying to hit all the big parties, I would just take it as it came. The last two years at SxSW seemed to fly by so quickly and it seemed like I never had time to just sit down and enjoy the company of friends or really connect with people. This year I was determined to really make the most of it.

So what follows is a daily recap of my SxSW experience (with many thanks to Foursquare for the helpful history tool!). Be forewarned… it’s long and incredibly detailed. If you’d rather skip all the minute details and just read my takeaways, you can jump to the conclusion. [Read more...]

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