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After twelve years of designing and developing for clients ranging from multi-billion dollar sales corporations to sole-proprietorships on a shoestring I say the difference between good and evil lies in delivering value in every context. Efficiency in development. Pragmatism in strategy. Profitable returns on business investment.

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Twenty-10 Change in the Wind

For me, Twenty-Ten is all new, complete with a new workplace and career path. I've dropped 2009 and subsequently the full-time employment I had with a small Austin company like a torn sock and moved into a new direction as a UX Dev consultant with the goal of working independently under the moniker of consultic.us.

As part of my newly productive and fun(er) life, I've migrated dannyhotea.com to the MODx platform. I've been infatuated with it since my work for Dell.com's Global Site Design Design Library site. Did I stutter?

Projects on Radar

Writing out a publicly viewable list of my ideas is a first for me. In that regard, you might say I've been unsociable up until now.

Pee Shoe

This will be a series of short, autobiographical essays starting with my earliest memories and working through mid-adolescence. My son, Ethan, inspired this one. When he was younger, I would tell him improvisational stories, series of stories, every night. One was about a rabbit named Zoozoo. Another was about a lizard named Lenny the Lump. I even made up a one-off prose-poem called The Grubby Little Boy once to motivate him to take a bath. Not sure if that helped his bathing moralle, but what the stories did do was prove his love for narrative and my love for writing and creating stories.

consultic.us

This will be my new consulting business. Phase one is to operate independently from other agencies or businesses, doing Web UX Dev & Design work nationwide. Phase two is under wraps until further notice.

Flatgut.com

This is where I journal my learnings and earnings in effort to become and remain healthier and more attractive. Men, in general, are hideous and repulsive at face value. The hairy bodies, the love handles, the gut. My ambition is to become as much of a glistening diety by age 35 as I possibly can.

Short Do-List

  • More fun!
  • Writing
  • Photography for fun and personal journalism
  • Get back on the skateboard
  • More outdoors & less chair-and-screen-time
  • Nurture friendships deliberately and regularly

Stop-Doing List

  • Twitter is at the top of the list for 2010. No more Twits for me, friends. Facebook may be next. I'm not sure. I just removed it from my iPhone, so it's getting close to the chopping block.
  • Sensless TV-watching
  • Unplanned learning or information collection en-masse
  • Unscheduled to-do's of any sort

Money is Not Enough

Besides work, I've determined to live for something. My kids are my life. Time with them, teaching and learning from them, is on the radar. Time to nurture my marriage of (nearly) thirteen years to the ever lovely Kristen (Kauffman) Hotea is high on the priority list, as well. Then there's organizing the garage and spending more time outdoors. Forget jogging for cardio, skateboarding is where it's at!

God bless and keep you, this year. I wish you the best life possible. That's what I'm going for.