http://www.michaeljbarber.com My musings on digital marketing and life. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:07:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thank-you-phoenix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-phoenix http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thank-you-phoenix/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:10:23 +0000 Michael Barber http://www.michaeljbarber.com/?p=533 Five years ago I moved to Phoenix. It seems like only yesterday when I packed my bags at UofA, loaded up my car and drove 100 miles north to a city I had never visited, save for the few job interviews the month or two previous. I didn’t ever expect to feel like I was [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thank-you-phoenix/feed/ 14 http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thanks-to-kade-dworkin-for-my-meetmyfollowers-interview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanks-to-kade-dworkin-for-my-meetmyfollowers-interview http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thanks-to-kade-dworkin-for-my-meetmyfollowers-interview/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:19:36 +0000 Michael Barber http://www.michaeljbarber.com/?p=477 This post is long, long overdue, so massive apologies to Kade for not taking the time to get it up earlier. A few weeks ago I had the awesome opportunity to join Kade Dworkin on his meetmyfollowers podcast site. The concept for the podcast series is simple. Each day Kade posts a new interview with [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thanks-to-kade-dworkin-for-my-meetmyfollowers-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/remember-the-simple-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=remember-the-simple-things http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/remember-the-simple-things/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:58:01 +0000 Michael Barber http://www.michaeljbarber.com/?p=380 It’s 3:43am and I’m still awake. I’m sick, sore throat, running a fever, green snot, the whole kit and caboodle. This isn’t the greatest week to get sick. We are launching a phase two build of USAEnergyGuide.com (but it might as well be an entirely new site) later tomorrow, my parents are arriving on Thursday, Ignite [...] No related posts.]]> http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/remember-the-simple-things/feed/ 0 http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thoughts-on-pechakucha-phoenix-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thoughts-on-pechakucha-phoenix-1 http://www.michaeljbarber.com/life/thoughts-on-pechakucha-phoenix-1/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:05:44 +0000 Michael Barber http://www.michaeljbarber.com/?p=372 Last night I attended the first PechaKucha Phoenix event, and I have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you don’t know about the format, it’s based on a simple idea: 20 images for 20 seconds. Similar to Ignite, the presentations are quick and to the point, but, dissimilar to Ignite, the topics focus solely [...] Related posts:

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