Warning: This is entirely a personal post, but if you live in the Austin area and interested in a personal trainer, keep reading. Or if you're just curious about the randomness of my life. There is a new face in the Austin Personal Training scene, and he happens to be my brother. Brian Morris just finished his certification from PFTA here in Austin. He will soon be starting as a personal trainer on some lucky gym's staff, but is also looking ...

We all know I love Raven Tools. I'm not shy about it, and no they don't pay me. Well sorta, my affiliate link is over there to the side. But today I am not here to talk about their reports, tools, or awesome integration with my other favorite tool, Linkscape. Today is about The Hunt. What is the hunt? Raven started this game in which they hide clues across the interwebs. The clues are on their site and other Search Marketing blogs. They did ...

Twitter can produce the most off the wall thoughts and conversations sometimes. Just what I need for inspiration. I went to SMX Advanced in 2008 and Michael Dorausch posted to SEOmoz about SEO's favorite Starbucks Orders. So fun to read. No real point, but why does everything we read have to be work related? Taylor Pratt asked if cereal was allowed as a mid-afternoon snack today. A resounding yes was heard from what I saw, and that sparked my ...

Pubcon is always a great time. This year was no different - staying up until the sun comes up, crazy antics, and the best SEM information in one place. This year's PubCon was sponsored by Raven Tools - a tool that I use and talk about regularly. I am a fan of their product and their whole team. [caption id="attachment_952" align="center" width="300" caption="Raven Team"][/caption] A few weeks before PubCon, Jon Henshaw sent me the coolest ...

You answer "They work on the Internet ..." when asked what your child does. Since that narrows it down. You ask them for help with your computer when it breaks. As if we know what is wrong with your computer at all times. You send all of your friends to your child when their computer breaks. See #2. We just problem solve. You think they can design anyone a website. Repeat after me. Web designers aren't SEOs, and SEOs aren't web ...

It has been a goal of mine for a long time to be a published author. Poetry, business, fiction, something. So imagine my surprise when I come across search results for my name with a new book. The Seven Year Itch is by Kate Morris, but another wonderful lady that lives in England. She has a blog hosted on blogspot, and her book is available through Amazon UK only (sigh, I'll have to bug someone to get it for me). I have not read it yet, but ...

Picture this. I'm in New York at SMX East 2008, my first speaking gig. I'm at dinner with some awesome people (including Brandy Eddings, Manda Otto, Scott Polk, Tony Adam, Carol Adam, Todd Friesen, Brent Payne, and Jonathan Dingman), and I look around when we are waiting for a table. Lo and behold, I am the only one without an iPhone. Seriously. That was a year ago and the time has come to get one. I have been a loyal AT&T customer for ...

Here is a good way to start a Monday. I have recently been acquiring some childhood books that I thought I would never find again. But thanks to the power of the web, I have located them and found that I really still enjoy the stories. I am even contemplating buying some other series from the authors. Now these are old, and written for middle school aged children, but awesome none-the-less. (Full disclosure, these are affiliate ...

This is going to be a short entry, but to follow up a tweet: He did order them, and in fact got me one too. (He mentioned where he got them here.) And here is the evidence. Needless to say, there will be much fun with this stamp when doing thesis research. ...

[caption id="attachment_685" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="From Making Bread Magazine"][/caption] Many people ask how I can possibly work from home. Don't I just do everything but work? Well, kinda, but here is how working from home works for me. I love my job. Not kidding. Like I live my job. If I am not working on clients, I am working on personal sites and blogs. It just makes for one continuous day for me. I leave to go do yoga, ...