Look who stopped by today! Say hello to eleven day old little Ethan Pead.

The view from my office…love the bright yellow tree and the constant flow of traffic on Meridian. Be sure to honk next time you drive by!

This week is our monthly Willow Wednesday meeting. If you’ve never been, each month we take a break from the daily grind and review our success and challenges from the previous month. Currently, we have a cooking competition going on between our employees (similar to Top Chef). Our challenge is to create a delicious meal that everyone can enjoy with only veggies. We’ll see how it goes. Each Willow Wednesday is a bit different and it’s a great tool for us internally to better how we serve our clients. To close out each meeting we select an MVP (Most Valuable Playa). Who will it be?

Do you sing at the office?

I do. So does Andrew S, so does Sue.  I also whistle.  I sing random things. It’s actually more of a jingle.  I was singing about my blog post today because I didn’t know what to write about. I guess the point is if you’re stuck on something or getting frustrated at work, trying singing a diddy. We tossed around the idea of making a music video featuring our most habitual freestylers. Stay tuned for that. Is there someone at your office who’s always singing or dancing? If so, are you in favor or do you think they are annoying and way too happy? Either way, let’s hear what you have to say! (or sing).

As a programmer, I tend to look at things in a very structured manner. My world is made up of code that has to be precise, and in a certain order to work. When I look at the website layouts from our graphic designers that land on my desk for programming, I see them in terms of divisions; blocks and squares, meticulously measured down to the very pixel, because that is how a computer monitor would display them.

In my personal life, I have developed a love and appreciation for photography. To me there is nothing more beautiful or precious that an image that captures a moment in time, an emotion, frozen on paper to be relived over and over again. But with my balanced way of thinking, it’s hard for me to take a truly creative, outside the box image. In my mind, the subject needs to be align=center. The padding-top and padding-bottom needs to match and don’t even get me started on the z-index.

That being said, I truly appreciate beautiful photography, and envy those creative types that make it happen. Our very own Sarah Pead is one of the photographers whose blogs I frequent. Take a peak at her site, and while you’re there, leave her a little note, she’s on day 4 of being a first-time mommy.