tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54998804389059430742012-02-12T13:58:18.741-05:00Just sharing ideas on Web Marketing, Family life, and some personal views!Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-36105823068839738502012-02-04T15:20:00.006-05:002012-02-04T16:04:12.466-05:00

I am slowly but surely getting this blog/website to look and feel the way I want it to. Blogger is the tool I am using to manage the website and I've chosen the free NewsMagazine template from Deluxe Templates as my look and feel. I specifically loved the 'Featured Post' ability; that I hope doesn't get annoying. (please let me know)I've recently added two tabs at the top of my navigation: Web

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Chicken alfredo served on one of the kids IKEA plates.To help out from time to time I will prepare a meal for our family. It is a job I should take on more often but then we'd be eating chicken and rice all the time.I decided to make a simple pasta dish for the four of us as my most recent contribution.Ingredients used:2 boneless skinless chicken breasts2 roma tomatoes1 green onionAlfredo sauce

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A coworker's daughter recently started a new job in online marketing. Some of our responsibilities overlapped so I decided that I would share some of the online resources that I occasionally use for ideas and inspiration. I'm going to break it out into sections based on the medium the information comes from to help keep it organized.Twitter Resources I FollowYou don't need Twitter to visit these

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I had previously written about how I'm saving money in the short term by shaving my head in the new year. But I am also thinking about how I can save some money in the long term as well, one of those ways is making additional payments to the principle of my mortgage. It is really scary how much money we're all paying in interest charges to own our homes, so anything we can do to reduce that

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In a moment of cheapness, I drove out of the hair salon parking lot refusing to pay $30 dollars for a haircut. Instead I make a short journey and found myself in the men's hair care product aisle in Wal-Mart. For the same price as the haircut I purchased a hair-clipper set and after setting myself up in the garage I proceeded to shave my head. It felt like such a victory; I was still out

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It has been a few weeks since I decided to deactivate my Facebook account and I don’t find myself missing it all too much. Or at least I don’t know what I am missing and I am OK with that. I wondered how I would react to deactivating the account having read articles about the addictive nature of the social media site. The only behavioral thing I observed was that my use had become habitual. We

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A while back I wrote about my homemade television antenna and how I had given up on it. Well it has made a comeback. Across Canada recently, television signals switched from analog to digital to free up bandwidth across the airwaves. When that happened, the local station that used to come in slightly snowy stopped coming in at all. I initially tried the store bought antenna that was supposed to

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I have done what might be considered social media suicide; I have deactivated my Facebook account. If you're looking for the steps to delete your account, this isn't the place to find answers. Instead I want to list the three main reasons why I decided to part ways with the popular site. Please leave me a comment if you can relate or think I'm out to lunch.Why I deleted my Facebook account?What I

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-29954517954836652602011-04-22T10:25:00.011-04:002012-02-03T11:14:11.036-05:00

2011 is the 'Year of the Cucumber' in our home. We are building a website, www.craftycucumber.com, to marketplace the beautiful cards that my wife Rachel creates. It is an exciting project as it combines our two passions into one project. She loves creating things out of paper and I love creating things digitally.I plan on blogging about the creative process from a web site development

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-53987861302153123552011-04-11T19:23:00.007-04:002011-04-11T20:15:47.423-04:00

Has it really been a year since I posted something on my Blogger account?? I can't say that I am too surprised by this as I haven't been updating my other means of social media as much lately either. Here is the rundown.FACEBOOK: I find that I am not as fond of this medium as I used to be. It occasionally is a great tool to find out what is up with others and to share what is going on with

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Created a twitter account so I could follow the latest happenings with #MicroTiles from work. (Notice how I incorporated the pound symbol, that's good old fashioned Twitter-talk.) Can't promise that I'll tweet anything myself, but I'll definetly check out what others are saying.You can find me at http://twitter.com/steveccoleman

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-47925759659468174492009-09-19T10:08:00.007-04:002012-01-13T21:47:51.548-05:00

Our little Claire is growing up so fast. I can't believe that two months have already gone by.At seven weeks she has figured out how to sleep through the night. She has gone from the 90% percentile for weight into the 95%, which is awesome!! And she is such a happy little girl, just like her older sister was and still is.Here is a little video I took one morning trying to get her to smile. Most

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These are a few of the TV shows that I plan on checking out this television season in order that they premiere.Gossip Girl Season ThreeCommunity - New ShowFringe Season TwoHeroes Season FourFlashForward - New ShowDollhouse Season TwoNo Preview clips available yet for second season, so here is one from Season One!Smallville Season NineV - New ShowLOST The Final SeasonNo preview yet, they haven't

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Well I am closing the case on wanting to install an HDTV antenna on the roof. Kitchener-Waterloo is located in a 'deep fringe' area and that would require a big and expensive antenna. Rachel doesn't like the idea of something so big being installed on the roof and I don't like the idea of having to get up there to do the installation. We will just live with the channels that we get in. I have

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I built myself a tv antenna yesterday made of cloths hangers to see if could be done. We don't subscribe to any cable or satelite television services because we feel that we don't get our money's worth out of it. As it stands we get the local Kitchener station coming in very clear on its own. And three other stations are visable to some degree.Well when I hooked up my homemade antenna, I was able

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One of my most favorite part of having kids is making a video about their first day of life.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niCv6kjGqmMI love that it is truely a moment that comes only once and can not be recreated in any way. So when I found out that I could take my camcorder into the operation room, I was stoked. All I really wanted to capture was the doctor announcing if it was a boy or girl.

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What is the difference between blogging, Facebook or Twitter? Do I really think anyone cares?These are some of the questions or comments I hear about the growing phenomenon of social websites. They are not going away anytime soon, so I best get a handle on the situation or else I’ll totally be clueless around the time Bridget starts using the computer. I think it is a great tool to find out what

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When I was younger, around 7-9 years old, every Saturday morning I would eat breakfast and then go into our living room, put cartoons on, and get out my wooden blocks. There I would sit building mazes, buildings, race tracks, or anything that my imagination could dream up. After being stored away by my mom for nearly 20 years, the blocks and I were finally reunited.Bridget sporting her new

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My younger cousin Matt is now the father of four kids. Way to go Matt!! Today they welcomed into this world a new baby girl and boy, Layla Elizabeth and Evan Matthew. Our family is so excited for them as we are counting down the days until we get to meet our own new baby. We can't wait to get together with them once all the dust has settled and our wives are feeling up to it. Congrats Matt,

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So Bridget has lately been getting up around 5 - 5:30am and coming into our room. I get up and take her to the bathroom and then escort her back to her bed to sleep a little bit more. She is confused because the sun is just starting to come out and she thinks it is morning. Thankfully she does fall back to sleep for maybe 30 to 45 minutes if we're lucky.Well last night was the first time in a

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-56156114288443511132009-06-19T16:38:00.000-04:002009-06-19T16:55:11.610-04:00

Is it weird that I have created logos for my unborn child?Maybe it is just the natural marketer or PhotoShop freak in me that sees this as normal place. I have even started writing up a "Press Release" and scribbled down ideas for a "Channel Communication" to family and friends. I could care less if it is weird or not, I love it! I am excited and I will express it any way I can.Now here are my

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July 13, 2009 - How weird is it that I know when our new baby is going to be born right down to the approximant time of 9:30am. So much for the due date carrying any element of surprise. (Although Rachel could still go into labor before then.) We are so glad that we haven’t found out if it is going to be a boy or girl now.Right after Rachel told me I googled ‘July 13’ to see if it has any

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Bridget and I have been planning on making a bird feeder for some time and finally the weather improved enough that we could do so. While she was taking her nap I did all the assembly work. We used a two-liter pop bottle, some twigs that we found around the yard, some string and an eyelet screwed into the bottle cap. We had bought the bird seed earlier in the day from the Bulk Barn. I tied the

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I’ve started filming my next FeatherStone Production which is currently untitled. The truth is that I was actually filming for two videos that just happen to take place in the same location. The first one which I hope to debut in the month of March is a more comedic video with a hint of conflict, while the second production is meant to compliment future footage of when our baby is born. I wrote

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-91076306793737750092009-01-26T13:38:00.001-05:002009-01-26T13:55:34.794-05:00

Greetings,I am pleased to present the latest video from FeatherStone Productions and Side of the Road Films entitled "The Grocery List".http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sUc0_lzNGJEThis video stars myself Steve Coleman and my wife Rachel and my daughter Bridget. I thank them for their participation and giving me the time and permission to create this video. About this video. It was filmed using my HD

Steven Christopher Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09926655629627264533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499880438905943074.post-68057613957055186992008-12-12T15:56:00.000-05:002008-12-12T16:01:08.457-05:00

It is the end of 2008 and I have finally created a Blog. How behind the times am I? Pretty far considering I don't own a cell phone and don't use instant messaging. However we can easily overlook that now because I have a Blog page. I have no idea what I will post on the blog currently, but I do think that 2009 will inspire me.Allow me to introduce myself, My name is Steve Coleman and this is the

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