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Day 48 (318) – Me, Inc.

It’s been a long (but very productive) day, especially for a Saturday.

I woke up around 9:30am (don’t ask me why – stupid body decided it was time to get up) and almost immediately got on my computer. I spent a large part of the morning working on the new site, though you wouldn’t be able to tell unless I told you. That’s mostly because I focused on getting the “Subscribe” form working correctly, only to decide I don’t want to have anything on the site until I feel it’s “up to snuff.”

(Side note: I really don’t know what the hell that means – it’s amazing how many phrases people use without actually knowing their meaning/origin. What is snuff? I suppose it’s good if it you measure other things against it. But what if it’s not? What if snuff is really something bad, like the black spit caused by chewing tobacco. I wouldn’t really want my site to be up to that…)

Once it hit about Noon:30 or so, I switched gears and started working on “The 8th Floor Presents: Best of Season 1″ DVD. I’ve been working on it on and off since early this summer, and I’m proud to say I am about 99%. The only reason it’s really taken this long to do is that this is my first major DVD production, so I’ve had to learn Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Encore just to get it done. But I’m very happy with how it’s come out so far, I just have to run it by some of the other group members for I move into mass production. (If you’re interested in a copy, let me know.)

I took a break to eat and work out around 3pm, and then got to work on the DVD some more. After another break around 10pm (for dinner and to watch some of the NBA All Star Skills Challenge) I switched back to working on the web site. I got the start page how I want it, and put up a placeholder for the home page.

And now I’m blogging about the whole thing. I know what you’re thinking: “What an incredible way to spend your Saturday.” Nothing like working 12+ hours on a computer on the weekend. But hey, it was snowing all day, and sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to build “Brand You” aka “Me, Inc.” aka drewtarvin.com.

Note: “Brand You” is a great book by Tom Peters about building brand equity for yourself as an individual. It’s related more to the corporate world and I’d recommend it to anyone planning on working in Corporate America in the next 20 years.