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Let’s Get Ethical at The 4th Annual Oh My Ethics Expo

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Illustration by Lauren Hardage for OMHG Hooray for March! If you've been reading OMHG for awhile you'll remember that we've been making ethics fun again every March for the last four years. This month we'll jump into the juciest bits of entrepreneurship and living the good life to celebrate ethics awareness. Ethics might not sound like the most exciting theme but I promise … [Read more...] about Let’s Get Ethical at The 4th Annual Oh My Ethics Expo

{Tutorial} Getting to Know Your Camera

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Hello OMHG community! I’m Rachel Alison, and I work as a video professional doing branding, launches, trailers, and the like. 

Jessika had said that a post with tips for bloggers and entrepreneurs on how to make better online videos might be handy. To be honest, to break it down with any depth at all would require 3-4 posts at least. I thought instead it might be handy to … [Read more...] about {Tutorial} Getting to Know Your Camera

3 Ways to Unstuck Yourself Like An Emotional Ninja

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In every hero story, there comes a point where the hero she reaches a mental or emotional roadblock in training. It happened to Rocky when he had the chance to fight Apollo Creed (yo!).  It happened to the Ninja Turtles when they hid out on April's farm before Leonardo was able to psychically connect to Splinter and it happens to the best of us, even me.  When you're short … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Unstuck Yourself Like An Emotional Ninja

Software & Apps That Save My Bacon

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Before dishwashers, clothes washers, robot vacuums, microwaves, takeout, grocery delivery, etc., it wasn't easy to run a household. You needed a person out making money and a person at home keeping everything livable. With all of these tools making it easier to take care of our homes, those responsibilities now take less time and we can focus on other things. Similarly, … [Read more...] about Software & Apps That Save My Bacon

Match + Maker: Mariko + Jessika Studio Tour

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Mariko Paterson of Forage Studios  Last month I got an email from one of my Canadian creative icons, Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine, asking if I would like to interview a ceramic artist living in my very own town for Issue #21 coming out in April. After doing my thisisreallyhappening happy dance I speedily said YES with likely a little too much eagerness! Once the scary … [Read more...] about Match + Maker: Mariko + Jessika Studio Tour