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Book Review: iPhone and Ipad App Marketing

Mobile applications are an interesting item to market. You’re basically marketing something that markets you.  Jeffrey Hughes’ iPhone and iPad Apps Marketing: Secrets to Selling Your iPhone and iPad Apps covers the strategy of how to market your mobile app: After you get…

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Book Review: Purple Cow

Seth Godin. If this name doesn’t sound familiar, he is the type of person that inspires thought. He makes you think and challenges to think deeper. His daily blog post (which arrives to me via email) is short, sweet, and to the point.…

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The Inca Cross Symbolism

While we were in Peru, we learned about the ancient Inca Cross, also known as the Chakana. The symbol predates the Inca culture, which they inherited the symbols and philosophical principles from those people that came before them. The Inca cross is composed…

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Six Months from Dirt to Pavers

Our house has a large front yard and a smaller backyard. To even things out, Bridget and I decided to build a courtyard when we were remodeling. With Ron’s help, we got a concrete footer in place, put up some walls, and then…

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Headed Out, Headed Home

After our hike, we stayed in Aguas Calientes for the night. The city resides below Machu Picchu and is surrounded by giant mountain tops. The river runs through the town, and as soon as we got off the bus from Machu Picchu, we…

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Day 4 – Inca Trail (Machu Picchu)

3:30am. We woke up and then quickly ate cake and hot chocolate. (Meanwhile the porters were packing up getting ready for their next trek.) We then quickly ran to the gate and waited for the gates to open up. Finally around 5am, we…

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Day 3 – Inca Trail (Happy Day)

We were able to sleep in a little bit. At 6:30, we woke up and got ready for Happy Day! The night was the coldest so far, so we were a little slower to crawl out of our tents. Today’s hike was rolling…

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Inca Trail – Day 2 (The Challenge)

5am. Up and at ’em. The porters come by to wake you up with some coca tea ready to go. We got dressed and then enjoyed some delicious porridge and pancakes. And so it began. We walked step-by-step through the cloud forest and…

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Inca Trail – Day 1

Our journey begins with a knock at the door. “You guys up?” The answer was “no,” but really what came out was, “SHIT!” The alarm didn’t go off at 3:30am as planned. Jason, Bridget, and I quickly grabbed our things and ran to…

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Cusco City Tour

Today’s adventure took us through the ruins that were located closer to the city. We started the morning with a quick breakfast of a hard boiled egg, toast, and some cocoa tea, and then left to meet our guide. We first stopped by…

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