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I’m so accustomed to lying about personal information when I create online accounts…

How many online accounts does a person need?

After designing what feels like my bagillionth registration form, I have to ask the question, how many online accounts does a person need? More accurately, how many accounts can a person have before maxing out on e-turgor? I’ve got a bad habit of signing up for accounts, poking around and then never letting them see the light of day again. I have more online accounts than a person should be legally allowed, no question. None the less, it all seems worth while when you find that amazing new tool that you, henceforth, couldn’t live without.

Given the phenomenal and ever-growing profusion of application offering online accounts, I had to stop and take a look at the doorway, the registration form.

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One year ago, on September 6th, 2006, I made a life changing decision to leave the doldroms of the 9 to 5 and start my own design firm with my fiancée. The decision was not an easy one to make. Leaving the security of steady pay and working for a well established design firm was not to be taken lightly, but it was time to move on.

The decision was not taken lightly, by Lauren or I, but it was made at the spur of the moment. The conversation was like this:

“We should start a web design firm.”

“Okay, let’s start a web design firm.”

Two days later we found ourselves at city hall, with a rough business plan and a check. Oh, and yes, right after “Okay, let’s start a design firm,” we bounced a few name ideas back and forth (precisely 2), chose the one that was the most difficult to say and then hammered out a logo. Designing the website took a little bit longer. Two strong headed designers battling it out to determine what the face of their company should look like, is a pretty thing. But a learning experience it was, and the it kind of paved the way for us, moving forward.

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