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Duck & Cover
By George Huff
“It’s been awhile” is how I seem to launch into every blog post of late. My strategy has been the somewhat defensive, “duck* & cover.” If I were to drink the blogging koolaid, I would know that blogging is essential to my business. If only…
So how does the, “duck & cover,” strategy fit into my bigger broader strategy of doing great work on the web? It doesn’t - it just means that I’m scared. I’ve started countless entries only to have them peter out into random generalizations. None of them have been post worthy, not one. If I’m going to write something, it better be good, or else what’s the point? The web is already so full of noise.
Truthfully, I’ve been busy. We the Media is working on some amazing stuff that will be unveiled over the next few months. We also have new additions to our team which helps us fill out our service offering a little more. I’m learning a ton about process development and motivation. Oh and I am a husband now as well, that took up a lot of time - the following picture by an excellent Portland based photographer, Boone Rodriguez.

This site started as a place to share my thoughts and my work. Increasingly, I’ve been privatizing my thoughts and doing less of the nuts & bolts of web design. That leaves me with tales of management and process - so, I choose to “duck & cover” because I am too chicken to write my thoughts, or too private. Haven’t figured out which.
I’ll try to be better - fielding post topics in the comments. It has come to this.
Thanks to Mr. Boyd for calling me out.
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This Is George Huff
He is a web designer / entrepreneur / conspirator / blogger / husband living in Portland, Oregon.
When not fully immersed building websites, he runs a record label, writes music, throws a music festival, grows vegetables, and happens to be a huge advocate of his friends and family.
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In May of 2007 I co-founded We the Media with Jeff Reynolds - we wanted to provide an alternative structure to the typical agency model. We found there to be two universal truths we shared.
- The most important thing is the work we put out.
- The second most important thing are the people we work with.
Once we had this gauged, we set out to bring in talented people who wanted the flexibility of freelancing with the steadiness of a typical 9-5pm job. We're constantly working on making the model work - but so far, we've been very happy.
Since every drop of my sweat goes into building We the Media, it only seemed appropriate you view my (our) work there.
















boone November 30th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
your wedding was epic! looking forward to seeing what you’re working on now. take it easy.
Candyhugs December 1st, 2008 at 9:32 am
I hear you brother. But let’s hear em anyway!
jacy December 4th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Huffer,
We all disappear. No worries.
“It can’t rain on your blog life all the time” - Eric Draven
Just don’t let it happen again.
J
George Huff December 7th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Well, alrighty then - will start trying to write a post every week.
Peter Flaschner December 8th, 2008 at 7:32 am
I wouldn’t worry about it George. We all go through cycles of writing and not. Sometimes those cycles can be pretty long.
I hear what you say about the business need to blog. Like you, I have a hard time writing something of value when my plate is really full.
Jill January 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
*poke*