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St. Isabella Dental: Coupon + Dental = Bad

(Warning: I’m about to rant, but there are some business takeaways…)
Being the Two-Bit Operation we are, John and I are on our own for health insurance. This is fine most of the time since we have basic health plans and are constantly striving for fitness using the CrossFit workouts. Dental insurance, of course, [...]

When it comes to business cards, gray is the new black

It’s a new month, which means another fine working session for Two-Bit Operation. Justin flew into town on Monday, and we’re looking forward to attending a number of networking events here in Seattle, including a TIE business plan competition and Seattle MindCamp.
In preparation for these and future promotional activities, we designed a sleek, black [...]

Human nature and the impact of money on user behaviors

One of the funny things about our generation is the limitless optimism we have.  We expect things will always turn out better and we have high expectations – this can probably explain why we can’t be satisfied with a "good" job or just "settle" for anything.  If we were to take an informal poll of [...]

Is my mac a dud?

I watch the Apple commercials and they tell me that my mac (I’m assuming that includes my newish MacBook Pro) doesn’t ever need to restart.  It then makes me sad everytime I have to reboot and John gets to laugh at me with his Windows laptop which has been exhibiting the stability I wish I [...]

I do feel older, but not because of my birthday

Well, Saturday was my birthday and we spent it working all day.  We did have a nice break to have dinner at Lawry’s for some excellent prime rib, but we inevitably ended up talking more about work after too much wine and beer.  The past few weeks have been so wonderfully productive (partially due to [...]