How to gain perspective on your financial situation with a quarterly lookback plus how to streamline bill-payment and account monitoring.
Category: personal
Yeah! I graduated!
After three years of studying nights and going to class on Saturdays at UC Berkeley, I can now say I’m a proud MBA graduate of the Haas School of Business! I wanted to take this chance to thank my lovely wife Jeanine who supported me thru this whole process. Her dedication, encouragement, and devotion really…
How I triage email using color
Let’s face it, many of us now receive more email that we can read. So if we’re not reading all our email, are we at least reading the most important messages? If you haven’t customized your email client, I doubt it. Most major email clients (e.g. Outlook) treat all messages the same and sort by…
Parents: Are your baby bottles safe?
The following is a bit of detour from my normal subjects but as a parent myself I felt it was important to share with folks.About 6 weeks ago a study was released by Environment California Research & Policy Center which identified that Bisphenol A, a developmental, neural, and reproductive toxicant, leaches from clear polycarbonate plastic.That…
Postnatal Workout for Mom and Baby
To take a break from design and leadership, I wanted to share something from the father portion of my life. 🙂 My friend Kim Evans recently co-founded a company that produces a postnatal workout DVD for mom and baby. It’s called Fit + Giggles and is the perfect way to get fit and bond with…
What I’ve been up to…
In case you’re wondering where I’ve been all summer, my wife and I had our first child this July. I am constantly surprised by all that parenting has brought to our lives and am excited with each day to see how our son changes. As the fall begins I hope to start posting again on…
Hello
Today I’ve decided to enter the blogosphere. My name is Preston Smalley, I’m located in the San Francisco Bay Area, work as UI Design Manager at eBay and am a MBA Candidate at the Haas School of Business (Class of 2008). I’ll use this space to comment on the search industry, design trends and their…