Talking about building a small business (VIDEO)

Business IT Q&A

I am looking to start a conversation via video podcasts to connect my friends and business contacts. The podcast will initially be centered around answering IT questions in my wheelhouse.

Topic Ideas: personal branding, building a business online, how to sell things online, social media management, SEO (search engine optimization), websites, BI (business intelligence), AI (artificial intelligence), front-end development, UX (user experience) and machine learning. I’d like to introduce my friends who have small businesses, start the conversation rolling and see where this goes.

Thinking a video once a week (until I start podcasting and more by request) next one at 4PM on Friday. If you have questions, feedback, or topic ideas please leave me a comment!!!

Tech Q&A About Search Engine Optimization (VIDEO)

Tech Q&A - Discussion on Search Engine Optimization, especially for WIX users. 

If you have website questions and like this video please leave me a comment and I'll answer it next Friday at 4PM CST.

I am looking to start a conversation via video podcasts to connect my friends and business contacts. The podcast will initially be centered around answering IT questions in my wheelhouse.

A Story + 3 Products You NEED if You Like Mud/Obstacle Course Races

Getting Dirty

Generally I hate getting dirty. Anyone who has ever heard my father tell a story of my childhood knows, I was the kind of girl to play with barbies. My bedroom was pink and I slept in a canopy bed. In short, I was daddy's little princess. These days I dress a little geekier, or as a friend would say, "you're kind of professor chic, J.Crew and Prada puked on you but when you talk we can tell you are one of us (geeky that is - insert elbow patches here).

Knowing about my childhood, it may or may not be hard to imagine, if you do not know me well enough, that I have my moments where I don't mind getting really muddy.  If you are like me and don't mind getting a little dirty every once and a while, then you will love adventure races.

Adventure races are basically muddy 5-10k runs with obstacle courses. Are you intrigued? I'm guessing you know at least one cross-fit friend who has mentioned something like this, but if not I recommend you watch a Tough Mudder video for inspiration and then start your first mud running experience off with something a little easier like a Gladiator run or Warrior Dash. Both of those races should take you under a hour, will be easy for most people (you will feel it the next day), and they both average 5k.

VIDEO Diary: Bored, Cold, and Tired + Book Review of The Godling Chronicles & Trylle Series

F%$# Winter

I'm bored and tired. No sleep again. So blogging, yes that is what I do when I should be on the treadmill and don't want to go outside. I blog and wish I could be outside without freezing my face off, or losing a toe to frost bite. Bike/running/mud season where are you?

Yeah, I could take a nap but I have things I could do. They may not be fun things, but there is always something to do. I could probably go out, but truthfully my one night at the bar this week was probably enough to last me six months. I wouldn't mind listening to Jazz, going to see an art museum, or eating sushi but other than the sushi I can't thing of anywhere I could do that. The art center doesn't have an exhibit right now, I already know my own art inside out, and well a quiet music venue on my own.. I'm not sure I know of anything.

So yes, I'm being lame and pessimistic but I continue to miss spring/summer/fall. I hate winter.

John Mellencamp Concert Des Moines @DesaraeV featuring Carlene carter

REVIEW: THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND ROBOTS

I love watching how quickly science and robotics are advancing. Some things remind you of something out of an old Sci Fi movie, like CyberDyne maybe (insert tin hat joke or scary government conspiracy here_____)? For the most part though, I'm just excited to see where things are going. The following video shows robots that walk like dogs or maybe horses. Okay, technically some of the "robots" here are probably technically called RC objects or drones being driven by people, but still this stuff is all pretty cool.

Spot the Robot 

VIDEO DIARY: Puppy sleeps on my shoulder - feb 2015 @desaraev @yorkiecharles

VIDEO DIARY: Puppy Watching TV Yorkie Video Diary @Desaraev @YorkieCharles

FITNESS VIDEO: Friday Night at Home Yoga Workout #exercise #fitness with Yorkie Charles & @desaraev

A Discovery of Winter + Book Review: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness #books @desaraev