Christopher Brereton

PictureHealing CoFounder – musician – artist – nerd

Optimizing web graphics for retina displays

Posted by on Aug 23, 2012

I’ve been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my graphics (coming from Adobe Illustrator) will not work well with the retina display on the new iOS devices. I finally figured it out and decided I would post this in to the ether incase anyone of you stumbles across it for help. IT’S SO EASY! When you save your images in the “Save for web” option, save your basic...

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Why

Posted by on Aug 18, 2012

Why

I grew up in a small town. I grew up a latchkey kid. My earliest mentors may have been the teenagers that ran the Boy’s and Girls Club. I was the first kid dropped off and the last kid picked up every day. I lived a far better life then many people and a far worse than some. That struggle, lack of understanding and hand slapping for thinking other than the ways I was “supposed...

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Roots

Posted by on Jul 14, 2012

Roots

When you find yourself in the thick of things… in the weeds, staring out in to what seems like an endless landscape of shrubbery… thats when you need to refocus and go back to your roots. At least thats what I find in life. I find myself at plateau points at times. I first recognized this while learning how to play bass, singing and drumming. There are almost sprint like moments...

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Staying on top of the stack, rather than under.

Posted by on Jun 14, 2012

The life of a startup ceo is one of many dizzying moments. There are times when I feel alone, uninspired, defeated and lost… there are other times when I feel like everything is happening in perfect sequential order… that each item on my to do list is getting ticked effortlessly and all the relationships I have been building align all at once. I break this down in to one...

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Moving Mountains

Posted by on May 13, 2012

Moving Mountains

There is an amazing and growing number of people moving mountains in the social enterprise world. An uprising of game changing technology, support and service across the globe. We’re seeing groups like McKinsey on Society pushing the Social Innovation boundaries in supporting people, groups, companies and activists! It’s exciting as all hell to be smack in the middle of what I feel...

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