Gee Family – 2012 Year in Review

by Jessica Gee

Garrett and I enjoyed a very blessed 2012. Every year just keeps getting better. Where to start..

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January

Garrett was invited by the US Government to be a student representative of entrepreneurship in Morocco.  He made some lifelong friends mentoring other young adults that really made a footprint on his life.  My mom came to SF to keep me company while Read more »

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The Scan Team is a Bunch of Rats!

Dirty dirty rats. And it is time the world found out.

Scan Rats

Pixar’s Ratatouille

Have you seen Pixar’s Ratatouille? Did you love it so much?  Yea, me too. Amongst the many lessons of the Ratatouille adventure is Read more »

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The Single Metric I Use to Run My Business & My Life

How both concrete and abstract metrics can be used to motivate effort and track progress along the way.

Scan-25-Million-Downloads

Scan recently passed the 25 million download mark. Here’s a brief explanation as to what that does and doesn’t mean in my eyes..

A Metric to Drive Success

When looking to achieve something significant, it is helpful to Read more »

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QR Code Scanning – Best Practices

Simple HOW-TO tutorial for scanning codes with your smart phone

What is a QR code?

Most simply put, QR codes are 2D codes which can be scanned using a smart phone to access information or take some sort of digital action. For example, a business Read more »

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Dorothy Seven Gee

Born : November 6, 2012

 

November 6, 2012 (my birthday) was graced with the birth of our first child, Dorothy Seven Gee. Her healthy arrival was the greatest blessing of a gift I could have wished for. I’ve never been more excited to spend the rest of my birthday’s sharing Barbie themed Read more »

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10 Instagrammers You’re Probably Already Following

Just a handpicked few of the many greats that I love to follow on Instagram.

They say that “content is king”..and so it is with Instagram. I follow some amazing people (some I know personally and some I don’t) that give a peek into their Read more »

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The Role of Luck in Entrepreneurship

Because the harder I work, the luckier I get.

Yesterday while speaking on the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah I was asked: “How much of Scan‘s success has come from luck?”

My natural and immediate answer was: “Tons. We have had so much luck on our side from the beginning and every step along the way.”

Not the Truth

I wanted to be humble and didn’t want to take credit for all the good that has come to Scan. But after giving it more thought, I would be Read more »

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BYU Entrepreneurship Week 2012 – Speaking with Mick Hagen

The personally rewarding experience of being asked to speak at BYU together with my hero, Mick Hagen

Dropped Out of BYU 1 Year Ago This Month

It was 1 year ago this month that I dropped out of Brigham Young University. Since then, I’ve twice had the very fun opportunity to return as a guest speaker. The first time was just 6 months after having dropped out. It It was especially Read more »

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Dear Apple, My Only Feature Request

A better way to adjust my iPhone's screen brightness

There are most obviously 107+ things I adore about my new iPhone 5, but this post is about the 1 thing I don’t. The 1 feature I was hoping and wishing Apple would include in iOS 6 but didn’t : Screen Brightness.

My favorite thing about the iPhone is the Read more »

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Unpacking the iPhone 5

Because the iPhone 5 experience starts before you turn it on

Apple makes my job as an app designer joyful and rewarding. The retina display screen makes crafting over each and every pixel worth it. The ever enhancing performance continues to broaden our creative possibilities. But the experience starts well before the device is turned on.

I have made it part of my personal education as a craftsman to take special Read more »

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