Tonight Maggie Rogers is playing in my hometown. The show is sold out. I’m not going. I know many who
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Design In Everything
Whether you are a design nerd or not, design is something that we can all pay more attention to. The
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Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know
Continue readingThe Business (And Sadness) of Fame
Is fame a business? Why are most people famous? Don’t just snap out an answer. Really think about it. Most
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Continue readingYour Work Is Your Art
It’s very en vogue to mourn the passing of Stan Lee. There are some big lessons about his life’s work.
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Continue readingIt’s Pretty Simple: Make Better Ads
If only it were that simple. But, it kinda is, right? For over two decades, I have repeated the same
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Continue readingWhen Work Becomes Art… Thanks, Gord
When done well, your work becomes art. That’s probably the only sign of success that personally excites me. Fame? Money?
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Continue readingIn Defense Of Being Deeply Offended
It’s happening a lot. It’s happening a lot more than it should. It’s an angrier world out there. Back in
Continue readingOriginal Ideas…Or Creative Ideas? Getting Beyond The Stuck.
How often do you get paralyzed by the fact that you don’t have an original idea? Confession time: this has
Continue readingAdvertising. Full Steam Ahead.
“Advertising is dying. Advertising is dead. Advertising doesn’t work.” A common theme. A common rant. It’s fine to think that
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I want my MTV. Yes, I am from that generation. A time when moving images were put to the hottest
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Is it just a job or the work that you were meant to do? I don’t get tired of writing
Continue readingA Blog Is Like Lemmy From Motorhead… And David Bowie
On December 28th of last year, Lemmy from Motorhead died. Yesterday, David Bowie passed away. All the young dudes. Amazingly,
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The most creative ideas win. If you learned nothing else from all of the news coming out of the Cannes
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“What do you want to do for a living?” All of us grapple with who we have become. The work
Continue readingThe Point Of Creativity In Business
**The point of creativity in business is to tell and/or sell.** For some reason, the statement above is seen (by
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