In Business

The Best Ever Failed 63% of the Time

January 30, 2009

Ty Cobb failed 63.4% of the time, finishing his career with a .366 lifetime batting average. The ultimate benchmark for greatness for a hitter is the .400 mark, and that has only been eclipsed 26 times in history. Hell, some of the sports’ greatest hitters failed 72-73% of the time, and made up for it [...]

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In Design

Crowdsourcing Is Poison to the Design Community

January 25, 2009

Pawning sites like Crowdspring, Bootb.com, GeniusRocket, Worth1000.com and 99designs off as “crowdsourcing design networks” is covering the wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s one thing to run a design contest online – a true contest where there’s an objective, a prize or prizes, and most importantly a singularity of purpose. It’s a completely different thing to [...]

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In Business

Set Your Clients Up to Succeed

January 22, 2009

Every service provider, regardless of their discipline, has at one point or another performed great service for a client only to have them call back a month later saying something broke. For us designers, we cringe as we close the email or set down the phone, and type in the client’s web address “brokenwebsite.com”, because [...]

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In Misc

Microsoft Songsmith Ad Crushed By Blow-up Condom Animals

January 15, 2009

Let me start off by just squashing all of the “you can’t compare those two videos” kinda comments. Because two things: a) I am fully aware that these ads are not going to run against each other, are in completely different genres, and that the Durex ad will most certainly be blocked and prevented from [...]

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In Business

The Self-Proclaimed Expert

January 9, 2009

“If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.“ – Norman R. Augustine So-called experts are quickly flooding the relatively new social media niche in large numbers, each and every one clambering for attention. While Facebook, Myspace, Virb, Flickr, Twitter, and countless other social sites and apps have been [...]

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In Social Media

To Friend Or to Follow

January 4, 2009

The connective branches of the web are spreading out at an ever-increasing rate. Have you noticed how many of your old friends from high school and college are showing up in droves on Facebook? If you’re on Twitter, have you witnessed the literal flood of new registrations each day? As more and more people jump [...]

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In Career

What Did You Want To Be When You Growed Up?

January 3, 2009

Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing with your life? Are you happy with where you’re at? Do you have any regrets about the decisions that you’ve made? Many of us end up down far different career paths than what we envisioned for ourselves. While it’s not necessary that you follow that path [...]

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In Personal

The One Thing To Work On

January 2, 2009

“We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going… Concentrate on something useful.” – Arnold Bennett I was sitting down to write a response to ChrisBrogan’s article, “12 Things to Stop Doing in [...]

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In Design

Unfreelancing – Letting Go Of The Attractive Freelance Life

December 31, 2008

For years and years I worked on my own. Two months shy of six years, to be exact. I gave up all of the freedoms and self-employment perks in exchange for the shackles of servitude and obedience. But I also left behind the stresses of the EDD, corporate taxes, business development, and operations management. Those [...]

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In Business

Keep Your (Design) Job Right Now

December 30, 2008

It seems that the world’s economy is on a steady collapse, each day bringing new stories of companies closing shop, and another industry asking Congress for a bailout plan. Our industry is no different than any other. I’m sure that you all have a handful of friends that have lost jobs in the last 3 [...]

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