As children, we let our imaginations run wild. We created new games, unique ideas all without the feeling that we could be “right” or “wrong”. Unfortunately, over the years, our imaginations tend to slow down. We learn that we can be wrong (and often) and thinking outside the box, while good in theory, isn’t always the best option. We let our experiences turn us away...
Last week, a great new site launched. A site with huge promise and a great premise…The sites creators, Joseph Morin and Mike Uesugi, are both brilliant business minds and I am very excited to be the lead on the graphic design side of this project. It is currently in beta, but is growing and will be out of beta soon and in full swing. SocialRewards is...
Unless you’ve been away from your computer and on a beach in Hawaii for the last week, you’ve probably seen a tweet or two showing how poorly Southern California handles “weather”. It’s true, us Southern Californian’s are pretty pathetic when it comes to wet and windy. We are avoiding the roads, staying inside, and have been complaining about how awful all this wind/rain/etc is for...
Over the next 25 posts, ending on my birthday, I will be covering an incredibly creative moment or idea from a year of my life AND one creative moment in either the marketing, advertising, technology or media world. My two-words: preciously precocious Media two-words: created ...
Today’s blog post is one you need to get involved with. To start, open a word document (or just grab a sheet of paper). Look at the picture:Now immediately type or write the first thing that comes to your mind. Got it? Okay…then let’s keep it going with 5 more photos (After each, write the first thing you think of , then move on):You should now have...
Today is the final one of the 7 sins of creativity and writing. If you haven’t seen the rest, start with the first 6, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy. Wrapping it up is pride. While taking pride in your work is important, too much pride is dangerous – so dangerous that pride is actually considered the original and most serious of...
We are getting close to the end of the 7 sins. If you’re just tuning in, make sure to check out lust, gluttony, greed, sloth and wrath. Now, let’s turn our attention to envy. The difference between envy and greed is rather difficult to explain, so I will let wikipedia do it for me: “Like greed, Envy (Latin, invidia) may be characterized by an...
So far in the series of 7 sins, we have covered lust, gluttony, greed and sloth. The next in line is wrath - an uncontrolled feeling of anger or rage. When you combine this with the ease to publish content to the web, it can be very dangerous. So what is the solution? Don’t write when you are angry. Wrong. The solution is managed wrath. Huh? What do I mean? I...
So far, we have covered Lust and Gluttony. The next in line is Greed. Traditionally, Greed in the 7 sins stood for the desire for copious amounts of wealth and a person who would stop at nothing to acquire that wealth. Over time, greed has been more loosely associated with the desire for too much of anything. Whenever I think of greediness, the first thing that...
Celebrate Today Just tuning in and not sure what it’s all about? Check out the launch of two-word tuesday. ...
