Design Interact (Communication Arts online) invited me to answer some questions about my favorite site, my biggest web design turn-off, and what product I can’t live without. You can read all the answers here. So, if you didn…
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14 February 2007
More than you probably needed to know…
13 February 2007
Death to blogs. Long live blogging! (Part 1 of 2)
One day this blog will die. We will be the ones who kill it. It’s just that we’ve been rethinking the whole “agency blog” thing (blogs published by advertising, brand and design agencies). But in order to u…
11 February 2007
Coffee Recap, February 9th
All the coffee veterans seemed to be busy on Friday morning, but I had good company from three newcomers: Rebecca, Kelly and Jen from TwentyFour/Seven. We talked about the New Yorker magazine, Japanese “play” parks wher…
9 February 2007
Comments on Comments
I never know if I’m supposed to respond to comments in the comments area, or as a post, or what. So I’m just calling them out here to respond. That way you know that I know that you commented. Or something like that. C…
8 February 2007
The Library as a Social Network
I recently checked out All Marketers Are Liars by Seth Godin from the library. Portland has a great network of libraries, and their web site allows you to place a hold on any book in their catalog and have it transferred to your c…
7 February 2007
The Endless Sea
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” - Antoine de Saint-ExupĂ©ry I read this quote in a …
Announcing… Coffee. Friday, Feburary 9th
Just in case you haven’t heard… coffee. It’s the new hotness. This Friday, February 9th. 8:30am at Tiny’s, located at 2031 NE MLK. Usually runs for an hour or two, depending on when people show up. Also, by…
5 February 2007
Impromptu coffee recap
Last week’s impromptu coffee was a great time. We kept it indoors because of the low temperatures, and had a variety of people show up. Noel came and told about his new gig, Shannon talked about her new focus, and newcomer Cy…
Hybrid Thinking
I’ve been visiting the Brand Builder blog now for a few months. Olivier (I assume that’s the guy’s name) shares a lot of great thinking. Plus, I like that there’s someone out there who feels long blog posts…
1 February 2007
Impromptu coffee
Friday, February 2nd isn’t an “officially sanctioned coffee morning” here in Portland, but I’ve heard several requests from people craving some beverages with caffeine… and who am I to say no to a cup…
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