NovemberNov 18 Wednesday 09
On Respecting People with Your Marketing
Most people don’t have enough time to interact with their kids, let alone your brand. Respect that.
—@leeclowsbeard
NovemberNov 16 Monday 09
Stop Settling for Trying to Be Someone Else
I’ve already written about this topic (see: Copying Doesn’t Hurt Me, It Hurts You) but I want to look at it from a different angle.
Our church website is copied a lot. I’m not saying that in a prideful manner, but simply as a stated fact. I get a “hey, this …
NovemberNov 9 Monday 09
Instant Camera Montages on Flickr
A very happy Monday, from the Montage Blankenships to you! (These are inspired by Kevin Meredith’s awesome portrait montages on Flickr.)
Cosby on Failure
I do not know they key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
—Bill Cosby
NovemberNov 5 Thursday 09
On Unsolicited Designs
I wrote an article called Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days) on one of my other sites. It manages to discuss web design, blogging, humility, UX, the purpose of shareholder-owned companies, and a few other things in …
Inc.com on Building a Culture of Employee Appreciation
Great article on Building a Culture of Employee Appreciation from Inc.com (which you should read, if you’re into business/workplace stuff.) Plaques and gift cards make people feel like cogs in a big machine. Small, personal gestures, committed consistently over time …
NovemberNov 4 Wednesday 09
Whiskerino Day 4 Outtake on Flickr
One of the things I love about Whiskerino is how daily it makes photography for me. Call it a framework, or a compulsion, but I’m just more aware of a “need” to create content. This one was an outtake I didn’t use for Day 4, but I like it.
NovemberNov 3 Tuesday 09
DIY Driftwood Cheeseboard
I’ve been getting the itch to do some creative projects that have little or nothing to do with the computer/internet, and Zach Klein’s cheeseboard from milled driftwood has pushed me over the edge. I want a table saw for Christmas.
NovemberNov 1 Sunday 09
Whiskerino 2009 Commences
Whiskerino 2009 has begun. I am quite happy to be participating this year and be able to give back to an undoubtably wonderful time with friends old and new.
OctoberOct 25 Sunday 09
Chermayeff on Designers
I think most designers are self-indulgent, illiterate…a fashion-mongering bunch of people who cannot speak on any subject except their own.
—Ivan Chermayeff
OctoberOct 23 Friday 09
Hulu to Hide Content Behind a Pay Wall in 2010
Apparently Hulu will starting charging for certain broadcast content in 2010. I thought I was already being charged in time by having to sit through ads; are the ads not subsidizing the business model? Networks still don’t understand the web, nor do they realize that …
OctoberOct 22 Thursday 09
Fusion Ad Network Keeps Adding Great Sites
Geez, have you seen the lineup of folks in the Fusion Ad Network now? They recently added Hicks Design and Minimal Mac. I feel like the last guy picked on the winning kickball team.
Tag People in Your Flickr Photos
Flickr just added the ability to tag people in photos. Yes, just like Facebook. I can’t help thinking my photo hosting site of choice is having a bit of an identity crisis. Is it for fine art photos of landscapes? Or bad auto mode family photos? Both? That seems like …
OctoberOct 21 Wednesday 09
On Where Your Business Overhead Is
Overhead walks on two feet.
—Casey Graham
OctoberOct 20 Tuesday 09
On Forgetting Where You Came From and the Dangers of Success
When the rule of Rehoboam was established and he was strong, he abandoned the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
—2 Chronicles 12:1
Most of us don’t get derailed until after we’re established and strong. And like any strong leader, when we lose our way we …
OctoberOct 16 Friday 09
On Micro and Macro
Microeconomics concerns things that economists are specifically wrong about, while macroeconomics concerns things that economists are wrong about generally.
—P.J. O’Rourke, Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics
OctoberOct 14 Wednesday 09
On Smoking What You’re Selling
If you don’t need the Gospel more than the people you’re sharing it with, you ought not be sharing it with them.
—Dan Allender
This quote can just as easily apply to the vision of your organization or to the product you’re selling. If you don’t love what you …
OctoberOct 12 Monday 09
re•pi•pha•ny
[re-pi-pha-ny] — noun
1. an epiphany you have more than once
2. an epiphany that was forgotten, then remembered
[Origin: unknown]
Let Love Rule (Let the Credits Roll Remix)
Clever idea and execution for this video of the Justice remix of Kravitz’s Let Love Rule. (But annoying disabling the embed code, Lenny.)