Earlier this morning I was in a work review session here at Dell, where i’m on the Global Site Design Team, and the topic of “creating and owning a look / brand / feel that is uniquely Dell” came up. This is definetely not the first or last time we’ve…
Read MoreBeing an avid mac user for the last decade, a former apple retail specialist, and overall fan of all things apple inc (i was there the day the word computer was nixed), I was quite eager to begin reading Jobs’ recent biography by Walter Isaacson. *On a side note, I…
Read MoreA few weeks ago I decided to do something brand new. I pre-ordered a hardback copy of the much anticipated Steve Jobs autobiography through Amazon. I’ve been a regular Amazon customer for a number of years, and haven’t had a single bad experience. I had never tried the pre-order method,…
Read MoreI had a blast last year at sxsw, and i’m looking forward to an even better year in 2012. If your new to sxsw, first off welcome! secondly, you have the chance to help determine which panels / ideas / speakers will make it to the stage, through the online…
Read MoreIn less than a week, I will be starting a new chapter in my life, as I join the creative team behind Dell.com , and all it’s global iterations. As I’ve started to tell a few friends over the last week, I’ve had mixed reactions to say the least. From…
Read MoreI recently had the honor of speaking at South by Southwest Interactive Festival, and had an even greater honor in meeting and leading the conversation with the extremely smart and talented Anton @repponen , an associate creative director at fantasy interactive ( @F_i ) in new york. I…
Read MoreIt was everything I could have imagined, and more. Which is saying alot, considering that I’ve dreamt of going for almost a decade. Not many things in life live up to expectations, but the 2011 south by southwest interactive festival certainly did. In an attempt for brevity, I will summarize…
Read MoreSo I got some great news yesterday, rode home to a gorgeous sunset on my bike, and then got some even greater news,
I’ll be speaking at #sxsw in just a few months! oh yeah!
So my topic officially is “Clients are not the target audience. Users are.” More info…
Read MoreIf your anything like me, another list of predictions for 2011 most likely makes you want to hurl at this point… but I submit to you a few set of predicitons that I have found humorous, interesting, and helpful:
2011 and Beyond by JWT Intelligence
I was really…
Read MoreThat old expression time flies? yep, it’s true.
So this past friday was the last day of my first stab at a “100 day plan”, as inspired by Fahrenheit 212.
to put it softly, i failed miserably. in every category, i fell below 50% of the goal.
so i…
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