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Topics of Interest — Prepping for #sxswi 2011

With our digital world changing at a tremendous pace, it’s almost comical to try and map out what topics / trends / themes I will be interested in 3 months from now, at South by Southwest Interactive 2011, but here it goes:

the creative agency

Though I have had…

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prepping for #sxswi 2011 — An Introduction

Like a kid at a candy store…

yep, seven years, three states, and 35,892 psd files later, I’m finally staring down the joy of taking part in the sxsw interactive festival this year. oh joy.

so to give this monumentous event the care and energy it deserves, I will be…

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the ‘too slick’ factor

recently i was looking for a home security company for the first time in my life, being the semi new home owner that i am, and as i began my search i noticed a pattern that i have been encountering lately.

of the few national / large companies that I…

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what’s your 100 day plan?

100 day plana few weeks back i followed a link to Fahrenheit212 ‘s website, and after perusing through their work, about pages, and press clippings, i was thoroughly impressed. in a downturn economy, this ferocious small team are beating the odds, and doing some great work.

they are an “innovation…

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An early list of my favorite sxsw panels

I’m diving headfirst into sxsw interactive this year, and i’m already stoked about the conference just from browsing through the proposed panels on the panelpicker. i do have a proposed panel, just in case you want to check it out.

before jumping into my early favorites, i do…

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‘Baked In’ book review

If advertising is not your chosen profession in life, why the heck would you want to read a book written by two of the top leaders in the advertising world? (alex bogusky, @bogusky , longtime creative director at crispin porter + bogusky; and John Winsor, @jtwinsor , former head of…

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What others say

Yesterday I took a walk through downtown Austin to take a break from the screen, and I decided to drop by a local art museum to check it out.

I eneded up not browsing the collection but rather chatted with the attendant instead. We talked about the museum, austin culture,…

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country music, detroit sheet metal, and web design

so this spring i was driving down a country back road in beautiful colorado, and i happened to meander over to the local country music station, where the lyrics to the current song really grabbed my attention. i never caught the artist or the name of the song, but the…

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the beginnings of a new blog

Well hello, and welcome. Though i have been in the blogging world for a few years now, i have decided to start a new blog with a more design / technology / business focus to it. and so your here, and it’s great to have you! snag the rss subscription…

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