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big suprise! I’ll be speaking — prepping for #sxswi 2011

So 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…

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don’t shoot me but… 2011 predictions

If 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…

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my 100 day plan — take 2

That 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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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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Japanese design principles

In response to my recent post on the ‘ too slick ‘ factor, I wanted to share some design principles that I have been meditating on lately

FUKINSEI (imbalanced)
Asymmetry, odd numbers, irregularity, unevenness, imbalance is used as a denial of perfection as perfection and symmetry does not occur…

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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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put down the stones, pick up the chisel

the other day i came back from lunch, to find the creative community abuzz with the witch burning of the redesigned gap identity.

to be honest, i was a bit disappointed with it. if asked, i would admit that. it’s not very playful. it’s not stretching the company visually or…

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how much klout do you really have?

we live in an age of information overload.

i know it. you know it.

we experience it everyday.

so if your reading this. i’m genuinely honored. thank you.

so in a time when there is never a shortage of things to read, watch, or play with, how does an individual,…

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