June 2010
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WordPress 3.0 is here, and we’re all a-buzz about it. Should you upgrade? http://ow.ly/239Yh wordpress wordpress3.0
January 2010
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what’s your favorite book about social media marketing? any of these?
http://www.amazon.com/reader/0470411554/ref=rdr_sb_li_hist_2&state=01101#reader_0470411554
http://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-Marketing-Book/dp/0596806604/ref=pd_cp_b_3
October 2009
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“There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re...”
– Ken Blanchard
September 2009
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“You don’t have to get something for nothing. Rather, you can give...”
– Wallace Wattles
August 2009
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– Marianne Williamson, from A Return to Love
July 2009
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Internet Marketers: Take a typography lesson.
I’ve become something of a internet/information marketing connoisseur as of late, ever since I started becoming interested in Fabienne Fredrickson’s Client Attraction. And there really is some great stuff out there to learn about marketing as it applies to small businesses. But here’s the thing. Why do so many of these sites have to be so—I don’t want to hurt...
May 2009
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Use Twitter Like a Television Network | Epicenter... →
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“Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It...”
– Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Painter, Photographer, Graphic Designer, Teacher and Founder of the Bauhaus and the Chicago School of Design.
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American Ironwork: An Historical Sketch
I can’t really explain this one, but the other day I was browsing the library (one of all-time my favorite things to do) and this book popped out at me, the way books sometimes will do: American Ironwork: An Historical Sketch. I took it off the shelf and spent 10 minutes looking at it. The ironwork in it was so incredible and inspiring, that I had to make a copy of a couple of the pages to hang...
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The buzz button
Listening to Loveless on the way to Ohio yesterday, we realized that, even though they only released two albums, My Bloody Valentine was possibly one of the best bands ever. The first track, Only Shallow, is one of those rare songs that have the ability to completely transfix you, to completely change you and take you to another place. It’s almost impossible to listen to it and not feel...
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Intervals
From the Guggenheim website: Intervals is a new contemporary art series designed to reflect the spirit of today’s most innovative practices. Conceived to take place in interstitial spaces or beyond the physical confines of the building, the program invites a diverse range of artists to create new work for a succession of solo presentations. Intervals is inaugurated with a multipart installation...
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Rhymes with wow.
The tagline for my design super alterego, redfrau, is “rhymes with wow.” I stumbled upon this accidentally when, back in 2003, I sent my newly launched redfrau site out to my friend, Beth. Buried in the copy was the phrase, as a brief explanation of how to pronounce the German word for woman/wife. She wrote back with the compliment: “Rhymes with wow!” It took me six more...