From the monthly archives:

March 2010

The Discipline of Knowledge

March 25, 2010

I had big nerd-fun one night this week reading Ogilvy on Advertising from cover to cover. It is filled with copies of print ads from more than thirty years ago that stirred all kinds of memories. The Hathaway shirt man in his eyepatch. The old Sears ads that make you want to fight over who [...]

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Ignore Coaches

March 18, 2010

Oh, how we love a bad boy. Cartoonist Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void fame is my favorite kind: geeky glasses, rumpled hair, and wicked smart humor. If I find out he’s got a quirky accent, then I’m a goner. His book, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity, is making me laugh out loud [...]

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Be a Freakin’ Mailman

March 4, 2010

Yesterday, I did something that I truly love: gave a workshop about blogging*. Offering it at my local library made it all the more yummy for me because I believe public libraries are one of the greatest inventions ever. But Mother Nature almost spoiled it – it’s March in Atlanta and IT SNOWED. It’s supposed [...]

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