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Case Study: SPI Spring Break

Client Profile Date: 2011 Reach: Nationwide Focus: College Students Challenge While director of interactive at The Atkins Group I had to joy of working with a great ...

CreativeMornings with Seth Godin

THE Seth Godin was our speaker at last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork, generously hosted by The New School. In his talk, Seth challenges our perception of work. He talk...

The Secret of Success in Creative Work

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.  via swissmiss The Struggle of Creative Work: Bridging the Gap Between Taste and Skill In a video that has resonat...
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The first cell phone

Forty years ago today a Motorola engineer named Martin Cooper, made the world’s first public call using a cell phone. Cooper used that epic moment in history to call rival compan...
Aaron James Draplin delivering a presentation at a podium, wearing a blue cap and denim jacket, with bold typography featuring his name

CreativeMornings Video: Aaron James Draplin

Aaron James Draplin at CreativeMornings Portland, March 2012. Free events like this one are hosted every month in dozens of cities....
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Paula Scher and the new Windows 8 logo

Paula Scher on designing in and with perspective from Design Indaba on Vimeo.   Paula Scher talking about how she went about designing the new Windows 8 logo.   ~ v...
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It’s all about being courageous.

CreativeMornings Short: George Lois on Courage from CreativeMornings on Vimeo. Design legend George Lois ended his fantastic CreativeMornings talk with powerful advice for us ...
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David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence

Absolutely wonderful TED talk by David Kelley, founder of IDEO, in which he is telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, offering ways to build the c...

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture...
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How to setup email on your iPhone

I pulled this information from the best hosting company in the world These setting will only work if you have hosting with me (through Rackspace)! You can either choose IMAP or...
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Looking Back

“If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it wa...
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If You Don’t Understand People, You Don’t Understand Business

“We’re not good at everything, we’re not good by ourselves,” says Simon Sinek at the 99% Conference. Our ability to build trust and relationships is the key to our surv...