You may be familiar with the Threadless.com website, but do you know anything in regard to the guiding principles that drive its leaders? Here’s what I knew about the website: Threadless.com is a t-shirt website that accepts designs from the public, and then takes votes on each accepted submission, allowing their community to decide which […]
Far too many people (with myself occasionally included) put forth an article or white paper touting the “rules of creativity” — as if there were some secret “Robert’s Rules of Order for the Right-Brained” to which only the experts have access, and mere mortals rejoice at the tiny morsels that are thrown to them like […]
I know I’m not the last one to the party, because I told at least two of my friends who hadn’t heard about this site either — FineTune.com is a site that allows you to create and share custom playlists of on-demand music. I think… I think I’m in love…
When do you have the right to brag a bit about yourself? Peggy Klaus is the author of “Brag! The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It” and according to her it might be more often than you think. The real question becomes can you brag about yourself in a graceful manner that […]
I’m starting a new BrainBlog feature this year — links to something cool, creative, and free, ever Friday. It’s like getting an early start on the weekend! Fun free stuff to browse and download instead of actually doing any work.Well… This is “kind of” like work. These freebies will definitely make you THINK. I’m going […]
This looks like a job for… Who would you call if the world needed saving? Clark Kent — or Superman? They’re both supposed to be the same person — but the guy in the cape and tights has a resume that says he can bend steel bars, leap tall buildings in a single bound and […]
We all know a friend or two that has a talent we consider unique. Something that we have no talent for ourselves, so we view their skill as almost magical. I can usually get a person to say “how the heck do you DO that??” when coming up with ideas on the fly, or when […]