I’m introducing a brand new feature to the DTIG BrainBlog — Bad Idea Monday. The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload. And nobody’s gonna go to school today, She’s going to make them stay at home. And daddy doesn’t understand it, He always said she was as good as gold. And he […]
Ben Yoskovitz has created a worthwhile group writing meme to inspire the collection of personal productivity secrets. Since I was ‘tagged’ by my friend Jason Kotecki (he’s the guy with the cure for Adultitis), here are three of my personal productivity secrets… #1.) The Most Productive Thing PossibleThis is one of my oldest techniques, adopted […]
Announcing the new 2007 release of DTIG’s original book! Updated and revised from its original 2001 edition, 100-WHATS of CREATIVITY is chock full of mental detours to help your derailed creative efforts get back on a product path of innovation. What people are saying about 100-WHATS… “I read Don’s ebook at 9:00 AM, and by […]
Recently the United States Postal Service introduced a new “Forever Stamp.” The stamp features an image of the Liberty Bell, and once purchased the stamp is valid for mailing a one ounce letter via First-Class postage forever — regardless of future rate increases. There’s no denying that niggling postage hikes tends to result in stamps […]
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 […]
At first glance the relationship seems to make sense, but then you notice the slimy trail of introducing the concept of using credit to a younger audience and it makes you throw-up a little in your mouth. The deal struck between Visa and Hasbro to introduce their credit cards into the worlds of ‘Monopoly‘ and […]
AT&T sued NASCAR Friday after the motor sports monster would not let it replace the Cingular logo on Jeff Burton’s race car with new AT&T artwork. Burton’s #31 car is sponsored by Cingular, but AT&T took full ownership of Cingular as part of its recent BellSouth merger and has made no secret of its plans […]