A Creative Carry-along Fellow Idea Guy Chuck Green’s new IDEA JOTTER saves on stealing cocktail napkins. As creative folk, we all have our favorite way of recording ideas when we’re on the road. Some folks carry portable recorders, some tap their concepts into PDAs, some sketch their thoughts on cocktail napkins, and some just scribble […]

Predicting Success This show is going to be a hit. Have any of you seen the previews for this new detective show? It looks clever, original, and funny as hell! It premiers tomorrow night and I just know I’m gonna be a fan. Visit the official site by clicking HERE. Not only is it a […]

Where Do You Get a (work) Life? Yesterday I provided a link to where you could get an IDEA, today I tell you where to get a (work) life! Free Agent Nation is an outstanding book for anyone planning to work for themselves. My friend Dan Pink has created the ultimate user guide for successfully […]

Where Do You Get Your Ideas? THE most frequently asked question of creatives At one point (don’t ask me when) I started collecting answers to the question “Where do you get your ideas?” Ask any writer, filmmaker, musician, artist, etc. what question they get asked the most it will be the one I mentioned above. […]

Creative Cities A quiz that hits creative people where they live. In my June 10th entry I mentioned Richard Florida’s book “The Rise of the Creative Class” — today I learned of an online quiz hosted by Fast Company magazine that determines the creativity level of your city based on Richard Florida’s research. Based on […]

Wake-Up Call I *really* like caffeine… but I think this stuff would even give ME the shakes! ShowerShock Caffeinated Soap (no, I’m not kidding!)