What I've been up to..
As you may (or may not) have noticed, my website has seen a bit of an update. The entire layout is much wider, 980px wide to be exact, and there's a lot of the negative place in the content region...
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So I have an idea, now what?
Ideas are dime a dozen, execution is key. Yea yea, I know. I've heard it a dozen times. I'm convinced that I have something on my hands (or rather in my head) that could be my Passive Income earner. No more big ideas, or over-ambitious...
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill...
Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent
I came across this great poster in a blog by Mark Malazarte and I just had write about it so to keep a copy in my archives that I can always go back for reminder. Originality is non-existent. How great it...
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau...
Search using Yahoo! and earn Airmiles.
It seems that Google competitors will try anything to lure users away from the giant. You can't really blame them for trying either, whether they are a success is another story. Microsoft's last attempt was rewarding users through its cash...
Backpack across Europe for a whole month
I realize it might be a stretch, but there is a Eurorail pass that let's you hand pick your train route across 17 countries, with a single ticket. I have to do this!...
'For more information on lung cancer, keep smoking.'
Bold isn't it? This print was run by the British Columbia Lung Association. The message is certainly clear. If you're a smoker I would love to know what you think.Advertising Agency: TBWA\Vancouver, CanadaCreative Director / Copywriter: Paul LittleArt Directors: Angela...
The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away.
Joy J. Golliver...
The energy saving fundamentalist.
The creative guys at The Play Coalition have made a light bulb holder that makes you fuzzy and warm inside just by looking at it. There is a (not so) hidden message to the design as well, see the images below. Neil, Dane and...
A good rest is half the work.
~Yugoslav proverb...
Friendfeed Widget
Notice the awesome action stream at the bottom of my homepage? Thanks to the guys at friendfeed, you're able to take your online social activities anywhere with you. You can see their complete list of third party tools here (I'm using...
Build marketing into the product
This brilliant campaign is pretty self-explanatory.An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months. The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000...
Life in Perpetual Beta
Melissa Pierce, life-coach and blogger, has an upcoming documentary which explores the question of what is creativity and what is authenticity, and whether the two are mutually exclusive. I'll save my remarks until i see the movie but her interviews...
Blogging lesson no. 1 - Set a tone early (or not)
I made a newbi blogger mistake and took myself a little too seriously. This blog is suppose to be an out loud copy of my thoughts, you know, random stuff. Informal. Quick and sporadic.Instead, I set a formal and editorial...
The Starbucks Experience
It's been almost a year since Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, returned at the helm of his empire and promised great things. With that announcement he admitted that for Starbucks to continue it's success, a shift in strategy was needed. Some hints...
Remarkable
In the words of Seth Godin ― the marketing guru and best selling author ― if you want to be noticed and talked about, be remarkable. Not just by it's common definition of unusual or striking, but remarkable; to make...
Really, really late to the party
After numerous failed attempts and years of neglect for this domain, I'm going to give blogging a whirl. Blogosphere, I'm coming for you!This space will serve as a creative sanctuary for me and my interest in Design and Advertising/Marketing Communications....