Just do it. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Most wanna-be writers think they have to save up a year’s salary, quit their jobs and flee to Tahiti to write their novel (or move to Nashville to become a songwriter). Not true. Here’s all you have to do: write a little every day. Maybe a half-hour, or […]
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Spring: A great time for creative constipation
Overcome creative constipation — have fun
Happy Father's Day
To all the dads out there… … from all your sons and daughters. Thanks!
Imus supporters: young, old, loud, proud
Don Imus and his abrupt (and unfair) ouster from the airwaves continues to stir passionate comments. 100% of the comments I got support the I-Dude, mostly in passionate terms. (Where are the others? The witch hunters and haters? Maybe they’re busy hounding other public figures.) While the sample was tiny — OK, infinitesimal — the […]
More on Don Imus: Like Tony Soprano, a misunderstood guy.
Lots of reaction to Saturday’s post about Don Imus. It attracted more comments than any other post. Thank you all for participating. Like all of you who left comments, I am (was?) also a huge Imus fan, and have been for over 20 years. So let me start by pointing out that the quote about […]
What can an unrepentant hippie teach you about business?
Jansport backpacks have been around since 1967 — the Summer of Love, baby– when Skip Yowell’s cousin had an idea for a better backpack, built around a lightweight, adjustable aluminum frame. Murray formed a company. His girlfriend was a virtuoso on the sewing machine. Murray promised that if she’d marry him, he’d name the company […]
The $800,000 Olympic logo
What’s in a logo? What should a graphical representation of your brand or company really say? There’s a lot of buzz right now because London’s Olympic committee spent almost $800,000 (and a year’s work) on a controversial new logo for the 2102 Olympic games. And as anyone can tell, it’s crappy. Choppy and misshapen, it […]