Words & Letters
or, How a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Came Together to Make Pretty Things with Computers During the first 30 days, I lost almost half my team. As the brand new manager, how am I supposed to recover from this? Did my presence, or the change I represented, cause this? What is going on. Eight months […]
I ride my bike to work: a 16 mile commute. My bike has pedals–but yes, it also has an electric motor that helps me cruise along at an average of 20 miles/per hour, as long as I’m pedaling. It’s a lot of fun to ride, and with no shower at my office, it’s really the […]
A quick review of the 99U Conference. If I don’t do this now, I’ll have to wait until they post all the the videos from this year and reference backwards. Wednesday, May 4th Kickoff Meet & GreetHighlights for a nerd like me were ski-ball and a street fighter set up where you played on a […]
Yesterday, I drove through the intersection where I was in a potentially deadly car accident. I hadn’t been there in over 20 years or more. I hadn’t thought about that night or incident in detail in a long time. It would come up occasionally in random conversation. What’s the worst car accident you’ve ever been […]
Lessons from the real-world Noel Constant that I didn’t ask for The creative workplace is a peculiar place. In some ways its very different than other parts of the working world, and in some fundamental ways it’s not. Creatives (I know we hate this term) come from all angles. Some study at four-year colleges, others […]
Sometimes going to bed is really hard for me. I like to maintain the state that I’m in–no matter what that state may be. Once I am in bed it’s done and out out like a light. But I never want to wake up. It doesn’t matter how many hours I’ve slept. The same goes […]
You just finished version fourteen of your design. The Art Director (AD) has finally given his blessing and you have one more hurdle before this job is done. The Creative Director (CD) must give his final approval. He’s already seen versions of this along the way. It should be no problem, right? Every manager (also […]
I was playing the arcade video game classic Galaga in a nondescript convenience store focused on the task at hand–kill the bad alien/insects. I became aware that someone was staring at me to my right. When I had an opportunity to look away form the game, I saw what I thought, with that split second […]