Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Rory O’Sullivan and Simon Bruyn on Vimeo.Isn’t this such a good start to today?

As I get ready for another round of travel (San Diego and SXSW) I’ve got my eye out for cool travel gear.  This site has travel sizes of really nice beauty products that all make it through security check points.   Guys, they have men’s stuff as well.This also works great for those of us who like to try a product before we buy a whole tub o’ whatever.

This post is one I’ve been thinking about for a long time and now that some agencies are pushing to retain creative rights to their ideas throughout the process, it’s doubly relevant.  I really suggest you read the article in Adage, it’s clearly a growing problem.  When you’re a creative team or shop and you make your money by crafting and then executing ideas (designers, social media folks, artists, etc.) it’s hard to know how much to give clients in order to show off how great you are and what …

Obviously, we don’t set out to make mistakes in our work.  We don’t want to hit rough patches, low traffic times, factual errors, planning errors, or even typos but they happen.  They always have happened and they always will.  Sometimes it’s small like a number typed wrong and sometimes it’s an idea that seemed really good but turned out not so good (United not responding to United Breaks Guitars).  In social media there’s a lot of room for the latter type because to be perfectly honest there’s a lot of …

The 2010 Creative Freelancer Conference will be June 5-6.  They’ve got some really interesting looking sessions like “You Are A Business”and ” It’s Your Money So Take It Personally”.  I’d love to see some sessions added around coworking, business dev., and some around freelancers online.  It seems like the numbers of people trying to get their freelance business off the ground are growing. 

As a location independent I can work from wherever I want, which is great.  I can work from Tahiti, or Miami, or somewhere exotic like that but I usually work at one coffeeshop in Madison because I like this one particular chair there.  So most days I am slogging away with my breakfast sandwich and coffee and its great.Except I don’t get to talk to as many people as I’d like. In an office, there’s a whole bunch of people right around the corner to complain to, laugh with, and have …