Blogging for business can be intimidating. Regardless of whether you’re a solopreneur building your small business or in charge of content for a large non-profit, it can be a struggle to come up with things to write about. Yet blogging for business remains...
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5 Things Puzzle Videos Taught Me about Business – Day 18: 30 Days of Blogging
We all go through phases. Sometimes, it’s a particular sport or food or reading or playing the guitar. For the past year, I’ve been in a YouTube phase. This isn’t my first YouTube phase, but it’s been about ten years since my last one, and the thing that...
How Is Running a Small Business Like Baking Bread? Day 11: 30 Days of Blogging
Last year, I was introduced to the world of sourdough. It started with a book, aptly named Sourdough, which led to an evening class at Edible Alchemy in Berlin. Now, almost every weekend, you will find me trying to perfect my loaf. I’ve also realized that...
How Messy Problems Can Inspire Creativity
Tim Harford speaks at TED Global - London about introducing some randomness into your creative process. "I think we need to gain a bit more appreciation for the unexpected advantages of having to cope with a little mess."
What Is Creativity
"Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect...
Inspiration for Design It Please [Vol 1]
Because we all need to keep learning, growing, and being stretched. Here's my first list of inspiration from ten different places. Thought leader and author: Seth Godin Designer and entrepreneur: Tina Roth Eisenberg Designer: Paula Scher Designer and author: Austin...
The Steal Like An Artist Journal
Source: The Steal Like An Artist Journal Austin Kleon is creating his own notebook! I love notebooks. I love them for sketching; I love them for journaling; I love them for songwriting. Even though some people say Moleskine quality has gone down as they've gotten...
You Can Do THAT With Legos??
Built by Lego genius Akiyuki over the course of two years, 17 modules process 500 balls! http://youtu.be/sUtS52lqL5w (courtesy of Gizmodo)
Meetup.com’s 9/11 Creation Story
I love Meetup.com, but I had no idea how or why they came to be. I got this email from them today that explains it all. "Fellow Meetuppers, I don't write to our whole community often, but this week is special because it's the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and many people...