Jan 8, 2021 | Thoughts & Ideas
Last year, I embarked on a year-long goal to read 120 books and share that list with people. Why? Because I knew I read a lot in 2019, but couldn’t remember what. After 365 days of reading in 2020 and finishing 121 books, I want to share four lessons I learned...
Dec 16, 2018 | Thoughts & Ideas
What feeling do you get when you hand out your business card? Are you excited to hand over your business card or perhaps you feel a sense of dread? No emotion at all? I love experimenting with new ideas, unique shapes, textures, and colors, but I didn’t think...
Dec 10, 2018 | Resources, Thoughts & Ideas
Last week I saw something on Twitter that enraged me: people were shaming people for using Patreon in the absence of a “real business model.” The reason I got a little testy was because a lot of creative professionals rely upon Patreon to fund their...
Sep 6, 2018 | The Creative Process, Thoughts & Ideas
For the past few years, I have had a nagging question deep down inside: Do I lack vision? The question grows in scope and scale as I look at my work and analyze the way I think, approach problems, and make decisions. Do I lack a vision for originality? For uniquely...
Sep 1, 2016 | Thoughts & Ideas
In Steven Johnson’s book, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, he writes about the need for existing platforms that allow innovation to be built upon them: “Innovation thrives in discarded places. Emergent platforms derive much of...
Aug 29, 2016 | Thoughts & Ideas
Innovation is a popular word in today’s business world. In order to stand out from competition or be more profitable, the typical managerial response is something along the lines of improving the quality and amount of innovation, or in some cases, beginning to...
