My friend Paul Isakson recently posted this great quotation by Jim Jarmusch, the indie filmmaker (Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, Ghost Dog).
His words so beautifully capture something I’ve felt for a long time, and I wanted to share it with all of you.
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that
resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.
Devour [...]
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I was just smacked in the face by a recent blog post by my dear friend Jeffrey Zeldman, Free advice: show up early, about the consequences of being late to client meetings. Why? Because it forced me to finally fess up to one of my major flaws: I’m always five minutes late.
Sure, five minutes [...]
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My new friend Dave Dawson recently graduated college and moved from Cambridge to NYC. While I was timid and intimidated when I first entered the working world, Dave is quite the opposite –– he is eager to put himself out there, meet lots of new people, and see what the city has to offer.
Over [...]
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I am thrilled to report that U.S. Patent 7,587,349 was granted on September 8, 2009, and I am named as a co-inventor!
This has been more than 4 years in the making. My first job out of grad school in January 2005 was at Digitas as a Senior Interaction Designer, and one of my first [...]
This is a continuation of my coverage from the IDEA Conference in Toronto from September 15-16, 2009. My Day 1 roundup can be found here.
Day 2 also had a great lineup of speakers:
Tim Queenan
Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone
Matthew Milan
Mari Luangrath
Stephen Anderson
My Twitter notes from the conference are below. Enjoy!
Tim Queenan
Day 2 of IDEA [...]
