January 2011
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“with short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety...”
– Joan Juliet Buck for American Vogue, c.1988 (via the political quotidian; glamourai)
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Photoshop Etiquette →
The site design is really clever, and while it’s aimed at web designers, everyone can take away a little something from these “rules”. And please, for the love of god and all that is mighty, name your layers!
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More Seth Godin Wisdom...
Two things are always not true:
Everyone likes this.
No one likes this.
Sorry.
If you try to please everyone, the few you don’t delight will either ruin your day or ruin your sense of what sort of product you should make.
And if you believe the critic who insists that no one is going to like what you made, you will walk away from a useful niche.
One other thing: Sometimes...
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More Seth Godin Wisdom...
Two things are always not true:
Everyone likes this.
No one likes this.
Sorry.
If you try to please everyone, the few you don’t delight will either ruin your day or ruin your sense of what sort of product you should make.
And if you believe the critic who insists that no one is going to like what you made, you will walk away from a useful niche.
One other thing: Sometimes...
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That's not the way we do things around here...
When you say this to a colleague, a new hire, a student or a freelancer, you’ve established a powerful norm, one that they will be hesitant to challenge.
This might be exactly what you were hoping for, but if your goal is to encourage innovation, you blew it.
-Seth Godin
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That's not the way we do things around here...
When you say this to a colleague, a new hire, a student or a freelancer, you’ve established a powerful norm, one that they will be hesitant to challenge.
This might be exactly what you were hoping for, but if your goal is to encourage innovation, you blew it.
-Seth Godin
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“Somewhere along the way, we adopt this dangerous and debilitating belief system:...”
– From 12 Tips to Becoming Your Authentic Self by Brené Brown.
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“Somewhere along the way, we adopt this dangerous and debilitating belief system:...”
– From 12 Tips to Becoming Your Authentic Self by Brené Brown.
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In case you haven't seen it... →
BrandNew has a great writeup on Starbuck’s new logo, updated and unveiled for their 40th anniversary.
This is obviously a big deal. Not just because of the change itself but because of what it represents logistically: all those 16,000 stores and all those hundreds of products need to be updated with the new look, aka lots of money spent.
Another big complaint is that, OMG, the...
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In case you haven't seen it... →
BrandNew has a great writeup on Starbuck’s new logo, updated and unveiled for their 40th anniversary.
This is obviously a big deal. Not just because of the change itself but because of what it represents logistically: all those 16,000 stores and all those hundreds of products need to be updated with the new look, aka lots of money spent.
Another big complaint is that, OMG, the...
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The Price Of Everything →
Saving this to read later, it’s the introduction to Eduardo Porter’s new book, The Price of Everything: Solving the Mystery of Why We Pay What We Do (2010, Portfolio).
“Porter explores the surprising ways prices affect every aspect of our lives, including where we live, who we marry, how many kids we have, and even how religious we are.”
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