Book Review: Zero to One

I'm reading a lot more physical books these days. I'm still reading a lot of online content but I'm taking more time to sit with bound paper book in effort to change things up a bit. For me, this is helping with being a little more contemplative about what I…

Personal time. Sometimes you have to take some from social media too.

It's been a few weeks since I posted here and for good reason. But this really isn't the time or place to talk about it. (If you're my Facebook friend and you know me personally, you already know why I haven't posted.) I've written here before about the need to…

The blank screen. What will you blog about?

Image by tripleman via Flickr Deciding what to fill the screen with can be challenging. And it's also the subject of my latest post over at the agency blog.

Why I blog. Or I’ve learned more here than…

Image by Peregrino Will Reign via Flickr I had two conversations with talented ad creatives yesterday that reminded me of how far maintaining this blog and my other sites have taken me in the last year. The first was about SEO and the second was about proficiency with development. Neither…

Top 10 reasons to rant somewhere other than your blog or your Twitter account

Lewis Black via last.fm Some people love to rant. Even more people love to rant on a blog. Some blogs were even created for people to rant about politics, the price of milk, or even their ex's grooming habits. In the non-digital world, people find that kind of behavior repulsive.…

Blogging transparency is mostly BS. And that’s good.

Image by DavidErickson via Flickr Edit note: I know some folks are going to say I'm missing the point or I'm redefining the term. I'm writing this because I feel like it has to be said. Blogger transparency is mostly bull squeeze. Fellow bloggers, you may feel open and transparent…