Spokeo - All of Your Social Networks in One Place

December 8th, 2006 Uncategorized

I Just discovered a site called Spokeo that seems pretty cool. I think this site could be a huge success. It’s a site that allows you to combine all your social networking accounts into one site. Just as Trillian is an all-in-one IM client, Spokeo is an all-in-one social network site. It also lets you add RSS feeds to your profile so you can include your self-hosted blogs, etc. Sweeeeet.

The Souvenir Project

November 30th, 2006 Uncategorized

Check out the Souvenir Project over on Flickr. Really cool idea and the photographer does a great job of pulling it off.

Creative Thinking

November 29th, 2006 Uncategorized

Being a “nine to fiver” in an industry that isn’t even slightly creative can sometimes suck the creativity right out of me. My side-job is my real passion. Design. So after a long week of drab, “vanilla”, cubicle slavery, I was looking for some tips to give my creativity a jump start. I came across a blog post by Aral Balkan. He listed some simple, yet excellent tips for creative thinking that he found in a design book recently.

• Don’t believe your own hype.
• Have a goal (or many).
• Try some things with no end result.
• Be aware.
• Talk to other designers.
• Talk to people other than designers.
• Make mistakes.
• Don’t use technology as an excuse.
• Keep learning.
• Be true to what you believe in.
• Be humble.
• Work hard.
• Don’t think about it, do it!
• Teach
• Be selfish.
• Share.
• Have fun.
• Forget everything you know and start again.