Category Archives: Career

Navigating a Vague Corporate Social Media Policy

You may have noticed this blog has been unfortunately blank for most of the last year. Aside from general negligence, I have been contemplating my company’s vague social media policy, which states there is to be no use of social … Continue reading

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Review: ANA Mobile Marketing Day

Earlier this spring, I had the opportunity to attend an ANA Mobile Marketing Day, hosted by Sprint. I was excited to go because I have worked on a lot of websites, but I haven’t had the opportunity to work on … Continue reading

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Review: STLUX 2011

On February 25, I attended my first ever STLUX conference. STLUX is a one-day user experience conference where professionals come together and explore current research, trends, and best practices in creating phenomenal user experiences. The conference was held at the … Continue reading

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Worth 1,000 Words

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Recently a client request came through my office for an illustrator that does real time drawings of meetings. The idea behind the concept is that written notes are more apt to … Continue reading

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You get what you pay for

In a down market like the one that we have been experiencing for the last year and a half, it’s easy to understand why businesses are watching every penny.  I do it when I go shopping – why wouldn’t a … Continue reading

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When life hands you lemons…

Make Lemonade. Do yourself a favor and take 35 minutes to watch this documentary called Lemonade that chronicles the big things that former ad agency employees were able to do once they were given the gift of losing their job. … Continue reading

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Obsolescence

Two weeks ago, I attended a retirement luncheon for a co-worker. While I was busy grabbing a sub sandwich and slice of cake, I overheard the retiree talking to some others about how he first met the CEO of our … Continue reading

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Another day, another dime…

I usually try to avoid The Office, Dilbert or any other form of entertainment that is so painfully similar to my everyday office experiences that it cannot be funny. Then I started reading the Clients from Hell blog and found … Continue reading

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When I Grow Up I Wanna Work in Advertising

This video is a few years old, but it’s hilarious.

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