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The New American Dream

Thinking about how we swung from conservation to consumption, and the associated costs.

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Five Things

How much crap will you burden your loved ones with, upon passing?

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Do You Love This Thing?

Buy less, experience more, and know the joy of good things.

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Deliberatism

My new blog. (If you like ideasonideas, it might be your cup of tea.) No design for now—just words.

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Manage 1,000 Websites from One WordPress Dashboard

A handy little plug-in for those of you who work with WordPress.

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Shame for Gain

A campaign we've been working on, here at smashLAB. The winner gets a week of free heli-skiing or heli-boarding. :-)

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Difficult People

Those who “give a shit” are willing to make things uncomfortable, in order to help others recognize the points that matter...

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The Rules

Weak designers believe they are artists. They eschew rules, believing them to be unnecessary constraints that serve only...

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Please Retweet!

Not all blogs are created equal, most tweets aren’t worth skimming and most Facebook pages aren’t worth “liking.”

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QR Tattoo is the Ultimate Facepalm

Ballantine's digital approach is like putting me between Clooney and McConnachy and...

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Is "Take Mokum" a Boondoggle?

Nike pushes into brave territory, but are runners actually getting together for pizza and shows?

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Is that semen dripping from the chandelier?

Perrier's Le Club campaign manages to be both desperate and off brand.

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You Aren’t Good Enough to Read This

Smart marketers will make a mental note of this one; the rest of you will simply create more Facebook Fan Pages.

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Can Nike Get the Traditional + Social + Crowd Mix Right?

Nike launches the Chosen campaign, working to balance the highly-produced with the efforts of the crowd.

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P&G Wanes Nostalgic

...but they could have gone so much further.

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A Clean Desk

You will all likely think I'm a jerk for saying so, but sometimes a mess is just a mess.

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Dick-ish-ness

Thoughts on dealing with communities, trolls, and others.

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Put Down Your Crayons

"...any designer concentrated principally on visuals faces a grim forecast."

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How You Win

We like fantasies. Success, however, has little to do with dreams or luck.

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Online in its entirety & free

A year ago, I started to give away my book online, one chapter at a time. Today, it's available online in its entirety.

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