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The Beautiful (Blame) Game What your start up or project team can learn from my 7 & 8 year old soccer team.

“Get back, get back, defend the throw!!!” I was shouting much louder than I normally allow myself as a youth soccer coach. I may actually have sounded like a “win or go home” type of coach in my urgent tone.... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2014 at Double Fisted

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DynoMites

Posted Sep 17, 2014 at Double Fisted

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Vinally, Surface Patterns

Posted Sep 17, 2014 at Double Fisted

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Playlist of the Day Queue it Up (Schedule Your Day)

Front flip to roll to double axel to triple toe spin move, etc etc. Gymnasts, at their best, are in a zen-like flow. Never do they appear to think: “hmm..what should I do now?” Even if they stumble or fall,... Continue reading

Posted Jan 31, 2014 at Double Fisted

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Turning Sketches Into Products

Do you ever talk yourself out of a deal? I do, more often than I realized or like to admit. Should I take a class, buy new gym shoes to replace the sole-less ones I'm currently sporting, put creamer in... Continue reading

Posted Oct 4, 2013 at Double Fisted

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New Work Preview: VulnerAbility, Digital Art Prints

Posted Sep 27, 2013 at Double Fisted

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Oh, but don't mention...

Posted Feb 6, 2013 at Double Fisted

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Gimme Three Steps Week 7: Three major tasks per day, max

Sigh...another unsettled day. It started with a bang but ended with a thud. A quick glance at my days todo list reads: design home page, email Sara regarding the upcoming event, brain storm new project ideas, get client web host... Continue reading

Posted Nov 28, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Get Granular An Interesting Drug // Week 6

World domination, get healthy and clean the garage all sound like good ideas to work on. Whenever I clear my head or work with an organization to get everything out of the mind and out on the table, there tends... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Craft A Grand List An Interesting Drug // Week 5

I’m sitting at my desk, bewildered, as I wonder: What was that idea I was so excited about earlier? I pranced in here with a purpose but somewhere between the coffee press and my desk, my mind raced about the... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Wanna Change Your Behavior, Track it! An Interesting Drug // Week 4

Fajita chicken, grilled red bell peppers, guacamole and black beans with a splash Cholula. I entered every item I ingested for dinner into my “Tap and Track” iPhone app. It was for a research assignment for a user experience course.... Continue reading

Posted Oct 17, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Two Inked Minimum You’ve given yourself permission to be amazing again, your up earlier than usual but now you are wondering how to get this boat off the beach.

You know they’re in there. They want to come out. All those clever ideas, witty lines and Steve Job-esque innovations that seem to come to mind at the least opportune moments. Like during the morning freeway crawl, a visit to... Continue reading

Posted Oct 10, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Friday Recap Week 2

"Be prepared to reinvent yourself. Be prepared to go out on a limb occasionally. And be prepared to do things that you feel strongly about." -Hillman Curtis It never fails. Whenever you start to move towards something exciting, thats when... Continue reading

Posted Oct 5, 2012 at Double Fisted

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There are some bad people on the rise (so beat them up). An Interesting Drug: Week 2

I’m tip toeing through the house using my phone as a flashlight. The creaking floor boards sound like atomic bombs during the wee hours of the morning. Then, my bare foot steps on a transformer action figure that was left... Continue reading

Posted Oct 3, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Friday Recap Week 1

So this week was all about giving yourself permission to do things differently. With only a day between last Wednesday post and today to get results, I crammed and came out unscathed. Every few months, I make a grand list... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2012 at Double Fisted

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An Interesting DrugFirst, You Need Permission...From You!

During a recent assignment I gave my advanced design students, I instructed them to take a tired and dull existing brand identity and help move it into a new marketplace. In a nutshell, they were to be innovative and bold... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2012 at Double Fisted

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An Interesting Drug Fitter, Happier, More Productive!

8 hours, they tell me, used to be enough to get the job done. Today, in our hyper-connected lives, the minutes, hours, days and years go by fast—fiber optic, Usain Bolt fast. The ease in which one can lose themselves... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2012 at Double Fisted

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An Interesting Drug The Why

“Is that all you do, sit at your desk and look at your computer all day? Gee, why don’t you go out and do something interesting and come back and tell me about it.” Like whoa grandma! She’s never been... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Eric Martinez is now following Maya K.

Sep 25, 2012

Samantha may just be my type.

I wont pretend to be an authority on script fonts as I generally point my cursor in other typographic directions. They're just not my type of type. That's changed. No longer bound by the baggae of bad experiences with scripts,... Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Planet of Sound

This reminds me of Bjork's "Somebody, Maybe" video. It's funny how we've been overloaded with a whole new set of sound triggers in the past few years. It's even funnier how I seem to feel like this guy more often... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2012 at Double Fisted

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Sprint Results: The W Art Event

Last week, I found myself with a small window of time while projects were either completed or being reviewed with the client. I had a request for a video promo from a colleague from a local non-profit foundation I volunteer... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2011 at Double Fisted

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Doodle Results + Free Offer!

The results of allowing myself to just doodle for fun a little everyday. My own custom deck of cards. If you like, take one for free! For the first 15 readers that respond, I'll send you my deck of "Deal-breaker" cards for FREE. (Hint: the majority of people don't read this far so if you are reading this, your odds are pretty spectacular) Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2011 at Double Fisted

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Fall Newsletter: What We(ed) Like To Do?!?

Pigskin, pumpkin spice and pugtoberfest all shout out: "fall is here." Yes, summer is long gone, but it sure has left it's mark. Sunblock, water diapers and squirt guns are still part of my home decor. Sookie and Bill may... Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2011 at Double Fisted

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Chipotle

So simple, so powerful. via swiss-miss Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2011 at Double Fisted

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