Sunday October 23rd and I have arrived in Taipei, Taiwan. 13.5 hours after leaving Vancouver at 2am on a direct flight on China Airlines I landed in Taipei as the sun came up. Walking out of the airport all seemed right as a very kind Mr. Andy-wu asked me if I needed a cab ride.
As [...]

DAY 13 : 03.2.11 : Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

DAY 12 : 03.1.11
“poor empty pants with nobody inside them.”

DAY 11 : 02.28.11
“I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant’s faithful one-hundred percent!”

DAY 10 [...]

On this day, February 18th, in 1977 and 1979 it was proven that within two years creativity and the craziest of shit can happen…
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden “flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the [...]

I just came across this great video interview of John Kristensen proprietor of Firefly Letterpress in Somerville, MA. and figured I would share it. Enjoy!
There are a few classic quotes in the video too:
John Kristensen:
“Yes make it attractive, but make it be what the text needs it to be. Whereas in the wild and woolly [...]

Tops in design, business, brands, the tops of this and that is endless. I have had a few of these list style links bookmarked to share for a while and with June 2009’s Fast Company cover feature “the 100 Most Creative People in Business” I figured it was a good time to post them.
Online [...]

BE SURE TO READ Yvon Chouinards business autobiography, ‘Let My People Go Surfing: the education of a reluctant businessman.‘
 
“I’ve never respected the profession. It’s business that has to take the majority of the blame for being the enemy of nature, for destroying native cultures, for taking from the poor and giving to the rich, and [...]

MMMMMMMMMMMM, Cherry Garcia®, Phish Food®, Half Baked…I’m seeing a trend here…and it’s not stoner music. It’s a creative approach to making business fun and it’s not at the expense of ‘wicked cool’ financial returns.
Who would have thought two ‘hippie’ Long Island grade school friends could take a ‘cow to cone’ business plan and help change the world with [...]

I RECEIVED A FRIENDLY NOTE from a colleague last week and he happened to mention he was sitting by the lake reading his emails. Working feverishly away at my desk indoors, my mind quickly hopped a boat without me and headed for that little wood chair sitting among the ancient cedar trees over looking the [...]

A few years ago, a business coach and great friend, Jeff Balin, inspired me onward in business with a great story of another ‘businessman’ he knew that followed his passions to make a difference.
Change takes courage. After an inspiring trek through Nepal, John Wood decided to leave his role as Director of Business Development in [...]