Categories: Blogging, Roundup, Small Business, Small is Brilliant
You know those terrible people who take photos of all their meals? Well, confession time — that’s me. Earlier in October, hankering for a much-needed vacay after a nonstop thrill ride of a fall, I popped over to Portland. Hadn’t been there since I was a kid. My agenda had numerous goals, but chief among [...]
Categories: Brilliant + free, Case Study, DIY, How-to, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Small is Brilliant, The Big Idea, The Work, Video
During the last New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center did something new and really cool. They hosted a 2-day event called “Convergence” which focused on discussions, workshops and presentations related to immersive storytelling. I attended one of the days, and I had a fantastic experience. But what impressed me most about [...]
Categories: Small Business, Small is Brilliant, Ya Gotta Eat!
I had an ulterior motive in visiting Portland. I was curious about how things were made here…bikes, beer, collective office spaces. So besides checking those out, I happened to stumble upon Portland’s Distillery Row, and Eastside Distilling specifically. They make rum, vodka, whiskey and bourbon there in extremely small batches. In fact, I got to see [...]
Categories: Small is Brilliant, The Work, Tools, UpstartU
A few years ago, I snagged an amazing gig doing short capsule restaurants and bar reviews for a New York City newspaper’s website. I was told to pitch “top 10″ lists so I zeroed in on an emerging trend in the bar world, mixology. You know, the mustachioed bartenders with suspenders, slinging small twigs crammed [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, it's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine, Small is Brilliant, Social Media @ Work, The Work, Video
For many years I made my living primarily as a professional word-slinger. Finding sixteen hour days on movie sets a poor vocational choice for the long-tem (however romantic and adventurous), I turned to the air-conditioned confines of the copywriter’s life. And it could be cush. One job I would routinely spend one week massaging a [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, DIY, Micro Marketing, Nonprofit/Cultural, Quotable, Resources, Small Business, Small is Brilliant, Social Media, The Work
I’m a huge Meetup fan — I’m a member of a ton, and attend several religiously. So enamored of the concept am I that I signed up for additional notifications from Meetup, of newly forming Meetups and ones that I “might be interested in.” So I’m getting a lot of emails I’m getting from Meetup [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Content Matters, DIY, How-to, it's the end of the world as we know it and i feel fine, Micro Marketing, Quotable, Resources, Small is Brilliant
Yesterday I went from a person who only had a vague notion of Seth Godin as a marketing-guru-slash-author to one of those people who quotes Seth Godin like he’s the number one God of all things futuristic and innovative. Sorry if I’m late to the party, friends. I attended an all-day conference with the man [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, DIY, How-to, Resources, Small is Brilliant, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work
Last week, I managed to stumble, quite serendipitously, into a burgeoning community of learning called Skillshare. The occasion was something called the Penny Conference, which was an extremely engaging and well-curated presentation that espoused Skillshare’s own peculiar philosophy on the world. Namely, that “anyone can teach anything.”
Categories: Artists & Writers, Bloggers, Blogging, Brilliant + free, Resources, Small is Brilliant, Social Media, Social Media @ Work, The Work
Sometimes I wish I had become a “corporate anthropologist” studying what people do, and who they become, after spending the vast majority of their lives under artificial light and in fabric covered boxes. I’d be a cubicle-chronicler, looking critically at artificial divisions, and the rules and rituals that develop over time in high-rises and office [...]
Categories: Artists & Writers, Brilliant + free, DIY, Micro Marketing, Nonprofit/Cultural, Resources, Roundup, Small is Brilliant, The Work, Video
If you’re an indie type, where do you find music to put into your videos that won’t cripple your budget? Where can you find stock photography that won’t break the bank? These are things I’ve asked myself over the years working on a variety of multimedia projects. It’s true that while working on projects that [...]
