At WPPI 2007, after Gene Higa premiered the promo video we produced for him, one of the photographers in that room came up to me and said, “I HAVE to get me one of those! Let’s talk!” The photographer was John Griffin, someone I’ve had the pleasure to work with before on a SF Bay [...]
Read moreHow Air Guitar Gave Me Perspective on Life
On December 1 we moved back to Silicon Valley from Sonoma County where we’d been for the past 18 months or so. My wife, Tasra, got a job with Apple, so now we’re nestled nice and snug at the end of a cul de sac in beautiful Cupertino, CA. These past couple of weeks have [...]
Read moreBuilding Your Brand. Make a Statement.
A few months ago I started reading “Book Yourself Solid” by Michael Port. Michael is right up there with Seth Godin and Timothy Ferris for offering small business professionals valuable information in building their business. In my first post about the book, I wrote about two concepts Michael covers in the beginning of the book: [...]
Read moreGa-Ga for Google: Part 3 of 4
Google Calendar In my first installment of this series I wrote about the ubiquitous Gmail. In installment 2, I covered the potential MS Office-killer, Google Docs. Today, I’ll touch briefly on Google Calendar. It’s not so much that Google’s Calendar blows away other online Calendars with similar features. But, because of the other cool Google [...]
Read moreThe Fortune and Folly of Forums
Forums, boards, and blogs…oh my! For small business owners who spend a lot of time behind the computer keyboard and not that much time in the “real” world, industry forums and boards serve as a sort of virtual “water cooler.” For many of us, particularly artists who spend a lot of time editing (whether you’re [...]
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December 27, 2007
