Archive | April, 2009

What's Possible?

April 29, 2009 by Ron Dawson 2 Comments

So. We’ve talked alot about homogenization, being unique, yadda, yadda, yadda. We determined that we no longer want to do what everybody else is doing. But where do I start? How about 80 years from now. Take yourself there, see what is possible at that point. Work backwards, then start making it happen…today. Share in [...]

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Film & Video, Inspiration, Photography
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Resistance is Futile

April 27, 2009 by Ron Dawson 14 Comments

I was originally going to name this post “Adapt or Die,” but with the pending Star Trek film by my boy JJ Abrams (and I pray a rebirth of what was once a brilliant sci-fi franchise), I had to go with those three, bone chilling words used by the Borg Collective to herald in the [...]

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Business, Inspiration
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Should You Invest a Lot in Your Logo?

April 23, 2009 by Ron Dawson 18 Comments

A recent discussion has popped up on one of the video forums I frequent. A couple of the members have each posted a set of new logo options they had developed, and they were asking for input from the community. Nothing big there. Except, these logos were developed at two different online logo contest sites, [...]

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Business
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Chase the Dream, Not the Competition

April 21, 2009 by Ron Dawson 5 Comments

Lately the show “Britain’s Got Talent” has been getting a lot of pub. Most recently due to the amazing singing performance of Susan Boyle. But today I watched an incredible dance performance by a group on the show named “Flawless.” When Simon Cowell asks the group “Tell me, what’s the ambition here?” The leader’s response [...]

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Business, Inspiration

Are You Lazy with Your Branding?

April 17, 2009 by Ron Dawson 12 Comments

After two weeks of drama, I’d like to return to my original series on branding and homogenization. I’m sure at some point the drama we started with Operation Brand Aid will continue. But I need a breather. When I started this series, a few people made the point, “It doesn’t matter if my template website [...]

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Business, Inspiration
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