Category Archives: General Banter
Media Gluttony
I’ve been knocking around a blog post idea for the past week or so about how much media and information I consume. I wanted to talk about how my consumption compares to people just 20 years ago — books, music, articles, movies, television, advertisements, games, etc. Well, this isn’t that post. It’s a heady topic [...]
The Marketers Are Invading
For years, everyone even tangentially involved in marketing has been telling companies that they need to reach out and meet their customers with social media. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, whatever. Engage, engage, engage. Let them know you’re listening and get them talking, but control the message. Well, congratulations to all us consultants, project managers and designers [...]
Birthing Center Marketing
My wife and I are anxiously expecting our first child in October. We’ve been doing the standard OB/GYN appointments, and we’ve been satisfied with the care we’ve been receiving… until now. Not an hour ago we got back home from an orientation session with the Breath of Life Women’s Health Center — now we’re both [...]
Getting Back on the Horse
Today marks my 1-year anniversary with Loop and I feel like I’ve learned a lot, some of which I’ll eventually write about. There have been a number of changes in my life, with more on the way, and I finally feel ready to (cautiously) jump back into my social media dabblings. Last February I unintentionally [...]
The Unconscious at Work
Just last week I was telling my team leader about my design process for difficult problems: I examine the task from all the angles I can, think about possible solutions and then I go do something else for a while. Luckily he didn’t think me a lazy bastard and even knew what I meant by [...]