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Rock vs. Water

I’m a rock. I have 2 kids and a wife and I own a house so now I have to keep everything as it is. Watch as I turn everything into unmovable rock. My kids will pick up my legacy where I left it, making bad design decisions on the fly. Don’t change anything, just [...]

There are no free lunches

It’s time to impress both the client and your team with your knowledge of fresh, local restaurants such as The Olive Garden.
Nothing is too good or familiar for these clients since they are traveling from Minneapolis.
Prior to your meeting, be sure to send around an email survey asking if there are any dietary concerns or [...]

Signs that your company is coming out of a recession

We’re almost there folks. The recession is almost over and clients are spending money again and so should your employer. How can you be sure that it’s over? Our simple guide will help you see clearly:
1. Your Human Resources department has grown by 28% during the recession while other groups suffered from attrition. The 6 [...]

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Corporate email is for internal corporate communication use only. Please do not use company time or email to respond to friends and family members. This act violates company rules and regulations set forth by our parent company. Similar rules apply to internet usage for social networks, chat applications and extend to those individuals who [...]

Burning Man is For You

Designers have to stay creative, it’s a sad fact of life. Burning Man is the perfect place to recharge safely away from daily grind. At Burning Man, you’ll spend a week in the desert taking drugs and looking at art made by the unpaid side of the creative community and stealing their ideas. In addition [...]

Stay Relevant by Teaching

Oftentimes you cannot rely on relevant, young designers to be cool for you, you have to go one step further and take it to school. Teaching allows you to remain socially dominant, gain resume padding while still sucking the lifeforce from designers who are younger than you.
Teaching is fun!

Tips for Name Dropping

jakob nielsen, bill mogridge, clay shirky, IxDA, IDSA, RISD
boom

Live the concept

in order to design properly, you have to believe in the concept by living it.

How to ask someone for something at work

Get as low as possible.
1) Simply squat, kneel, sit, lay on the ground. Anything to get lower than the person you are asking something of.
This makes them feel in control even though they arn’t.
2) Also try using a baby voice or touching them. If you’re a woman, use “the look”.
3) get your way.

Pro-Tip #2: Never Mix the Kool-Aid

The Kool-Aid is what you drink in order to close down your perception that everything is fucked. In order to get anything done you have to focus on the task at hand and Kool-Aid helps you put out of your mind that this project is futile anyway.
Mixing Kool-Aid destroys the effects of both drinks and [...]