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I'm a bit of an art geek. My minor in college was art history. So, being in Chicago, I couldn't pass up visiting the Art Institute of Chicago. I'm also a cheapskate. So, a free visit was absolutely irresistible! I was blown away to walk into the impressionist exhibit...
Sometimes it's harder to blog once a week than everyday. So, I'm going to start blogging as much as possible to get out of the funk I've been in. Should make things a bit more organic and not so planned. Just read a Tom Peters "Cool Friends" interview from a few weeks...
I've been at the Willow Creek Arts Conference this week. I hoped I could blog about it while here. My schedules been packed, though. Hopefully, I'll soon get to share the nuggets of inspiration and wisdom we've picked up this week. Happy (Casual) Friday! Dustin
I recently read a fascinating article on unleashing creativity from Scientific America. Executive editor Mariette DiChristina conducted a roundtable discussion involving three experts on creativity: John Houtz is a psychologist and professor at Fordham University. His...
Just a couple of quickies today (gotta work hard to impress the new boss). I had some Internet issues this week. This page came up as I tried to access Yahoo! Based on a search by Yahoo!, it no longer exists?? For a minute, I wondered if Microsoft had bought them...
Some dreams are lived. Some die. Others change. For almost two years, I've been the creative director at Beyond Marketing & Advertising. I started that endeavor with high expectations for what I could accomplish and what we could create as a company. Some of those...
I got some correspondence on The Idea Orphanage that encouraged me to share advise on reclaiming your idea orphans. I guess it would be rather cruel to raise awareness of the lost and abandoned without giving a way for you to help. So, here are a few ways to get the...
I was plugging away on my computer when I heard the cry from upstairs. "Oh no!" I asked my wife what was wrong. "You're going to hate me." She said. I climbed up the stairs and found her in the laundry room. She began to pull out pieces of paper and show them to...
"There are no such things as bad ideas." Whoever invented that statement has never watched an infomercial. There are plenty of bad ideas. The essence of this statement is that bad ideas can lead to good ones. Unfortunately, we either disregard someone's bad idea...
I don't know how many there are. Millions? Billions? I do know they're alone and wandering. They have been abandoned and forgotten. How did they get here? Fear. Not their fear. Ours. They are idea orphans. Former hopes, dreams and aspirations who have no guardians....
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