Category: Posts
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Dan Denardo on learning to see
Last fall I took suggestions for topics to dive into. One of the ideas was “Beauty vs. Ugly.” I decided to take it on and pretty quickly knew at least two people I wanted to talk to because of their perspectives. This is part 1 of 2. It’s an interview with Dan…
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Setting things up in order of priority
From what I can tell, it doesn’t matter which ride gets set up first for the local carnival. It’s not going to be in action until the whole thing is ready. However, when I see a Ferris wheel, what does that signal? It signifies that there is more, that…
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How some fears survive
At summer camp, one of the cabins had a wasp problem. Nope, no fun. When I got there to check on it, it was easy to see that these wasps were not just outside, but had made nests inside the walls. And it scared some campers. These wasps looked dangerous…
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The Tension Between
There’s a tension in the work we create. On one hand there is the need to test, fail fast, ship, respond. On the other is the bigger picture of what this is all building toward. Pressfield’s The War of Art wasn’t an immediate hit. But it was about the long game and…
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One Simple Approach to Writing A Book
It’s easy to get caught up in the technique of process, the mystique of the imagined world of writing, the nebulous ether of what it might mean to thrash in the creative space. Instead, I like this really simple approach by Chris Brogan in Owner’s Mastery Foundation Group #232: You…
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Known in the State of California
I don’t always read warning labels, but when I do they occasionally make me chuckle. Like this one that was on a Tiki torch: This product… may contain chemicals KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA to cause… I’m not quite sure how that works. Why does California have this special…
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A little window
I was in Chicago. At the hotel, there was a window on the way to the elevator. But instead of showing you outside, it let you see into the restaurant kitchen. You could see what they were making today. And they placed a card in the window inviting you to…
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Ice Cream vs. Gelato
On Monday, I asked my email subscribers for a topic, situation, or scenario that I could dive into for the week. I wanted to try something different. A game of sorts. A challenge to explore something for a week and then post about it by Friday. A response I received (thanks…
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Roger’s Cigar Box Guitars
He goes by Rotten Roger. But don’t let that fool you. After only talking with him for a short while, it’s obvious he’s the kind of guy that is a genuinely nice person. He gave a quick history of Cigar Box Guitars and showed us the creme of the crop: This is…
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