Posted in books, inciting inspiration on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Eliana of the Boulder Design Group shared this video with me. I loved it and thought it might be of interest to some of you:
After all, a main marketing tool for any new book is its cover. This series, being put together by Barnes and Nobles, offers a look into the designing of [...]
Posted in inciting inspiration on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I read about this video in an email from Very Short List and hesitated to go over and watch it, because I have a busy schedule today.
However, something made me check it out and, well, maybe it was exactly what I needed. It reminds me that sometimes you don’t need words to create a [...]
Posted in Tips and Tools, inciting inspiration on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a quick video of Joel Comm getting over his writer’s block. His idea may help you, too.
I know, whenever I have any kind of creative block, I do as Joel suggests, and I remove myself from where I am. I saw a video years ago, can’t recall where, and they talked about [...]
Posted in inciting inspiration, marketing on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
For those of you who are musicians or know someone who is a wanna be rock star, I thought I’d mention this contest and product launch by Mark Joyner (the guy who does Simpleology and gave that free blogging course away).
It’s called:
How to Be a Rock Star - Literally
There is a short deadline, 1/29, for [...]
Posted in inciting inspiration on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I fell in love this weekend, with the 5th floor of the Denver Public Library. OK, so I am a dork, but it is true. And if you are looking for a way to incite inspiration, this might be a good place for you to check out (no pun intended).
The reason I discovered [...]
Posted in inciting inspiration on September 20, 2007 | No Comments »
here’s cool logo contest I thought I’d share with you:
http://thevideostation.com/LogoContest.shtml
The Video Station offers the best selection of films for rent: documentaries, foreign films and indie cult classics that you can’t find in the typical movie rental store.
Why not incite some inspiration and consider entering to win over $720 in prizes!
I’m sure you can do better [...]
Posted in inciting inspiration on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Leonardo da Vinci said:
“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it.
Then you do something else. The trick is to do something else.”
Though simply stated, this says a lot.
What do you think? Comment below…
Posted in inciting inspiration on May 27, 2007 | No Comments »
So a lot of my time is just sitting around looking at things…
…begins Jay Dedman in “Looking At Things.”
I found this entry on Jay’s Momentshowing vblog.
Watch the video from his site.
It shows that you don’t need grandiose plans and big budgets to do something engaging.
Work from where you are at…
Just a glimmer of refracted light [...]
