Know the larger purpose of what you are doing, and you will succeed.
Via the New York Times’ Corner Office feature, Ford’s President and CEO, Alan Mullaly shares this story: “One of my favorite stories is an analogy where this reporter stops by a construction site and he interviews three bricklayers. He asks the first bricklayer, “What are you doing?” And he says, “Well, I’m making [...]
Continue ReadingRésumé Redesign
It occurred to me just a short time ago that as a graphic designer, my résumé should reflect my creativity and not be something that would camouflage itself in a pile of traditional (all text) résumés. I started out with a 5-column legal-sized page, and wanted to incorporate graphical elements into something that would still communicate [...]
Continue ReadingTuning Up Your In-House Team
Running on Empty: Tips for Tuning Up Your In-house Team Via AIGA and Glenn John Arnowitz.
Continue ReadingThe Most Important Question in Branding
“Design isn’t about art or visuals; it’s about effectively planning an outcome. Without that it’s just decoration.” The Most Important Question in Branding via ideasonideas by Eric Karjaluoto.
Continue ReadingCreatively Getting Noticed
Ever since the summer of my freshman year of college when I was searching for my first co-op job in Boston, I wanted to work for the Mass Bay Brewing Company (which manufactures Harpoon). Each co-op semester, I would search their site and look to see if any openings were available for interns. Of those times that an availability was there, [...]
Continue ReadingHow Different Groups Spend Their Day
An amazing infographic from the New York Times. Not only is the data itself interesting, but the way that the data is organized borders on mind-blowingly brilliant. Related: For the Unemployed, the Day Stacks Up Differently
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