Creating the Perfect Ad Campaign

On December 16, 2011 By

With all the hoopla about Steve Jobs passing, I’ve seen dozens of “coming out” stories from people who knew him.

I didn’t. I studied him in granular detail: The Macintosh Way (Guy Kawasaki’s first work on how the Mac was developed and presold to the market). Steve Jobs’ [...]

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Life Is About Creating…

On April 3, 2011 By

A recent image came my way. A good one. A powerfully simple message.
Or simply powerful one.
What to do?
So I reached out via Facebook. And a few hearty souls took note. Commented. Added value to the dialog.
Felt something churning deep [...]

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The Ultimate Language Learning

On September 25, 2010 By

I’m fortunate. Very fortunate.
I am the proud father of 3 wonderful, bright, healthy children.

I am also one of 6 siblings, all of them healthy (though I have two siblings who you would recognize in Go Ask Alice and Forrest Gump. I’ll elaborate someday soon. Both are amazing people).

I also have a [...]

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At ThoughtOffice, we’ve made a real emphasis on helping users move from “idea hamsters” to producers. Why? Because in the real world, it’s APPLIED CREATIVITY that moves us forward. Now, this is not being critical of true artists. People who have the freedom to create with no end game in sight are great. But in my world, we have to create something of value that people will exchange for some other value (money, for instance).

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Linguistic Phenom on Phonemes…

On September 5, 2007 By

OK, so that’s a bit of a tongue twister. It’s supposed to be. Really. Erin McKean is one gal who makes language FUN with a capital PH!

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