• Designing Interactions
  by IDEO
  (tags: design interaction books usability IDEO interactive interface)
• Kevin Mitnick’s Security Advice
  (tags: security Protection hacking Software)
• Casual Conversation, R.I.P.
  (tags: schneier privacy conversation security)
• Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album
  (tags: design music factory-records book graphic)
• Sarah’s Transistor Radios
  The site features over 1000 photos of radios in my collection.
  (tags: transistor radio collecting)
• TED Prize - 2007 Winners
  Photojournalist James Nachtwey, Biologist E.O. Wilson, Former President Bill Clinton
  (tags: future news technology entertainment design Nachtwey Wilson Clinton)

As a rule, I don’t blog about work. But, for those who haven’t heard already, I started a new job this week. I am now the Marketing Specialist in the Creative Services department at Indiana Tech. I was more-than-ready to leave my previous position, because I didn’t like the direction my employers are headed with their company. Plus, I was getting burned-out on being a one-man web development machine. The last two weeks were spent gathering my files and documenting my procedures so that they could carry on without me. Going forward, I can again focus on design and marketing communications. It’s been an adjustment to go from working alone in a small building in the suburbs to a large campus that’s near downtown and filled with students, staff and faculty. I’ve been a bit ‘homesick’ for my old routine and my old lunch haunts, but leaving it behind has been long overdue. Here’s to making changes…

• The Big Moo by The Group of 33, Edited by Seth Godin
  (tags: books marketing business innovation management strategy)
• Squidoo Homepage
  Find handbuilt, recommended, relevant information fast
  (tags: social collaboration community search tools web viral marketing advertising findability)
• Godin on Trademark*
  *What every entrepreneur, geek, brand manager and marketer needs to know about trademarks…
  (tags: marketing trademark Branding copyright law sethgodin brand business entrepreneurship future)
• Brand New: Opinions on Corporate and Brand Identity Work
  (tags: design branding identity logos business communication graphics typography brand)
• Own Your Own Words
  by Steven Johnson
• History as written by a “SimCity” freak
  Interview with Steven Johnson
  (tags: books history technology)

• Incomplete Manifesto for Growth
  Written in 1998, the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of statements that exemplify Bruce Mau’s beliefs, motivations and strategies.
  (tags: design creativity philosophy productivity growth development innovation inspiration leadership mau)
• The Outsider
  To create his controversial sci-fi epic The Fountain, director Darren Aronofsky had to slash the Hollywood budget ditch the usual digital f/x, and return to his roots as an indie filmmaker.
  (tags: movies film thefountain cinema sci-fi)
• The Onion’s Sunday Magazine
  (tags: design newspaper humor theonion parody)
• Embed marketing in products: Crispin Porter + Bogusky CEO
  (tags: advertising branding future ideas innovation marketing product agency business design)

A business isn’t just the products you have on the shelves in your store. It’s also the processes you have in place to run your operation. It’s also the relationships you create with your customers by the service you provide. You have to take ownership of all of these things when you create a new business. You can’t just assign all these things to someone else and not expect to have to make decisions and commitment. You can’t just get these things out of the way so that you can have a business. You must do all these things to BE a business.