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Leaf Blowers

by michael

Okay, so I’m sitting at my desk this morning trying to get some work done, when, here it comes, the dreaded leaf blower. Every Monday, it never fails! Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The leaves, dust, debris, etc… always come back. What is the objective? I don’t get. Anyway, a quick Google search turned up this article at Compete to Conserve. I couldn’t agree more.

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Shepard for Hope

by michael

Shepard Fairey had been in jail before. In fact, he has been arrested at least a dozen times. And while he was arrested in Denver doing the things that he normally does — pasting posters to buildings and whatnot — this time was different.

As he waited behind bars, reportedly as one of the more than 150 people taken into custody during the Democratic National Convention in August, the two worlds that Shepard Fairey now inhabits — one where he’s a street artist, the other as an impassioned supporter of Sen. Barack Obama — collided in the strangest of ways.
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Evolution of Car Logos

by michael

The auto manufacturers are launching their new model year as well as marketing them heavily almost everywhere. It reminded me of cool article my friend, Richard, forwarded me recently. Read about the evolution of car logos here.

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Homage to Warhol

by michael

CNN ran this image of Barack Obama the other day. A nice nod to Andy Warhol. Since we were in Pittsburgh, home of The Andy Warhol Museum, as well as his birthplace, I thought I needed to post it.

Barack Obama

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Start One

by michael

Thanks for your persistence in finding this. Stay tuned for thoughts on design, business, marketing and anything else that catches our attention.

To get this thing rolling, check out the start conference for some inspiration. It’s quite appropriate since that’s what our clients have done and what we’ve done. If you’re trying to decide whether or not to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, dive in.

Regret is worse than failing.

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