Monthly Archives: November 2005

John Moore, who writes for and edits the excellent Brand Autopsy site/blog, has started a seasonal spot called The White Elephant Blog. This is what the Internet is for. No, this is not one of my stupid metaphors. I’m being … Continue reading →

In 1979, Coke aired a commercial where a tiny, young, Caucasian boy approached an enormous, African American football player to congratulate him on a great game. After initially rebuffing the kid somewhat gruffly, the player — Mean Joe Green — … Continue reading →

Peter Ferdinand Drucker November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005 You owe it to yourself to bookmark Nova Spivak’s "Minding the Planet" blog on its own merits — he’s always interesting and often highly creative. But you also should check … Continue reading →

Check out an interesting article over at Wired News about the new digital film-making technique known as "Machinima." This is an artform where the creators utilize the animation engines of 3D games in order to create films. The article focuses … Continue reading →

When my son, Dan, was about three years old, we were sitting in my big recliner, watching "Thomas and the Magic Railroad," for about the 209th time, and he asked me, as James, the Red Engine, was being pused towards … Continue reading →

There’s a very interesting article over at Harvard Business School’s "Working Knowledge" site about how "adaptive leaders" share many talents and attributes with artists. The basic idea being that working with the resources and media of your business — money, … Continue reading →

Among School Children, Part VIII William Butler Yeats Labour is blossoming or dancing where The body is not bruised to pleasure soul. Nor beauty born out of its own despair, Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil. O chestnut-tree, great-rooted … Continue reading →

I got a bunch of emails about my "Heisenberg" post asking me, "What the heck are you talking about with this creativity and uncertainty stuff." OK. Here’s what I meant by the uncertainty = something to do with creativity thing. … Continue reading →

I’ve been playing around with Second Life, an online, massively multi-player non-game (although there are games available within) over the last couple weeks. I tried it more than a year ago, and the tech wasn’t up to par with the … Continue reading →