Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great”
— Jim Collins
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
Posted on December 12, 2010
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How to Create an Awesome Facebook Profile
If you haven’t switched over to the new Facebook profile, you’re missing out! The creative community (and techcrunch) are buzzing about Alexandre Oudin’s use of the new profile design to be creatively awesome and expressive.
So, here’s how to do it too and stand out in the blue and white that makes up Facebook.
Posted on December 9, 2010
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Would you take one? Moral Dilemma or Easy Choice?
If you saw 3 unopened bottles of ice-cold soda sitting unattended in a public space, would you take one?
I was recently in an situation where 3 small bottles of soda were sitting alone as if to say “take me”. I have a very guilty conscience and if I took one, it probably would of weighed on me for days as I contemplate ‘Did I just take someone’s drink?’, ‘Was I stealing?’, ‘What if I get caught?’. Therefore, I didn’t take one; however, the person I was with did and without a second thought. I neither agree or disagree with the actions; after all, it could easily be argued that if no one takes them, they’re going to waste.
So,
Posted on December 8, 2010
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New front page with portfolio!
I’ve been thinking about segmenting my blog from my portfolio and ‘about me‘ for a while. Think no more! I took the time and went through with it.
In an initial trial, I’ve redesigned my front page and SethSandler.com now goes to a creative portfolio and short biography.
Posted on November 18, 2010
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An OpenKinect Story: A made for blog special.
- “The Open Kinect project – THE OK PRIZE – get $3,000 bounty for Kinect for Xbox 360 open source drivers” – adafruit.com
- “Kinect Drivers Hacked” – readwriteweb.com
- “Google’s Matt Cutts Issues New $2000 Kinect Bounty” – pcmag.com
- “First sign of skeletal data from the kinect…” – @openkinect twitter
If you’ve been following the Microsoft Kinect release over the past week, you’ve probably seen headlines like the above. They’re interesting, energetic, compelling, and generally the same. By Reading through Gizmodo, Engadget or any ‘major’ blogging outlet, you’ll see that progress and results are moving fast and any attempt to regurgitate them and I’d probably put you to sleep (if you’re not already).
The press often glorifies results (what’s been accomplished) over
Posted on September 10, 2010
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Are you in New York? Here’s a Job for you!
A NYC-based agency is seeking a Flash developer with TUIO experience for a contract project to start 9/13 and go through late October.
If interested/available and would like to hear more, contact Jessica Laux on linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7909366 or e-mail Jessica.Laux@draftfcb.com
