South by Southwest 2012 starts in 7 days. 7. days. Are you ready? Probably not, but don’t panic. As someone who has attended South by Southwest every year since 2004, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks along the way that will come in handy during your stay in Austin. If you’re reading this, I assume you’ve got your badge ordered, your flight booked, and your lodging lined up and that we can get down to the things you probably haven’t thought of sweating yet: the small stuff.
1. MAKE A PLAN AND STICK TO IT.
Make a reasonable schedule, nail down your game plan, and don’t change it. The possibilities for learning, networking and exploring are endless, but you might miss what you really came to see if you try to catch too many things.
2. GET SOME SLEEP.
It might be tempting to want to stay up late to deliver that doc to the client at 3 am, but your brain will be made of jello and your nerves frayed from the day’s sensory overload if you don’t get some real shut eye (preferably in a real bed, not in the trunk of a ’96 Taurus.)
3. DRINK WATER, LOTS OF WATER.
Bring a water bottle with you to the Convention Center – water bottles on-site can be overpriced and there are water fountains sprinkled around the hallways for you to refill with. Don’t forget it will likely be hot outside, so hydration is key! (Reminder: margaritas do not count as water.)
4. DON’T WASTE TIME TRYING TO KEEP TABS ON YOUR PEEPS.
Everyone will be running around all over Downtown Austin. Set up daily meeting spots and times with your team members in advance to take a breather, catch up, and feel human.
5. BE PATIENT.
You are going to be thrown into a huge swarming crowd of people for 4 days, and likely will encounter frustrating lines and traffic jams. Accept your fate and get places early. Take deep breaths.
6. DON’T FORGET YOUR CHARGER.
Being at SXSW is a battery suck, not only because you’re using your phone to death each moment of the day, but something about packing that amount of people in one area makes phones and networks very unhappy. Always pack your chargers and extra batteries at the start of the day. Investing in an Energi to Go device as backup is not a bad idea.
7. PACK FOR CRAZY WEATHER.
It’ll most likely be warm outside, and muggy. Keep in mind the weather changes quickly and unpredictably in Austin – you might have to take your leggings off when the temperature shoots up 20 degrees out of nowhere (see above), but it will also probably rain and get randomly super cold one day. Of course, it will be unnecessarily chilly indoors. Be prepared for all possibilities. While we’re on the topic, pack sunblock – showing up to your panel with your face a deep shade of lobster red is not a good look.
8. WASH THOSE HANDS.
This might go without saying for most, but the SXSW flu/plague is not a myth. Being around that many people is bound to get you some cooties. Stock up on Emergen-C too, while you’re at it.
9. DON’T FORGET YOUR BUSINESS CARDS.
People will want to keep in touch without having to post a Craigslist Missed Connection about you. Remember to bring 20 or so business cards out with you each day.
10. HAVE FUN!
If you’ve had a really hard day, there’s a bar called The Jackalope on 6th Street that will serve you a Texas-sized cocktail called The Eldorado, fit for 4-5 people. Only consume in case of extreme emergency.
Wanna catch JESS3 at SXSW? Here’s where you can find us:
Who: Jesse Thomas, Co-Founder and CEO
What: Intent & Impact: How Visualization Makes a Change
When: Monday, March 12, 3:30 pm
Where: Austin Convention Center – Ballroom A
Who: Leslie Bradshaw, COO and President
What: Tech Superwomen: Mentors and Mentees, FTW
When: Saturday, March 10, 9:30 am
Where: Austin Convention Center – Room 9ABC
Who: Brad Cohen, Director of Marketing
What: Snackable Content: Working in a Bite-Sized Future
When: Monday, March 12, 5:00 pm
Where: Sheraton Austin – Capitol ABCD
Stay tuned to blog.jess3.com and twitter.com/jess3 to find out where you can find our team on the ground to score t-shirts, stickers and more!
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South by Southwest 2012 starts in 7 days. 7. days. Are you ready? Probably not, but don’t panic. As someone who has attended South by Southwest every year since 2004, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks along the way that will come in handy during your stay in Austin. If you’re reading this, I assume you’ve got your badge ordered, your flight booked, and your lodging lined up and that we can get down to the things you probably haven’t thought of sweating yet: the small stuff.
1. MAKE A PLAN AND STICK TO IT.
Make a reasonable schedule, nail down your game plan, and don’t change it. The possibilities for learning, networking and exploring are endless, but you might miss what you really came to see if you try to catch too many things.
2. GET SOME SLEEP.
It might be tempting to want to stay up late to deliver that doc to the client at 3 am, but your brain will be made of jello and your nerves frayed from the day’s sensory overload if you don’t get some real shut eye (preferably in a real bed, not in the trunk of a ’96 Taurus.)
3. DRINK WATER, LOTS OF WATER.
Bring a water bottle with you to the Convention Center – water bottles on-site can be overpriced and there are water fountains sprinkled around the hallways for you to refill with. Don’t forget it will likely be hot outside, so hydration is key! (Reminder: margaritas do not count as water.)
4. DON’T WASTE TIME TRYING TO KEEP TABS ON YOUR PEEPS.
Everyone will be running around all over Downtown Austin. Set up daily meeting spots and times with your team members in advance to take a breather, catch up, and feel human.
5. BE PATIENT.
You are going to be thrown into a huge swarming crowd of people for 4 days, and likely will encounter frustrating lines and traffic jams. Accept your fate and get places early. Take deep breaths.
6. DON’T FORGET YOUR CHARGER.
Being at SXSW is a battery suck, not only because you’re using your phone to death each moment of the day, but something about packing that amount of people in one area makes phones and networks very unhappy. Always pack your chargers and extra batteries at the start of the day. Investing in an Energi to Go device as backup is not a bad idea.
7. PACK FOR CRAZY WEATHER.
It’ll most likely be warm outside, and muggy. Keep in mind the weather changes quickly and unpredictably in Austin – you might have to take your leggings off when the temperature shoots up 20 degrees out of nowhere (see above), but it will also probably rain and get randomly super cold one day. Of course, it will be unnecessarily chilly indoors. Be prepared for all possibilities. While we’re on the topic, pack sunblock – showing up to your panel with your face a deep shade of lobster red is not a good look.
8. WASH THOSE HANDS.
This might go without saying for most, but the SXSW flu/plague is not a myth. Being around that many people is bound to get you some cooties. Stock up on Emergen-C too, while you’re at it.
9. DON’T FORGET YOUR BUSINESS CARDS.
People will want to keep in touch without having to post a Craigslist Missed Connection about you. Remember to bring 20 or so business cards out with you each day.
10. HAVE FUN!
If you’ve had a really hard day, there’s a bar called The Jackalope on 6th Street that will serve you a Texas-sized cocktail called The Eldorado, fit for 4-5 people. Only consume in case of extreme emergency.
Wanna catch JESS3 at SXSW? Here’s where you can find us:
Who: Jesse Thomas, Co-Founder and CEO
What: Intent & Impact: How Visualization Makes a Change
When: Monday, March 12, 3:30 pm
Where: Austin Convention Center – Ballroom A
Who: Leslie Bradshaw, COO and President
What: Tech Superwomen: Mentors and Mentees, FTW
When: Saturday, March 10, 9:30 am
Where: Austin Convention Center – Room 9ABC
Who: Brad Cohen, Director of Marketing
What: Snackable Content: Working in a Bite-Sized Future
When: Monday, March 12, 5:00 pm
Where: Sheraton Austin – Capitol ABCD
Stay tuned to blog.jess3.com and twitter.com/jess3 to find out where you can find our team on the ground to score t-shirts, stickers and more!
]]>And leave the office sometimes. After all, “Life is visceral.”
These are just a few of the gems gleaned from two lists of recommendations for young designers from design-extraordinaires John C. Jay and Jamie Wieck.
Jay, based in Portland, Oregon, is a creative director at Wieden & Kennedy where he has earned acclaim for guerrilla marketing tactics like Nike’s “NYC” campaign.
In a feature by AIGA, the professional association for design, Jay shared 10 recommendations for young designers trying to break into the industry. As distilled at Edwin Himself, Jay’s advice is:
1: Be authentic … 2: Work harder than anyone else … 3: Get off the computer and connect with real people and culture … 4: Constantly improve your craft … 5: Travel as much as you can … 6: Being original is still king … 7: Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon become one of them. 8: Instinct and intuition are all-powerful … 9: The Golden Rule actually works. Do good. 10: If all else fails, No. 2 is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.
All great stuff, right? Well, it’s just an appetizer for #the50 by designer James Wieck. Wieck, who works for the London-based creative studio Airside, wrote each of his 50 tips for young designers in a Twitter-friendly 140 characters or fewer and encouraged readers of his blog to share their favorites with the hash-tag #the50.
It worked. The hashtag has proven hugely popular on the Twitterz.
Explaining why he chose to produce #the50, Wieck reflected back on his classmates’ graduation from college: “It truly felt like we were about to take a running jump into a career we just weren’t prepared for. In the years since I’ve realised my experience was far from unique.”
So, as a good citizen of the creative commons, Wieck generously invested his time in #the50 and paired each tip with an illustration.
“Don’t get drunk at professional events,” Wieck warns. “There’s a difference between being ‘merry’ and ‘paralytic’. The latter costs you your dignity, your reputation and possibly your job.”
In case you don’t grasp the message here, Wieck writes it out as “Share your ideas. You’ve nothing to gain from holding on to your ideas; they may feel precious, but the more you share, the more new ideas you’ll have.” And to that I’d add that it’s not the ideas that are so precious, but execution of them.
Wieck isn’t satisfied with just producing #the50.
“Ultimately I want to have 100 points in total,” Wieck explains. “[P]lease email me, tweet me or leave comments and have your say on what the next 50 points should be, and together we’ll write The 100 – a condensed primer for students and graduates-to-be.”
That’s your invitation: it’s time to get to work on adding to #the100. And when you tweet brilliant gems of advice for young designers to @jamiewieck, don’t forget to tell him that @jess3 sent you.
]]>And leave the office sometimes. After all, “Life is visceral.”
These are just a few of the gems gleaned from two lists of recommendations for young designers from design-extraordinaires John C. Jay and Jamie Wieck.
Jay, based in Portland, Oregon, is a creative director at Wieden & Kennedy where he has earned acclaim for guerrilla marketing tactics like Nike’s “NYC” campaign.
In a feature by AIGA, the professional association for design, Jay shared 10 recommendations for young designers trying to break into the industry. As distilled at Edwin Himself, Jay’s advice is:
1: Be authentic … 2: Work harder than anyone else … 3: Get off the computer and connect with real people and culture … 4: Constantly improve your craft … 5: Travel as much as you can … 6: Being original is still king … 7: Try not to work for stupid people or you’ll soon become one of them. 8: Instinct and intuition are all-powerful … 9: The Golden Rule actually works. Do good. 10: If all else fails, No. 2 is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.
All great stuff, right? Well, it’s just an appetizer for #the50 by designer James Wieck. Wieck, who works for the London-based creative studio Airside, wrote each of his 50 tips for young designers in a Twitter-friendly 140 characters or fewer and encouraged readers of his blog to share their favorites with the hash-tag #the50.
It worked. The hashtag has proven hugely popular on the Twitterz.
Explaining why he chose to produce #the50, Wieck reflected back on his classmates’ graduation from college: “It truly felt like we were about to take a running jump into a career we just weren’t prepared for. In the years since I’ve realised my experience was far from unique.”
So, as a good citizen of the creative commons, Wieck generously invested his time in #the50 and paired each tip with an illustration.
“Don’t get drunk at professional events,” Wieck warns. “There’s a difference between being ‘merry’ and ‘paralytic’. The latter costs you your dignity, your reputation and possibly your job.”
In case you don’t grasp the message here, Wieck writes it out as “Share your ideas. You’ve nothing to gain from holding on to your ideas; they may feel precious, but the more you share, the more new ideas you’ll have.” And to that I’d add that it’s not the ideas that are so precious, but execution of them.
Wieck isn’t satisfied with just producing #the50.
“Ultimately I want to have 100 points in total,” Wieck explains. “[P]lease email me, tweet me or leave comments and have your say on what the next 50 points should be, and together we’ll write The 100 – a condensed primer for students and graduates-to-be.”
That’s your invitation: it’s time to get to work on adding to #the100. And when you tweet brilliant gems of advice for young designers to @jamiewieck, don’t forget to tell him that @jess3 sent you.
]]>1. You can either live or die.
2. You can either win or lose.
Guess what? The same is true for business.
In my fourth year at JESS3, and now as head of production and client service, moments of inspiration intermixed with experience that is so deep-seeded I now consider it part of my DNA, are becoming the beginnings of my tips for success in the agency world.
Tips for how you live and how you die; how you win and how you lose.
As Executive Producer for many of JESS3’s videos, I thought it only appropriate to couch the foundation of these tips with cinematic references.
[DISCLOSURE] As a preface, I must admit that I have overly charged emotions when it comes to movies (I may or may not leave the mystique world of the theater and re-emerge into reality thinking I can conquer anything: love, war, you name it).
But there are some movies that leave their mark on all of us.
There are some cinematic moments choreographed so beautifully that they produce that feeling of indescribable patriotic warmth. The same one that falls over us when the national anthem is played against a summer’s evening canvas illuminated by the vivid display of fireworks celebrating our country’s independence. You know what I’m talking about.
So here are two movie-related moments that for me, underscore the life-business choices we are up against.
1. True Grit: Spoonful by Spoonful
Thanks to Fast Company, I was recently inspired during my in-flight reading of why true grit matters in the business world, and I couldn’t agree more.
“Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will formulate a new plan of escape every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time.
Grit is often undervalued in business, because businesspeople like breakthroughs, which are good ideas that you’ll have next week. (“I’ll tunnel out one spoonful of concrete at a time until I can innovate the spoon into a jackhammer.”) But even when it’s looked upon as a last resort, it works.”
It’s not about miracles and magical potions. You can’t waive a wand over a challenge you’re up against with a client and expect a solution. You can’t walk away every time you’re frustrated or challenged.
It’s about time-tested learnings and practices that point us toward success. And you can’t give up in that process; you have to keep chipping away, project by project and client by client.
It’s the story of the tortoise and the hare; it’s a marathon not a sprint. Strength, character and resolve are the qualities in my fellow team members. It’s all about passing the torch as a part of one big relay.
Sure and steady wins the race; empires aren’t built overnight.
2. Any Given Sunday: Inch by Inch
You have two choices when things are tough in business — whether it’s a shortage of resources or budget: “you can either stay in the hell of a moment and get the shit kicked out of you” — two days before a project launch when things feel so off track you think you’d rather fall onto the third rail and cut your losses — “or you can fight your way back to the light.” Buy more time, cut features, find compromises, just don’t give up.
You can assign blame and assume no responsibility when a project does go wrong, or you can meet up with your team and white board and post-mortem until you’re blue in the face. “You only learn that when you start losing stuff.” Don’t fear failure, embrace it as an opportunity.
When you’ve put in months and years into improving processes, quality and service, you can either turn the other way when it’s still not perfect and start from scratch on something new, or “you can continue what you started,” project by project, year by year, “inch by inch, until you’re finished.” Being finished doesn’t mean quitting; it means attaining your goal.
“The inches we need are everywhere around us.” People are hungry for work, they are craving to be part of the next big answer. They want the opportunity to be empowered. If you find yourself facing the same problems, change your approach! Go beyond your comfort zone. If your employees are unhappy, ask them what they need, and — brace yourself — actually give it to them. You’ll be surprised what kind of change you’ll likely see.
And when you stick it out, moment after moment, year after year and inch by inch, to keep creeping toward your goal, and when you identify and accept that everything you really need is around you, then you realize that “when we add up all those inches that’s going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING.” It’s not about one inch forward and two back. It’s about stuffing your entrepreneurial belt with as many tools as possible; seeking advice from every mentor you’ve had. It’s a multi-pronged approach that gets you closer to the finish line, alive and well.
And you can’t go at it alone. Look to your team, and don’t be afraid to hold people accountable or to doubt what they can do. “Look into his eyes.” If you’ve hired the right people, “now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him.” We almost (and in some cases certainly do) spend more time with our co-workers than we do our friends and family. So, why not make your own business family? Rely on each other, support each other, cheer each other on.
Because, in the end, a successful business is not build upon the shoulders of one, but of many.
“That’s a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.”
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Any Given Sunday – Transcript
]]>I don’t know what to say really.
Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today.
Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch, play by play till we’re finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen believe me and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.
Now I can’t do it for you.
I’m too old.
I look around and I see these young faces and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh…. I pissed away all my money believe it or not.
I chased off anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately, I can’t even stand the face I see in the mirror.You know when you get old in life things get taken from you.
That’s, that’s part of life.
But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game life or football the margin for error is so small.
I mean one half step too late or to early you don’t quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast and you don’t quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game every minute, every second.
On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know when we add up all those inches that’s going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING.
I’ll tell you this in any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch.
And I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.
Now I can’t make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him.
That’s a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
That’s football guys.
That’s all it is.
Now, what do you gonna do?
1. You can either live or die.
2. You can either win or lose.
Guess what? The same is true for business.
In my fourth year at JESS3, and now as head of production and client service, moments of inspiration intermixed with experience that is so deep-seeded I now consider it part of my DNA, are becoming the beginnings of my tips for success in the agency world.
Tips for how you live and how you die; how you win and how you lose.
As Executive Producer for many of JESS3’s videos, I thought it only appropriate to couch the foundation of these tips with cinematic references.
[DISCLOSURE] As a preface, I must admit that I have overly charged emotions when it comes to movies (I may or may not leave the mystique world of the theater and re-emerge into reality thinking I can conquer anything: love, war, you name it).
But there are some movies that leave their mark on all of us.
There are some cinematic moments choreographed so beautifully that they produce that feeling of indescribable patriotic warmth. The same one that falls over us when the national anthem is played against a summer’s evening canvas illuminated by the vivid display of fireworks celebrating our country’s independence. You know what I’m talking about.
So here are two movie-related moments that for me, underscore the life-business choices we are up against.
1. True Grit: Spoonful by Spoonful
Thanks to Fast Company, I was recently inspired during my in-flight reading of why true grit matters in the business world, and I couldn’t agree more.
“Grit is not synonymous with hard work. It involves a certain single-mindedness. An ungritty prison inmate will formulate a new plan of escape every month, but a gritty prison inmate will tunnel his way out one spoonful of concrete at a time.
Grit is often undervalued in business, because businesspeople like breakthroughs, which are good ideas that you’ll have next week. (“I’ll tunnel out one spoonful of concrete at a time until I can innovate the spoon into a jackhammer.”) But even when it’s looked upon as a last resort, it works.”
It’s not about miracles and magical potions. You can’t waive a wand over a challenge you’re up against with a client and expect a solution. You can’t walk away every time you’re frustrated or challenged.
It’s about time-tested learnings and practices that point us toward success. And you can’t give up in that process; you have to keep chipping away, project by project and client by client.
It’s the story of the tortoise and the hare; it’s a marathon not a sprint. Strength, character and resolve are the qualities in my fellow team members. It’s all about passing the torch as a part of one big relay.
Sure and steady wins the race; empires aren’t built overnight.
2. Any Given Sunday: Inch by Inch
You have two choices when things are tough in business — whether it’s a shortage of resources or budget: “you can either stay in the hell of a moment and get the shit kicked out of you” — two days before a project launch when things feel so off track you think you’d rather fall onto the third rail and cut your losses — “or you can fight your way back to the light.” Buy more time, cut features, find compromises, just don’t give up.
You can assign blame and assume no responsibility when a project does go wrong, or you can meet up with your team and white board and post-mortem until you’re blue in the face. “You only learn that when you start losing stuff.” Don’t fear failure, embrace it as an opportunity.
When you’ve put in months and years into improving processes, quality and service, you can either turn the other way when it’s still not perfect and start from scratch on something new, or “you can continue what you started,” project by project, year by year, “inch by inch, until you’re finished.” Being finished doesn’t mean quitting; it means attaining your goal.
“The inches we need are everywhere around us.” People are hungry for work, they are craving to be part of the next big answer. They want the opportunity to be empowered. If you find yourself facing the same problems, change your approach! Go beyond your comfort zone. If your employees are unhappy, ask them what they need, and — brace yourself — actually give it to them. You’ll be surprised what kind of change you’ll likely see.
And when you stick it out, moment after moment, year after year and inch by inch, to keep creeping toward your goal, and when you identify and accept that everything you really need is around you, then you realize that “when we add up all those inches that’s going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING.” It’s not about one inch forward and two back. It’s about stuffing your entrepreneurial belt with as many tools as possible; seeking advice from every mentor you’ve had. It’s a multi-pronged approach that gets you closer to the finish line, alive and well.
And you can’t go at it alone. Look to your team, and don’t be afraid to hold people accountable or to doubt what they can do. “Look into his eyes.” If you’ve hired the right people, “now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him.” We almost (and in some cases certainly do) spend more time with our co-workers than we do our friends and family. So, why not make your own business family? Rely on each other, support each other, cheer each other on.
Because, in the end, a successful business is not build upon the shoulders of one, but of many.
“That’s a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.”
+++++++
Any Given Sunday – Transcript
]]>I don’t know what to say really.
Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today.
Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble.
Inch by inch, play by play till we’re finished.
We are in hell right now, gentlemen believe me and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light.
We can climb out of hell.
One inch, at a time.
Now I can’t do it for you.
I’m too old.
I look around and I see these young faces and I think
I mean
I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make.
I uh…. I pissed away all my money believe it or not.
I chased off anyone who has ever loved me.
And lately, I can’t even stand the face I see in the mirror.You know when you get old in life things get taken from you.
That’s, that’s part of life.
But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff.
You find out that life is just a game of inches.
So is football.
Because in either game life or football the margin for error is so small.
I mean one half step too late or to early you don’t quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast and you don’t quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us.
They are in ever break of the game every minute, every second.
On this team, we fight for that inch
On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to pieces for that inch.
We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch.
Cause we know when we add up all those inches that’s going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING.
I’ll tell you this in any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch.
And I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what LIVING is.
The six inches in front of your face.
Now I can’t make you do it.
You gotta look at the guy next to you.
Look into his eyes.
Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you.
You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him.
That’s a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals.
That’s football guys.
That’s all it is.
Now, what do you gonna do?
You should show work you have done internally, but be careful that can come off like you’re showing lots of photos of yourself to your date.
A first meeting, like a first date, should be in a neutral place … and who doesn’t like a first date that brings roses?
And if you work for a boss … I guess that is like living with your parents … and we all know it’s hard to get a date when you live with your parents. But hey, you gotta work with what you got, so if you do have a boss and you also want to romance clients … get your homework done and sneak out after they go to bed.
So next time you are pitching a client; meet somewhere neutral; bring them a present, talk about them first … then pull out the photo album.
You should show work you have done internally, but be careful that can come off like you’re showing lots of photos of yourself to your date.
A first meeting, like a first date, should be in a neutral place … and who doesn’t like a first date that brings roses?
And if you work for a boss … I guess that is like living with your parents … and we all know it’s hard to get a date when you live with your parents. But hey, you gotta work with what you got, so if you do have a boss and you also want to romance clients … get your homework done and sneak out after they go to bed.
So next time you are pitching a client; meet somewhere neutral; bring them a present, talk about them first … then pull out the photo album.
Explanation:
AWFUL IDEA = -1
WEAK IDEA = 1
SO-SO IDEA = 5
GOOD IDEA = 10
GREAT IDEA = 15
BRILLIANT IDEA = 20
NO EXECUTION = $1
WEAK EXECUTION = $1000
SO-SO- EXECUTION = $10,000
GOOD EXECUTION = $100,000
GREAT EXECUTION = $1,000,000
BRILLIANT EXECUTION = $10,000,000
To make a business, you need to multiply the two.
The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20.
The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.
Explanation:
AWFUL IDEA = -1
WEAK IDEA = 1
SO-SO IDEA = 5
GOOD IDEA = 10
GREAT IDEA = 15
BRILLIANT IDEA = 20
NO EXECUTION = $1
WEAK EXECUTION = $1000
SO-SO- EXECUTION = $10,000
GOOD EXECUTION = $100,000
GREAT EXECUTION = $1,000,000
BRILLIANT EXECUTION = $10,000,000
To make a business, you need to multiply the two.
The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20.
The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.
– Kuma Corner, Chicago
This was written on a bar menu in Chicago, and I found it quite inspiring.
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– Kuma Corner, Chicago
This was written on a bar menu in Chicago, and I found it quite inspiring.
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Step one
Create a new folder on your drive and copy 98 images that you want to include in your life poster to that folder. Make sure that you are copying the images and not moving the images.
Step two
You are going to want all your photos in a 4:3 ratio so cropping will be necessary for any landscape photos before you put your poster together. This is simple to do in photoshop, simple open the file, select the cropping tool icon, enter the ration in the boxes provided under the tool bar then simple select the area of the photo that you want – the election box with hold the correct ratio for you.
Step three
Use the “Contact Sheet II” tool (File> Automation> Contact Sheet II) to apply the following properties:
Use: Folder
Browse: The folder you’ve created
Units: inches
Width: 19.5
Height: 30
Resolution: 200 pixels/inch
Mode: RGB
Flatten All Layers: Check
Place: eitherway, whatever feels lucky to you
Columns: 7
Rows: 14
Use Auto-Spacing: Check
Click OK.
Step four
Sit back and watch photoshop do it’s magic. This is an automated process so the action is going to be taking place on the screen and not in the background – each image will open, resize, copy into the poster document and be placed. No doubt this will take up a lot of your computer’s mojo so best to just let it sit.
Step five
Now it is time to add the side margins… Image> Canvass Size
Change Width from 19.5 to 20 and hit ok – this will add a quarter of an inch margin to each side of the image.
Step six
All set to save (TIFF is always good) and either upload to the photo processing site or take it into Kinkos or such to be printed.
COPIED FROM waywardpuppy.com
(Foster* is the man)
and
mikematas.com
Life Poster – Photoshop Instructions
Step one
Create a new folder on your drive and copy 98 images that you want to include in your life poster to that folder. Make sure that you are copying the images and not moving the images.
Step two
You are going to want all your photos in a 4:3 ratio so cropping will be necessary for any landscape photos before you put your poster together. This is simple to do in photoshop, simple open the file, select the cropping tool icon, enter the ration in the boxes provided under the tool bar then simple select the area of the photo that you want – the election box with hold the correct ratio for you.
Step three
Use the “Contact Sheet II” tool (File> Automation> Contact Sheet II) to apply the following properties:
Use: Folder
Browse: The folder you’ve created
Units: inches
Width: 19.5
Height: 30
Resolution: 200 pixels/inch
Mode: RGB
Flatten All Layers: Check
Place: eitherway, whatever feels lucky to you
Columns: 7
Rows: 14
Use Auto-Spacing: Check
Click OK.
Step four
Sit back and watch photoshop do it’s magic. This is an automated process so the action is going to be taking place on the screen and not in the background – each image will open, resize, copy into the poster document and be placed. No doubt this will take up a lot of your computer’s mojo so best to just let it sit.
Step five
Now it is time to add the side margins… Image> Canvass Size
Change Width from 19.5 to 20 and hit ok – this will add a quarter of an inch margin to each side of the image.
Step six
All set to save (TIFF is always good) and either upload to the photo processing site or take it into Kinkos or such to be printed.
COPIED FROM waywardpuppy.com
(Foster* is the man)
and
mikematas.com
To find listings for a US business, type the business name into the Google search box, along with the city and state. Or type the business name and zip code. Entering the phone number with area code will also return a complete business listing.
To find listings for a US residence, type any of the following combinations into the Google search box:
* first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional)
* first name (or first initial), last name, state
* first name (or first initial), last name, area code
* first name (or first initial), last name, zip code
* phone number, including area code
* last name, city, state
* last name, zip code
If your query results in business and residential listings, both categories will be listed for your convenience.
Note: Google retired residential search (Google Phonebook) in 2010. Businesses can still be searched; listings are returned via Google Maps.
]]>To find listings for a US business, type the business name into the Google search box, along with the city and state. Or type the business name and zip code. Entering the phone number with area code will also return a complete business listing.
To find listings for a US residence, type any of the following combinations into the Google search box:
* first name (or first initial), last name, city (state is optional)
* first name (or first initial), last name, state
* first name (or first initial), last name, area code
* first name (or first initial), last name, zip code
* phone number, including area code
* last name, city, state
* last name, zip code
If your query results in business and residential listings, both categories will be listed for your convenience.
Note: Google retired residential search (Google Phonebook) in 2010. Businesses can still be searched; listings are returned via Google Maps.
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