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What Makes a Good Creative Director?

What Makes a Good Creative Director?

For the real Don/na Drapers in our industry… This is the summary of traits on what makes a great Creative Director (or Executive Creative Director or Chief Creative Officer). I’ve summarized its main points for a quick read: The creative director is the last line of defense. The creative director doesn’t play politics with creatives. [...]


HOW TO WRITE GOOD

Caveat emptor. Carpe diem. O si villi, si ergo, fortibus es in ero. Et tu, brute. HOW TO WRITE GOOD by Frank L. Visco My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: Avoid alliteration. Always. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.) [...]


Free, PSD Twitter background source file

Free, PSD Twitter background source file

I’ve created a layered, editable Photoshop file. Anyone (with basic Photoshop skills) can easily create their own twitter background. (based on my current background image…) click here to download. Enjoy!


moleskine

moleskine

Moleskine. The original laptop.


my Tera drives

my Tera drives

I have 2: One for my media (creative files, photos, music). One for my archives (everything else). They’re black. And minimal. The user-friendly LaCie Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton adds sophisticated style to your desktop, yet its presence is quiet and unobtrusive. It has a unique distinguishing feature—a blue LED strip on its underside [...]



Get a Free TASSIMO Brewing System

Get a Free TASSIMO Brewing System

On November 7th 2009, TASSIMO is holding a “Smart Talk” event at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. Guests of this exclusive event will have a chance to chat about decor and entertaining ideas over coffee, with speakers Sarah Richardson (host of HGTV’s Sarah’s House III) and Nik Manojlovich (host, Savoir Faire).  It’s an open forum [...]


Augmented Reality examples

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