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8 Shocking Secrets of Working Weekends

1) It will usually be viewed as an informal party, and should always be accompanied by food. 2) If done too often, employees will begin sluffing off on Friday, because they know they’re going to have to make up the time on Saturday anyway and they need to enjoy their weekend while they can. (This […]

8 More Essential iPad Apps for the Deisgner on the Go

Yesterday we talked about essential iPad apps for mobile designers. I had so many people touch base with me about their favorite apps and the sheer awesomeness of taking th eiPad out on the road that I thought I’d stop in and mention 8 more insanely awesome iPad apps for design professionals.

Best iPad Apps for Designers

An updated look at the 8 best iPad apps for today’s graphic designer.

Unmarked detours, getting lost, and where we can go from here

The best thing about summer is, for me, the amount of it I get to spend out on the road. I LOVE to travel, to scope out new sights, to visit family I haven’t seen in forever. Last week we took a road trip to see my parents out in Connecticut (and pick up a […]

Women in Printing: Balancing Home and Work and Actually Getting a Life

First things first: If you’re out on Twitter, I want to know why you haven’t come by to see me yet. Hanging out in the Twitterverse has sparked some great conversations with fellow printers, including this one about what it’s like to be a woman in printing and where the biggest challenge lies.

Are You So Worried About Where Your Business is Going That You Forgot About Where You Are?

What sets a business apart? Seriously? Awesome products? Well, yeah. A fun, unique approach to their industry? Of course. But you know why consumers are still doing business with little mom and pop shops when there’s a major supplier of just about everything out there, and the Internet is available to conveniently bring it to […]

Of Fighting and Freedom: A Word of Thanks

There are many things in this life that we have the privilege of taking for granted in my little corner of the world. Like the fact that I can be a woman and run a business and nobody thinks anything of it. I can let my kids go outside to play without having to worry […]

When Marketing, Don’t Lose Touch with Those Childhood Ways

How many times have you caught yourself walking around the singing, “I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map” for hours on end after that morning’s episode of Dora the Explorer? That cheerful, repetitive voice can play over and over in your head, all day long. The next time you’re in […]

The Hazards of Over-Specialization in Business

Specialization may be a way of setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s also a creative way to shoot yourself in the foot-and, eventually, right out of business.

Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

In honor of the men and women who have sacrificed time with their families, a hot meal on their plates, a safe place to sleep and, ultimately, their lives in the defense of the freedom of this country, I’m going to bow my head in silence. In the silence, I would like to share the words of the immortal Mary Frye in “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep”, a poem that’s touched my heart and offered comfort in the dark places as we say goodbye to those who gave everything they had in the support of everything they believed. Bless you all

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