Posts Tagged: Work

A tweet from Ryan Carson yesterday led me to Howies about page; a page which Ryan described as “inspiring,” and I can see why. There are two sections of Howies our beliefs page that I think are fantastic: The rocking chair test Every product we make has passed the ‘rocking chair test’. This is something we… Continue Reading ›

File Under: Treat Your Staff Like Adults and See What Happens I’m attending the Carsonified Future of Web Design conference later this week, so I popped over to their lovely website to check some details and noticed “We’re hiring!” on the homepage and thought I’d have a look. I knew that Carsonified has a four-day… Continue Reading ›

Seth Godin has a typically brilliant post on his blog today entitled Why bother having a resume? (CV to us Brits) in which he makes a very good case for not having a resume or curriculum vitae. Seth makes some very good points in his post, among them: A resume is an excuse to reject… Continue Reading ›

This is for every designer and marketeer that has had to work with less enlightened colleagues and clients. So true and so funny. Make My Logo Bigger!!!

I watched Scum for the first time recently. It is a great film, tough to watch in places, and confirmed to me what I had always suspected – I wouldn’t last 10 minutes in prison. However, it did make me think about the hierarchical, structured environment in which I find myself daily – the corporate… Continue Reading ›

I’ve worked in two companies now where the idea of a blog has been mooted. I think corporate blogs are, on the whole, a terrible idea. Unless genuinely written by an employee (who says it has to be an executive after all) with ability, charisma, and genuine interest in blogging, they are going to be… Continue Reading ›