Creative Storytelling: Innovative Design in Advertising & Branding (http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs4575.asp?c=mbencrsepro)
Month: April 2009
// my library fine is over eight dollars… maybe i should just buy the book…
the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines – about 2% of global CO2 emissions
How Big Is Magazine’s Carbon Footprint?
// my next book will go straight to audio (http://duplication.cdbaby.com/default.aspx)… that way no reading is required…
The Fallacy of the ‘Print Is Dead’ Meme (http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/04/the-fallacy-of-the-print-is-dead-meme117.html)
What’s Your Blog’s Carbon Footprint? (http://mashable.com/2007/11/08/co2stats-project-widget/)
The Google Footprint 2 (http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece)
The Google Footprint (http://abriefhistoryoflife.tumblr.com/post/70656966/the-google-footprint)
Three Steps That Guarantee Every Word of Your Copy Gets Read (http://www.copyblogger.com/get-copy-read/)
Twelve Tips for Operating a Niche Media Business (http://www.foliomag.com/2009/twelve-tips-operating-niche-media-business)
// somedays, i can go a whole day at the office without saying a few dozen words to coworkers or clients… i don’t do this intentionally… it’s just part of being involved in special projects… maybe it’s the whole out-of-site-out-of-mind equation… & it’s not that i’m goofing off… working on a design for sales sheet promoting new media advertising opportunities… still, if i knew it was going to be this dull today, i would have taken a personal day & worked in the garden…
mondegreen
noun • a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing, especially of the lyrics to a song.
from the name Lady Mondegreen, a misinterpretation of the phrase ‘laid him on the green’ in the ballad ‘The Bonny Earl of Murray’; coined by S. Wright.
scumblr: semisetadrift: unicornology: (via bebelestrange)
// corn, tomato and sundry seedlings come forth ::
but don’t plant the corn & tomato next to each other in the garden… they are not companion plants & may harm each other’s growth if planted close together…
// spinach seedlings ::
// pea seedlings break forth ::
// In 2002, 12% of adults read poetry. 2008 it’s 8.3%. (http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/article/?id=1312&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en)
// ‘Twitter is a note-taking technology, end of story.’ (http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-other-half-writes-in-defense-of.html)…
// is it possible to have a literary hangover? i’m thinking in extended metaphors while drinking bold coffee from my new french press…
susurrus
noun • a whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
From Latin susurrus (‘whisper’), ultimately onomatopoeic.
GPOYW – backyard earth tent edition (made from tree trimmings, old tarp, & t-shirt scraps) + kidlinger posing…
// coming up on the 3-year anniversary of 1st publishing effort… almost 10,000 books sold…
// read a german sonnet from the sixteenth century during lunch… it was delicious… i’ll have some russian stanzas for dessert…
Coffeehouse Junkie 