http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/ work inspired en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:45:57 EST Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:45:57 EST http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Movable Type Pro 4.33-en 60 http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/06/arte_allo_specchio.html Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:16:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2060 Hiroshi Miyazaki Art http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/jack_headroom_or_new_rebranding_launch_creeps_up_out_of_nowhere.html (From guest blogger, Jenn Tran)I'm not much of a fast food junkie (not since Super Size Me came out in theaters). However, I do enjoy the occasional burger and fries every now and then. Jack in the Box has always... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:32:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1968 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Design Food and Drink Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/83_more_accurate_than_the_magic_8_ball.html You've Asked Annie, appealed to Miss Manners, and even gotten Hints from Heloise, but it turned out none of these folks knew a damn about creative or marketing careers. (In fact, Heloise told you to use mineral oil to remove... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:11:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1827 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/beware_of_aquenters_with_knives.html Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:57:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1712 Tim Donnelly Art Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/when_youre_wrong_youre_wrong.html A few days ago I said that I didn't believe in those design forums where a bunch of anonymous people pick apart a logo, illustration, ad campaign, etc.Well, apparently everyone else loves the idea. How do I know? Because Creative... Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:54:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1682 Tim Donnelly Art Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/the_people_have_spoken.html Sometimes I wonder if online design forums are good or bad. Or are they just like another small town city council meeting gone astray?CreativePro ran a forum last week about the new logo for the arts and crafts store Michaels... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:33:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1674 Tim Donnelly Art Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/from_the_how_did_i_miss_that_files.html A blog that shows compelling industrial design, like this Phillippe Starck lemon squeezer. (Which apparently doesn't work very well.)Some of these beautiful objects will never appear in stores.But if you're looking for inspiration you need to go no further.In fact,... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:35:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1655 Tim Donnelly Art Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/in_case_you_wer.html Daphne, who used to work in the LA office with me has an excuse for missing these viral Dove Ads - she's in our Sydney, Australia office. But me, who sits at his computer all day in the second... Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:23:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1536 Tim Donnelly Art Design Marketing Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/getty_up.html And Getty down... There's this interesting brainstorming device on the Getty Images site called Moodstream. Dial up your mood on a sliding scale Happy to Sad, Calm to Lively, Humorous to Serious, Nostalgic to Contemporary then let Getty overwhelm... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:53:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1533 Tim Donnelly Art Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/give_the_people.html Flashforward 2008 just announced their Film Festival Finalists which, happily, you can look at here at their site. For those of you who just love to be a little more interactive yourselves, they're holding a whole People's Choice Awards... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:45:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1501 Tim Donnelly Art Design Movies Music Television Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/heads_up_summer.html If you're currently on assignment through us, you probably get a number of emails from your Agent about what's going on around town during the summer, but I've been WOEFULLY poor at keeping up on events on this blog. I'm... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:02:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1494 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/design_in_the_u.html The great thing about being a Designer, or just appreciating design, is that great design is absolutely everywhere. (Sadly, it's also the worst thing, as bad design is everywhere too. But I'm getting off the topic here...) It doesn't... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:40:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1481 Tim Donnelly Art Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/dont_drink_the.html As it may raise your cholesterol level and put you at risk for coronary heart disease. I like beef, but I find these cliffs disturbing in a bad-modern-art way, which is probably not the intention of the Beef: It's... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:51:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1469 Tim Donnelly Art Food and Drink Marketing Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/not_so_fab_4.html The rumors of October's Adobe CS4 release apparently have been greatly exaggerated.Photoshop Senior Product Manager, John Nack is saying the information of the release date, passed around by Gizmodo and TG Daily, is bogus. "I didn't say anything about... Wed, 28 May 2008 19:17:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1464 Tim Donnelly Art Design Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/prestigiousness_1.html CommArts is having its Call For Entries for "the most prestigious juried competitions for graphic design and advertising" with winning entries being published in their November 2008 Design Annual and the December 2008 Advertising Annual. I believe, by using... Fri, 16 May 2008 18:10:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1450 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/lights_out_uhhu.html I spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out how they did all this only with flashlights. A 4-minute clip from Japan sent to me by my friend Paul of something called PIKA PIKA. Don't know who Bremen is, the... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:47:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1366 Tim Donnelly Art Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/eh_tu_peepus.html They're good when they're fresh.They're better when they're stale.And they're best when laid on in dioramas like the Assassination of Julius Caesar and the last scene from Reservoir Dogs.Which is why the Washington Post held their first ever Peeps Diorama... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:37:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1353 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Movies Music Television Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/gentlemen_start.html Right before Spring is another, fifth season: The Season of Creative Contests.I'm not kidding (did you think I would?), AIGA and Communication Arts are opening the floodgates for contestants for their Illustration, Design, and Photography competitions.Starting with AIGA's 365 Design... Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:52:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1345 Tim Donnelly Art Books Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/pretty_sketchy_1.html Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:05:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1334 Tim Donnelly Art Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/01/did_you_hear_th.html That's not, as you may very well suspect, another of my misspellings. The New York Times and AIGA National want you to take your camera into your polling place and record what you see. William Drenttel of Design Observer... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:43:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1326 Tim Donnelly Art Current Affairs Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/01/better_nate_tha.html I hadn't seen the BBC series Planet Earth, so I was surprised when I saw this incredibly beautiful trailer on YouTube. Leave it to the Brits, spectacular footage and progressive music (this time by Sigur Ros) Consider it a belated... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:39:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1304 Tim Donnelly Art Music Television Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/keystroke_to_th.html I have the bad habit of leaving at least one of my backpack zippers undone when I go out the door. Which is fun, because my wallet is usually the first thing to hit the sidewalk with a thud,... Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:28:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1266 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/blogging_in_the.html So even though I have no idea what an intarsia pattern is, I'm blogging ahead! Chronicle Books is holding a design contest that many of you Designers out there might find interesting. They're putting the finishing touches on their latest... Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:46:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1258 Tim Donnelly Art Books Design Personal Blogging Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/go_ahead_scare.html Well, not too badly. Aquent HQ is holding a contest to design a Halloween theme for our U.S. Web site with a Flash or animated GIF sequence. And, just like the contest in A Charlie Brown Christmas, there will... Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:36:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1250 Tim Donnelly Art Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/your_weekend_is.html Okay, this doesn't really count as a post, but emails were flying around the office today about fun festivals going on around LA this weekend and I figured I'd pass them along... Swerve Festival is a new annual festival dedicated... Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:53:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1236 Tim Donnelly Art Charity Food and Drink Games Music http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/forget_about_da.html Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:51:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1230 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Music Networking Science Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/billy_on_drums.html From the That Is Such A Cool Idea files. Two friends set up a site to sell their other friends' artwork (very tiny artwork) and... People who can't normally afford limited-run pieces get to buy something beautiful, yet inexpensive... Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:32:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1211 Tim Donnelly Art Charity Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/the_notorious_c.html I always get this guy confused with the Rip-Off Design Gangsta.... Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:31:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1203 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Design Music http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/oh_myth_myth_6.html Eight years ago, Teresa Amabile, who heads the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, collected nearly 12,000 daily journal entries from 238 people working on creative projects in seven companies in the consumer products, high-tech, and chemical industries.... Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:13:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1180 Tim Donnelly Art Career Science http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/shes_crafty.html He's Crafty, We're Crafty... I could go on and on (and on) with outdated Beastie Boy references, but then I wouldn't be able to tell you about the Craftivism event being hosted by AIGA/LA. Encouraging artists to get out from... Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:48:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1173 Tim Donnelly Art Design Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/i_think_im_goin.html I'm no Photoshop pro, but I have no idea what's going on with this picture I found while searching an online catalog. Look carefully at the top half of this man, then his legs. I've kind of lost the will... Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:09:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1153 Tim Donnelly Art Design Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/hellvetica_is_f.html You may have missed the film Helvetica when AIGA screened it at USC in April, but it looks like it's going to turn up in video stores and Netflix at some point this fall. What's it about? Helvetica is a... Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:16:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1152 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing Movies http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/it_must_be_vide.html Once again, has to be seen to be believed. If you have 8 minutes (exactly) you will see an amazing Photosynth demo from Blaise Aguera y Arcas at Microsoft Live Labs, that will blow your mind. Watch how far he... Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:34:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1146 Tim Donnelly Art Design Networking Science Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/hand_in_glove.html Tue, 29 May 2007 15:08:12 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1131 Tim Donnelly Art Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/b_of_a_gets_cul.html A friend of mine who works for the LA County Museum of Art (or LACMA, if you must) just told me about this ongoing Bank of America promotion. Present your B of A ATM, check, or credit card at any... Thu, 24 May 2007 12:42:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1126 Tim Donnelly Art History http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/cover_me_1.html Here's a fact I didn't know, and me a UCLA Extension student (from AIGA's site): In 1990, UCLA Extension creative director InJu Sturgeon approached a 75-year-old Paul Rand with a request to design the cover of their winter quarter... Tue, 22 May 2007 12:40:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1125 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/man_the_portfol.html Thanks to all who showed up at the Kernspiracy Portfolio Review that we sponsored last night. Far as we can figure, 60+ people were inside and out of the newly expanded Machine Project in Echo Park for two hours... Fri, 04 May 2007 18:45:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1107 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/back_seat_desig.html There are reasons I like to be in a room alone when I'm writing. One, the sound of the ever-ringing phone at Aquent is finally quieted. Two, I can talk to myself without anyone else in the room thinking I'm... Tue, 01 May 2007 12:25:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1102 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Personal Blogging Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/now_thats_a_goo.html From NY Times. I guess this is how you can tell that you have a good post. Comments? (thanks to the folks at Speak Up!)... Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:34:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1088 Tim Donnelly Art Design Personal Blogging Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/poor_joyces.html I'm letting Emily take the heat for this one (well, she did okay with Olivia first...) But she sent this out to a some of the Aquent Talent today: So, it is my co-worker, cube mate and best buddy Olivia’s... Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:55:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1045 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Games Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/aural_design.html I'd originally bought my iPod for music. Seemed like a good idea. Get rid of lugging the CDs in the car, to and from work, into and out of the office... But the weird thing is, now podcasts take up... Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:03:11 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1030 Tim Donnelly Art Career Ecology Personal Blogging Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/girls_on_film.html Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:58:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1027 Tim Donnelly Art Career http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/creative_resolu.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:10:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.986 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/because_youll_h.html Instead of listening to Uncle Will talk about the battle of Iwo Jima for the 10th year in a row (and the guy wasn't even there, for gosh sake), you can sneak into a back room, open up your laptop,... Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:01:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.982 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/feeling_bookish.html Let's face facts, Creatives are often hard people to buy for. For one, a lot of things they like (Apple computers, 500GB hard drives, Playstation 3s) tend to be on the expensive side. For another, many of them have... Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:45:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.958 Tim Donnelly Art Books Design Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/the_bathroom_sh.html In case you don't get enough of Pantone at work, you can now take your swatch book home and decorate your living room walls, kitchen cabinets, and even your rabbit hutch. Yes, the world–renowned authority on color has gone... Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:14:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.955 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/smiles_everyone.html It's true, someday I'm going to run out of 70's TV references. In the meantime, give me a moment to promote this tripod to the amateur photographers among you. Called the Gorillapod, this tripod has flexible legs which can... Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:39:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.949 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Ecology Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/art_is_subjecti.html Just in case you missed all the orange that used to be on this blog, here are the results of last night's Aquent Staff Pumpkin Carving Night. Don't forget to vote for your favorites by e-mailing me!... Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:44:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.928 Tim Donnelly Art Games Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/because_you_don.html Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:35:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.912 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/economists_say.html Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:17:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.910 Tim Donnelly Art Books Career Design Science Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/artsy_but_not_f.html I was pointing out the construction of the new building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to my cohort, Lauren when someone in the office piped up that they've been wanting to go there. Not to mention any... Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:18:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.895 Tim Donnelly Art Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/life_during_war.html An interesting essay over at the Speak Up site by Marian Bantjes about the use (and disappearance) of War Posters during WWI and WWII by both Canada and the U.S. Though you've probably seen many of these, it's interesting (especially... Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:27:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.880 Tim Donnelly Art Career Current Affairs Design History Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/david_letterman.html Oh, the Top 10 List. My friend once asked a writer who worked on Letterman's show why #2 was always funnier than #1. The writer told him they needed a not-so-funny #1 so they could go into commercial break... Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:44:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.869 Tim Donnelly Art Books Cars Celebrities Current Affairs Design Ecology Film Food and Drink Movies Music Networking Religion Science Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/what_a_long_str.html You know, even though it's a strange to read people discussing you in your own blog, but I have to say the whole Aquent team (as well as our Talent Adriana) did an AWESOME job of giving out some incredible... Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:57:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.868 Tim Donnelly Art Travel Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/cover_me.html Back in March I was posting about book cover designer Chip Kidd, Well if you have an interest in book design (or design itself, for that matter) you should check out the blog Books Covered by Tobias written by designer... Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:13:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.850 Tim Donnelly Art Books Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/yabba_dabba_art.html Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:22:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.846 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Ecology Science http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/because_kcrw_is.html You may be looking for something to do other than sit inside and listen to Jason Bentley ask for your pledge money (which you should give him, btw, before promptly turning him off). As luck would have it, I've just... Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:50:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.845 Tim Donnelly Art Career Celebrities Charity Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/crybabies.html Now this article is interesting. My question, who is the crybaby: The Toddler, the Blogger, or the Photographer? Art is soooo confusing.... Thu, 27 Jul 2006 20:54:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.825 Tim Donnelly Art Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/im_starting_wit.html Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:29:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.796 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/court_adjourned.html Usually I'm the one accused of spearheading the Birthday Desk Celebrations, but lo and behold, absolute proof that I have nothing to do with it. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Paul's desk (decorated Wednesday, when I was in Omaha):... Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:43:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.791 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/so_in_review.html Thanks to everyone who attended our Kernspiracy Portfolio Review at Machine Project last night. Never have so many tried so hard to make a left turn onto Alvarado. But the 50 or so who did make that turn (and I'm... Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:42:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.784 Tim Donnelly Art Career Ecology Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/prep_in_time_wi.html We'll be seeing a few of you tonight at the Kernspiracy Portfolio Review Night we're sponsoring. Though it's too late to nab a spot to be reviewed, there's free drinks to be nabbed until everyone's nabbed them. Not to mention... Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:56:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.783 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/the_people_vs_c.html Looking over Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards winners for 2006 I was struck by the urban environments created by the Landscape Design winner, Martha Schwartz. Admittedly, I hadn't heard much about her work before, but just seeing her work left me... Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:35:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.781 Tim Donnelly Art Career Celebrities Current Affairs Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/okay_you_can_ju.html Back when Chip Kidd started at publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, there were some pretty dreary covers in the book world. Chip and his team were probably the first Designers to bring book jackets to the next design level. Actually... Fri, 26 May 2006 18:40:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.772 Tim Donnelly Art Books Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/you_could_proba.html Thu, 18 May 2006 19:55:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.762 Tim Donnelly Art Career Current Affairs Design Film Food and Drink Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/there_goes_the.html I mean, dang. How many times a week does someone send you a link that you have to look at? Imagine that times one hundred and you have the Webby Awards Winners site. Not only does it link to each... Wed, 17 May 2006 20:22:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.761 Tim Donnelly Art Books Career Celebrities Design Marketing Sports Television Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/youre_killing_m.html If you haven't had a chance to check out the MediaBistro's Unbeige blog and you're in the creative world, you're absolutely crazy! (I think I might have listened to one too many Sit 'n Sleep ads this weekend.) Though you... Mon, 15 May 2006 19:08:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.759 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/you_may_already.html Thu, 11 May 2006 19:56:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.754 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/art_for_dinner.html There's something very confusing about this year's AIGA Patron's Night. For one, it's called Dinner Party at the LA Design Center: Patron's Night 2006. So when I told everyone in the office we got a table (meaning a booth) it... Wed, 10 May 2006 20:15:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.753 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/marketers_gone.html He's faking it. Fashion designer Mark Ecko has this video on his StillFree.com site of he and some buddies supposedly tagging Air Force One. How old is this site? How old is this footage? Got me. No sign of this... Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:27:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.731 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Design Marketing Sports http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/have_you_seen_t.html Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:44:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.724 Tim Donnelly Art Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/warped_tour_1.html I don't know about you, but the thought of placing vinyl record in an oven and making a bowl seems appealing to me. I'm not sure I'd serve spaghetti alla carbonara in it, but still it does seem pretty cool,... Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:22:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.723 Tim Donnelly Art Design Food and Drink http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/the_culture_clu.html Emily, Debra, Joyce, and I actually made it out to see Julia Sweeney's one woman show Letting Go of God at the Groundlings Theatre. The show is essentially her search for God as a lapsed Catholic (as they are... Wed, 22 Mar 2006 21:48:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.700 Tim Donnelly Art Celebrities Religion http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/rats_letters_le.html Karin and Regina from our office went to the House Industries lecture at the Apple Store at the Grove yesterday and were very impressed (except, of course, that they had to stand for an hour and a half). She was... Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:31:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.683 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Marketing Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/one_isnt_the_lo.html One of the problems being a Department of One is how lonely it gets during lunchtime. (I'm not speaking about me, here. My Department of One is always very lively with non-stop banter between myself and myself.) Another problem, if... Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:45:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.663 Tim Donnelly Art Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/like_eating_was.html Earlier in this blog (Yesterday? Last year? It's so hard to tell...) I was discussing how brokenhearted I'd become finding out that the Boiling Frog Syndrome is a myth. How, then, was I to explain such phenomenon as becoming accustomed... Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.649 Tim Donnelly Art Music Science http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/nextworking.html Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:14:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.625 Tim Donnelly Art Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/see_what_happen.html Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:20:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.615 Tim Donnelly Art Networking Weblogs