http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/ work inspired en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:37:15 EST Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:37:15 EST http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Movable Type Pro 4.33-en 60 http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2010/03/the_box_that_saved_the_world.html d For me, one of the interesting things about design has always been how changing seemingly small items can have amazingly large results.And I'm not talking about a 24% rise in sales because someone decided to make the logo bigger.... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2010:/aquentblog//11.2307 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Ethics Practice: Graphic Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2010/02/does_this_make_me_look_fat.html Last month some interesting news rolled down the scientific pike: researchers from Columbia University and the City College of New York "say their calculation of the 'Quality-Adjusted Life Years' -- or 'Qalys' -- lost as a result of obesity is... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:29:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2010:/aquentblog//11.2276 Tim Donnelly At work Design History Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Work-life balance http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2010/01/design_eye_for_the_non-design_guy_or_gal.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:21:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2010:/aquentblog//11.2256 Greg Carter Books Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/12/all_i_want_for_christmas_is_my_sans_serif.html Sometimes working in certain fields, and becoming semi-obsessive with those fields, can irritate family and friends whenever you're visiting with them.Personally, I love a good narrative and am a writer, so I can get a little wacky when watching a... Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:10:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2249 Tim Donnelly Design History Movies Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/12/last_of_the_red_hot_foodies.html I don't need to tell you it's been a rough year; you were in this year too, correct?Not to bring you down during this joyous holiday season, but I'd just gotten tipped to a blog chronicling the death of... Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:44:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2246 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/12/5_things_on_papervision3d_to_know_before_you_start.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:32:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2239 Joe Rinaldi Design Digital Flash Interactive Design Practice: Interactive Design Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/11/still_some_surprises_on_the_internet.html You know, the Internet is a curse and a blessing for those of us who used to get distracted while looking up words in the dictionary. ("Hey, did you know 'gruntle' means 'to put in a good humor'?")I end up... Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:34:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2220 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/11/green_about_me.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:44:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2214 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Local Networking Events Practice: Graphic Design Practice: Interactive Design Practice: Marketing Practice: Media Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design Web/Tech careers http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/10/how_to_respond_to_design_criticism.html Criticism isn't always easy to hear and respond to positively. When it comes to someone critiquing your design masterpiece, it's especially hard to take, in light of all the hours (days, weeks) you put into the project. So how is... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:05:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2207 Julia Thahar Career advice Design Practice: Graphic Design careers http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/better_world_by_design.html You know, it seems like we're seeing more and more design-related conferences like the "A Better World by Design" one being held in Providence, Rhode Island this weekend.Here's the pitch from their site: "The conference will focus heavily on design,... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:31:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2194 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Ethics Events Networking Practice: Graphic Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/a_delicious_conundrum.html Mimolette.Barbera.Kenafa.Are they tasty cheeses? Or are they tasty fonts?Play the game that has everyone from Production Artists to Creative Directors salivating, at the Cheese or Font site!Then I'll see you down at Helvetica's for dinner!(Photo by ChiBart)... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:37:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2188 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Personal Blogging Practice: Graphic Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/folio_friend_or_frenemy.html Your folio can be your best friend - the tool that lands you a top job or your worst enemy. If you are wondering why you're not succeeding in your hunt for a creative position, maybe your portfolio needs revisiting.... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:38:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2187 Angela Clegg Aquent Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/aiga_npr_case_study.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:38:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2186 Erin St. Pierre Design Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/taking_stock_are_the_penalties_for_abusing_image_rights_too_high.html There was an interesting article about the cost for online copyright violations in yesterday's Business section of the LA Times by columnist David Lazarus.In essence, Lazarus says the damage costs demanded by companies such Getty Images and Corbis, which could... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2180 Tim Donnelly Advertising Agencies Design Digital Practice: Graphic Design Practice: Interactive Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/its_fontastic_or_not.html It seems the favorite affordable store of Designers all over the world IKEA, has just stepped down a notch in they eyes of many of their fans.Yes, they've switched their font selection for both print and Web materials from Futura... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:46:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2175 Tim Donnelly Advertising Branding Design Practice: Graphic Design Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/09/a_method_to_their_method.html Adam Lowry, co-founder of Method, has been posting over at the eco blog Treehugger about design and its implications of where the world is heading.In his latest entry he posits, "Design has never been just the domain of the creative.... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:50:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2173 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Ethics Practice: Graphic Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/ugh_resumes.html Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:16:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2151 Joe Rinaldi Aquent Career Career advice Communication Design Freelancing Graduates Interactive Design Interviewing Job Search Networking Practice: Graphic Design Practice: Interactive Design Practice: User Experience Project Management Resumes Trends Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/id_for_you_and_me.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:18:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2145 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/summer_aint_over_you_still_have_events_to_attend.html When you have kids you know when fall is coming - even in Southern California. I'm lucky enough to have a wife brave enough to take the children to Target for the yearly trip to pick up backpacks, crayons, pens,... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:44:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2141 Tim Donnelly Advertising Aquent News Design Events Experiential Marketing Food and Drink Local Networking Events Marketing Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/08/recession_weigh_in_1.html In light of all the economically-related negativity we see every day in the press, on the telly, and delivered to our In Box, it's nice to get a heartening email every once in awhile.Heartening email in these times. Who'd have... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:39:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2138 Tim Donnelly Career Career advice Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog careers http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/07/digital_angel_to_the_rescue_1.html Hi All, WOW, I am going to write blogs, and it took me (big intake of breath) 5 times to pass my English "O' level ! so please forgive the future grammar.My name is Steve or Stevie or "Digital Angel"... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:32:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2120 Steven Hutson Aquent Aquent News At work Blogging Candidate attraction strategies Career Celebrities Comedy Creativity Design Local Networking Events Publishing Recruiting Social Media Social Networking Talent Technology http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/06/thinking_outside_the_plastic_box.html Being someone who:a) lives with a vegetarianb) works closely with the design industryc) buys a lot of organic items on a weekly basisI have to say how surprised I am that:a) the organic movement has taken off the way it... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:45:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2097 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/06/aigaaquent_salary_survey_1.html I was planning on blogging about our annual AIGA | Aquent Survey of Design Salaries (which is a bit of a misnomer, as it includes Web Developers and Copywriters), but I don't know if I'm late already. See that's the... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:30:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2083 Tim Donnelly Advertising Career Career advice Design Freelancing Hiring talent Industry Resources Interactive Design Practice: Graphic Design Salaries Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design Workplace http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/06/from_guest_poster_greg_carterthe.html (From guest poster, Greg Carter)The night, I purchased tickets online for a theatrical event. Yeah, I know, very exciting, but why I'm bringing this up is because of the checkout process. Thanks to the email from the theater troupe, I... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:44:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2068 Tim Donnelly Books Content and Content Management Design Interactive Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/05/webinar_vs_seminar_getting_on-line_vs_standing_in-line_to_attend.html A few weeks ago I logged in to my first webinar ... a really informative session hosted by Adobe as part of their Creative Festival. It was a really interesting experience, seeing hundreds of "user names" appear down the left... Thu, 21 May 2009 23:07:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2062 Paul Slezak Aquent Design Digital Events Technology http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/05/lets_get_small_1.html No, this is not a miniature. It's the Met, taken through some serious Tilt-Shift Photography Faking to make it look much, much smaller than it actually is.If you're looking at shrinking the world around you without angering the Justice League... Wed, 20 May 2009 00:30:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2059 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/05/all_that_was_fit_for_print.html What does the world of print have to offer to the world of Web? A lot, actually. As more of the population shifts to reading their favorite periodicals online, Designers have to keep in mind that readers are still... Mon, 11 May 2009 21:31:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2054 Tim Donnelly Advertising Design Interactive Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/04/on_spec.html There's a heated argument raging, and we've heard it before, about the reality of both spec work and crowdsourcing creeping their way into the design community.At the CreativePro site, founding editor Pamela Pfiffner writes that "Spec Work and Crowdsourcing"... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:02:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2044 Tim Donnelly Advertising Aquent Branding Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/04/green_day.html You've probably never been happier it's Friday, right?Just think, you can visit this blog on Monday and I will be done hitting you over the head with my endless eco-diatribe.Come Monday you can throw recyclable cans and Compact Florescent... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:03:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentblog//11.2041 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/04/whiter_shade_of_board.html The folks at Tuesday Creative were nice enough to extend us an invitation to their inaugural Tuesdays@Tuesday Happy Hour.Mmm, tacos, margaritas, Rock Band (complete with fog machine), clever signage, and something that almost made me drop my rice and beans:... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:57:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.2026 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/04/vomit_comet.html It's easy to be a critic. Everyone's a critic, right?And do you know why? Because it far, far easier to be a critic than to be a Designer, Writer, Actor, or any other kind of creative. Actually, it's far, far... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:56:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.2019 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/03/proposals_workshop_this_saturday.html Okay, not THAT kind of proposal. The kind that makes you money, not the kind that throws you and your spouse-to-be into debt for years to come.We're sponsoring a workshop this Saturday run by Peleg Top, whose 17 years of... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:25:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1999 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/03/3d_to_freak_your_friends_out.html The group who set out to do GE's Ecomagination site really took the wow factor to the next level.I mean this is insane - everyone I've shown this to has been blown away. The only problem I see with the... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:23:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1992 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/03/an_inside_job.html We got some Addys, we got some Addys!Okay, when I say "we" I'm not actually talking about the folks here in the office (we do a good job with streamers for birthday desks, but POPs? Not so much).Meri and the... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:41:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1991 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/03/putting_the_squeeze_on_new_packaging.html That didn't take long.Tropicana (part of PepsiCo) is scrapping their months-old new brand, created by Arnell Group, and going back to the old "straw in orange" approach.A couple months? Really? With a multi-million dollar campaign?According to the New York... Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:41:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1982 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/03/interweb_the_rainbow_or_design_as_ambient_arrangement.html Ms. Pistachio was the first to alert me, via Twitter, natch, that Skittles had gone all Social Media on us. Sure as shootin', the current (March 2, 2009) Skittles.com is a mash-up of social media sites where the name of... Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1975 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media Social Media Trends 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/2009/02/geeking_out_with_facebook_notes.html This post contributed by Joe Rinaldi, Aquent Agent in Philadelphia. From the New York Times to network news, Facebook "Notes" (25 Things, 15 albums, A-Zed iTunes) are a hot topic. A recent favorite, the "Album Cover Generator," has people not... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:16:11 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1962 Creativity Design Social Media Social Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/dont_know_your_html_from_your_php_finding_it_all_a_little_ott.html All of us are spending more and more time online, but do any of us ever think about the processes involved in creating a website? Who are these web developers and what are all these languages they use to put... Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:17:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentoracle//6.1955 Tim McNamara Design Digital http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/as_economy_declines_brand_identity_becomes_comfortable_1.html UPDATE! Seems I'm not the only one who didn't like the rebrand. Check it out here. As the recession wears on, popular brands nationwide are putting considerable effort - and dollars - into rebranding strategies designed to make us feel... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:28:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1950 Advertising Branding Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/is_this_downturn_less_bad_for_the_creative_class.html I heard Richard Florida on the radio this morning. You may remember him as the author of The Rise of the Creative Class, which traced "the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in American society:... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:44:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1948 Matthew Grant Careering Creativity Design History Job Search Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/getting_horizontal_web-wise.html @iamkhayyam turned me on to this inspiredology post featuring intriguing examples of "horizontal" web design (i.e., sites that scroll from right to left instead of up and down). Checking them out made me realize a) that I don't see this... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:28:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1941 Matthew Grant Agencies Careering Design Flash Interactive Design Job Search http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/im_so_pasted.html Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:53:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1940 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/interactive_design_is_a_team_sport.html I wrote a post here advocating greater transparency in the staffing business and someone left the following comment: "Graphic design is a tough business. That being said, seeing positions posted for a web designer that knows Flash, web design, and... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:19:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1927 Matthew Grant Design Design Management Flash Interactive Design Marketing Management Project Management Web Analytics http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/art_or_artifice.html It's not often the Associated Press sends out their own press release, is it? Well, one that's worth reading, anyhow. But here it is: AP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image.Shepard Fairey, the LA-based artist, designed his now famous image... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:51:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1925 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/02/attract_without_distracting_the_challenge_of_interactive_design.html Talent Spotlight Jon Billett is a designer represented by Aquent's Philadelphia office who has spent the last several years making the transition from print to web. Of the work he's done that you may have seen are a set of... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:55:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/thetalentblog//5.1923 Matthew Grant Careering Creativity Design Flash Interactive Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/take_em_to_the_mat.html Speaking of contests, there's been a flurry of activity (that's my hat tip to the frigid East Coast) in my in box about ones either around town or online.I thought I'd let you know about the more nail-biting ones.Let's... Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:38:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1871 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/is_there_a_designer_in_the_house.html Sometimes being an in-house Designer has its downsides. Many times you're working with folks who don't understand you like to wear headphones while you work, for instance. Or think of you as the "unruly left hand of marketing". Of course... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:46:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1868 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/conversion_the_print_version.html Aquent Graphic Institute's trainer Chad Chelius wrote this nice little piece on the Markzware blog, because he loved their inexpensive plug ins which convert either QuarkXPress to InDesign files or vice versa.If you're in the print world, you might want... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:20:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/butlessaboutme//7.1837 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2009/01/there_really_is_something_to_be_said_for_good_packaging_design.html I have always been a fan of really good packaging design. And although I have certainly never been a packaging designer, on every trip to the supermarket I become the ever critical compere of my own packaging design awards show!... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:20:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2009:/aquentoracle//6.1828 Paul Slezak Creativity Design Industry Resources Trends 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/2008/12/free_online_design_tools_the_price_is_right.html You know a great magazine should be like that friend you admire, you know?I'm thinking of the way The New Yorker is put together or (though not really my cup o' tea) Martha Stewart Living.If you're a design creative, then... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:58:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1807 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/from_our_house_to_yours.html In the spirit of the Season of Giving.... Career Resources for YOU from US.(Print it out to read when Uncle Bob starts talking about the Nixon administration. Again.)AQCareerResources.pdfIf you have anything to add, please email me and we'll put it... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:22:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1805 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/have_cs3_will_travel.html Reality Goes WebMogo Media has issued a "casting call" for creatives to take part in a Web-based reality TV series that'll take place right after the Macworld Conference in San Francisco.Apparently to apply you'll need:Familiarity with digital camerasThe ability to... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:50:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1800 Tim Donnelly Career Design Games Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/wouldnt_it_be_nice.html If all the Aquent and Aquent sponsored Webcasts were in the same place?They are, my friend, the are!If you're looking to educate yourself without paying to park at UCLA (and walking across campus), why not sit back, relax, and listen... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:48:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1792 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Marketing Technology Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/whew.html You know, every morning NPR wakes me up (well, my clock radio is set to NPR... but you get my drift) and over the last several months it hasn't been incredibly happy news.Which is probably not news to you.In light... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:19:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1774 Tim Donnelly Charity Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/12/please_critique_me.html A web design firm based in North Carolina, OnWired, has set up a site called Please Critique Me where, "designers can submit their work and have it reviewed (albeit publicly) by one of their industry peers." Seems like an interesting... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:59:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1765 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design Market Research Social Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/will_work_for_inspiration.html I was talking to Monica on our Print team about inspiration and wondered (since she's actually a Designer and I'm not) where she gets her inspiration when she's stuck.Like all Designers I know, she seems to see the world through... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:30:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1756 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/can_good_design_also_be_ugly.html Interesting post on 37signals' Signal vs. Noise blog on "Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web." "To clarify," the post's author writes, "my definition of design goes beyond aesthetic qualities and into areas... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:53:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1752 Matthew Grant Creativity Design History Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/one_call_does_it_all.html You know, I just got my annual Annual Call For Entries for Communication Arts Interactive Competition and it got me wondering, do Talent from Aquent participate in this, or is the $100 per entry fee just too high?Looking at last... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:18:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1739 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/practice_makes_perfect.html Where's a Designer to turn when they have trouble choosing a project management system? Or calculating freelance rates? Or finding out all about intellectual property? (Oooh, I love that term.)Why friend, AIGA's Center for Practice Management!This free service "provides resources... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:19:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1723 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/snap_the_vote.html So, you'll be voting on Tuesday (if you didn't vote early).And you'll be standing in line.What better way to bide your time and express your creativity than by taking a few pictures of your polling place?AIGA and the New York... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:46:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1716 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/11/2_links_for_monday.html The first link cometh unto thee courtesy of Johnny Holland Magazine. It's a post by Adrian Chan entitled, "A Social Interaction Primer." Adrian's main point is that design of social media must focus on user interests, not user needs. Worth... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:15:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1714 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design Social Media http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/longer_than.html As long as we've been hosting the LA Aquent Talent Holiday Party, our NYC office has been throwing their Halloween Party.Okay, longer.10 years? 12 years?You should check out this year's invite, created by an Aquent Talent.Wow.Looks like we'd better get... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:46:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1704 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/how_do_you_measure_the_impact_of_creative.html Five long years ago, I wrote a piece entitled, "Return on Creative." The crux of that essay was that design was critical to business success and, naturally, that a clear understanding of business principles and a focus on creating value... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:44:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1686 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Design Management Interactive Design 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/are_any_marketers_designers_or_heaven_forfend_web_analysts_really_rock_stars.html C.C. Chapman mentioned yesterday during his New Marketing Summit presentation that he hated terms like "rock stars" when used in the context of new media/marketing folk. Having myself once aspired to be a rock star, I tend to wince as... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:50:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1680 Matthew Grant Careering Design Marketing Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/my_abode_or_your_adobe.html Well, it turns out Adobe is ready to send CS4 out the door.SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of the Adobe(R) Creative Suite(R) 4 product family, the... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:06:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1678 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech 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/semi-overwhelming_list_of_resources_for_designers.html Thanks to a "re-tweet" by DamienBasile of something ur-tweeted by adellecharles, I present you with this super-extensive and semi-overwhelming list of design resources compiled by a young designer in Hawaii. Some of this stuff I'd heard of, some not. Still,... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:13:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1668 Matthew Grant Blogging Creativity Design Flash Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/10/fishbowl_on_wheels.html It's like Hello Kitty meets Cinderella's pumpkin carriage.Why am I guessing that the guy we saw in the parking lot downstairs driving his Monster Truck won't be buying one?... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:39:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1657 Tim Donnelly Cars Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog 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/2008/10/whats_up_with_cs4.html Much like Nancy Drew, I love a good mystery.Like when Adobe teases people with sneak peaks, but won't quite give a release date for their CS4 software. (You can register online to get an email when it becomes available.)Happily, last... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:14:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1651 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/do_what_you_love_and_the_money_will_follow_right.html I used to listen to the Talking Heads a lot. In fact, these lyrics from their song, "Found a Job," echo down the corridors of my mind to this day: "If your work isn't what you love,/ then something isn't... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:31:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1634 Matthew Grant Careering Creativity Design Job Search http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/suggestive.html So, I spent all yesterday on jury duty downtown yesterday and learned quite a few things.One, be prepared for a lot of sitting around. Happily I brought my entire address book database with me and managed to clean up... Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:48:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1616 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/hell_is_for.html Spencer Cross from Kernspiracy isn't giving too many hints about what he has up his sleeve for the current meeting of Designers this Wednesday, but he's assured us: He'll be showing a film for free at BETALEVEL This is... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:48:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1574 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/who_moved_my_peanut_butter.html Why is the fact that people are arguing about peanut butter important? Is it important? I guess time will tell what kind of effect a site like Mouse Print, which "exposes the strings and catches buried in the fine... Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:18:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1568 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/green_vs_green_washing.html Okay, let's face it, The People have caught onto the "green" Marketing tricks. And they're mad as hell. Saying your plastic bag is saving the Earth just because you can use it again as a garbage bag (as the... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:03:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1555 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/inbound_marketing_summit_-_i_was_there_and_my_brain_hurts.html I was out of the office yesterday attending the Inbound Marketing Summit at the behest of Ann Handley, esteemed editorial doyenne at MarketingProfs. You can view videos of the presentations here, but, for your convenience, I'm happy to provide the... Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:51:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.1553 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Events History Interactive Design Marketing New vs Old Media SEO Social Networking Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/a_list_of_incredible_photoshop.html Brian over at Elite by Design posted this list of 23 Incredible Photoshop Tutorials way back in March but I just stumbled upon it today. I was especially intrigued by the glass ball tutorial and the one on creating 3D... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:40:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.375 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/09/id_rather_be_smashing.html SMASHING Magazine, that is. I wrote about this amazing resource for designers of all ilk back in April but then was reminded of it's magnificence once again after seeing it on theweblist.net (a cool and informative snapshot of popular pages... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:19:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.374 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media Trends 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/2008/08/photosynth_is_up_and_running_t.html Photosynth, which I wrote about after seeing this amazing TED conference demo reel, is finally available for the technophilic masses. Not on the Mac, however (insert "sad-face" emoticon here). Nevertheless, I will grant that the Microsofty's have a sense of... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:30:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.369 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/if_this_is_the_future_of_desig.html NPR ran a story this morning entitled, "Crowd Sourcing Turns Business On Its Head," in which it reported on a sneaker company that asks customers to design potential new shoes, posts the designs so that folks can vote on their... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.366 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Design Management History http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/fun_with_survey.html We were recently bouncing around a bunch of ideas about career opportunities for Aquent Talent. I mean, beside the whole everyone-in-the-office-trying-to-place-Talent-at-great-companies thing we do every day. So we made some inquiries and we came up with an online poll of... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1526 Tim Donnelly Design Games Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/inspirational_o_2.html Flashforward2008 is rapidly approaching. Well, not exactly approaching, as it will be in to San Francisco, but you know what I mean. As ever, Aquent is sponsoring, along with Lynda.com. During the event Lynda's company is premiering Creative Inspirations:... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:34:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1521 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/okey_dokey_comp.html Don't get me wrong, I like Radiohead and I like the way they often push the boundaries. Like the fact that the video for "House of Cards" uses 3D recording instead of cameras and that they're encouraging fans to... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:43:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1519 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/have_you_seen_the_future_latel.html If the future of the web doesn't look exactly like this, it will probably look something like this: Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:30:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.360 Matthew Grant Design History Interactive Design New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/sorry.html I'm sorry we freaked out a bunch of people in the design community by running a contest to redo our homepage. There might have been a right way to do this thing, but we didn't do it the right way.... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:35:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.358 Matthew Grant Aquent Design History Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/lessons_from_he.html Though I'm not really a fan of the word "geek" (wonder why that is?), especially when it's used to refer to someone who is incredibly sharp at what they do, Anne-Marie Concepcion calls herself one and we'll just have... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:49:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1511 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/08/betrayal_of_everything_we_stan.html We're in the process of rethinking our on-line presence/strategy and redesigning our website. We've already changed the homepage fairly drastically and continue to experiment with it, even as we reconsider our whole approach. As part of the experimentation, I started... Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:09:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.357 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Design Design Management Ethics New vs Old Media Social Networking Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/101_unusual_thi.html As a Designer, Art Director, Creative Director, Project Manager, etc. that is. Not to push the Eco Point so far that I create backlash make people destroy the Earth just to spite me and my treehugging compatriots, I did... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:45:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1507 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/repetition_compulsion_why_do_p.html Checking out my daily email of NY Times headlines, I was intrigued by this story, "Overcoming the 'Sway' in Professional Life." Looking into, I discovered it contained an interview with two fellows who recently published "a provocative new book about... Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:20:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.356 Matthew Grant Design Experiential Marketing History Interviewing Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/too_raw_for_web_1.html We're still recovering from Aquent Prom but I felt I'd be doing everyone a disservice if I didn't pass along this CreativePro story on Photoshop's Camera Raw: "Camera Raw comes free with Photoshop, but many people ignore it because of... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:44:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1502 Tim Donnelly Career Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech 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/apparently_the_united_states_i.html Looks like we're in a recession, my fellow Americans (if you happen to live somewhere else, more power to ya!). Home prices are dropping and foreclosures are up. Over 500,000 private sector jobs have evaporated since November 2007. We're even... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:29:52 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.350 Matthew Grant Advertising Careering Content and Content Management Copywriting Design History Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/euro_trash.html Meant as clever tray liners at Burger King in Germany (at least that's where this blogger got them), this series of ads featuring an onion with his pants around his ankles, a sniper attempting to kill an onion (wow,... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:36:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1499 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/i_seo_you.html A nice Adobe / Flash pass along Jenn in our office sent to Flash-related Aquent Talent: Gain more notoriety with your multimedia projects and development via Search engines. Adobe announced the company is teaming up with search industry leaders... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:58:52 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1496 Tim Donnelly Career Design 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/2008/07/aiga_la_goes_ho.html To my home, apparently. The 2008 AIGA Leadership Retreat was held in my home town of Omaha, Nebraska for "three days to connect with and be inspired by other chapters across the country." And it's odd to think of AIGA... Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:25:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1490 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/the_promise_and_peril_of_3d_in.html Back in the days when Second Life was being hyped as the future of the web, Clay Shirky quipped that "3D is a crappy way to search." I totally agree, in part because I've often had the experience of looking... Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:11:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.344 Matthew Grant Agencies Content and Content Management Design Flash Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/07/hows_your_web_presence.html A friend of mine had gotten kind of burnt out at his job and had reached the point where he was pretty much phoning it in. Then one day, he up and decided that, if he was going to continue... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:55:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.341 Matthew Grant Aquent Creativity Design Experiential Marketing Interactive Design New vs Old Media Public Relations http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/the_digital_people_vs_the_trad.html If you're reading this blog, then you probably read this story in ADWEEK, "Agencies Seek the Right Mix." If you didn't read it, the article describes a kind of power shift in agencies from the "traditional creatives" to the "digital... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:29:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.340 Matthew Grant Advertising Agencies Aquent Creativity Design Design Management History Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/how_much_does_your_boss_make.html Aquent and the AIGA, in cooperation with Communication Arts magazine, recently published a survey of design salaries for the US. Aside from showing how much people make in different design roles, it also comes with a handy salary calculator. Analysis... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:54:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.336 Matthew Grant Aquent Careering Design Design Management Talent Talent Spotlight Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/print_to_web.html Just a short post today about a great (starter) article for those people moving from Print Design to Web Design. From a guy who has "been there and done that", Wesley Grubbs, from Pitch Interactive. Let him tell you why... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:35:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1484 Tim Donnelly Design 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/book_designers.html Or, rather, their stock photography images are losing theirs. I guess, only on "chick-lit" novels, according to Gawker. Looks like Light Summer Reading just got lighter!... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1480 Tim Donnelly Books Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/roi_4_u.html I was just reading our HQ blog by Matt Grant and learned our recent Webcast, Web Design for ROI: How Design Impacts the Bottom Line, had a massive draw of 2,000 people sign up. And the slides, featured last... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:00:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1474 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/very_graphic_ne_1.html Lots of graphic related news this week. Most surprisingly,for me anyway, Quark is showcasing its major upgrade, QuarkXPress 8. Called a change that brings the app "into the 21st century" according to Creative Pro the new interface makes it... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:34:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1471 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/06/its_in_the_can.html (From guest Blogger, Jenn Tran): Dr. Fredric J. Baur, the genius that created the patent for the container for Pringles, passed away recently. As part of his last wishes, he wanted his remains to be buried in a Pringles... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:26:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1470 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/why_is_web_design_for_roi_a_ho.html The slides from Aquent's recent webcast featuring Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus were "featured" on slideshare.net last week and have already been viewed over 8000 times. Indeed, we had over 2000 people sign up for the webcast in the first... Wed, 28 May 2008 20:56:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.329 Matthew Grant Aquent Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media Trends Web Analytics 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/back_to_the_fon.html Leave it to the fine folks at CreativePro (Terri Stone in particular) to find this on-line competition, which is like Layer Tennis except with fonts. Creatives go against each other in a "type battle". They start on Monday, end... Fri, 23 May 2008 19:05:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1461 Tim Donnelly Design Games Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/the_great_over.html Leave it to TreeHugger.com to not only cover dumb (and smart) packaging, but to have a commenting readership smart enough to know what ethidium bromide is. Here's the product: And here's the packaging: There's so many people involved in the... Wed, 21 May 2008 20:37:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1457 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog 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/2008/05/your_website_could_be_a_lot_be.html A conversation with Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus Lance Loveday and Sandra Niehaus are the authors of Web Design for ROI, and will be featured in a webcast hosted by Aquent on May 22. Their approach to web design, while... Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.325 Matthew Grant Aquent Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/web_casting_cou.html No, there isn't really such a thing. So if anyone offers you a trip on one, beware. But on the subject of Webcasts, Aquent has two upcoming ones you may be interested in:The first is Managing Your Excel Addiction... Wed, 14 May 2008 20:21:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1444 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/05/design_your_own.html Our good friends over at Kernspiracy are holding a Designer Garage Sale. You can never have enough Pantone books, can you? A great place to pick up those and some tasty bbq. The deadline is Monday if you want to... Fri, 02 May 2008 21:20:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1429 Tim Donnelly Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/deconstructing.html Wouldn't it be neat to design your very own protégé? Or live forever? Now you can do both with AIGA's DESIGNING THE DESIGNER 2015!Well, sort of. AIGA (in partnership with Adobe) are trying to grasp the "skills, education requirements... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:58:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1423 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/start_looking_a_1.html Line that is. No one said working for yourself would be easy (except, of course, Donald Trump), but it does have its perks. Say working close to your toaster. Or learning an awful lot about the personal life of... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:58:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1421 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/do_presentations_bore_you.html I am generally bored by presentations, business, academic, or otherwise. I fidget, I doodle, and my comments or questions tend to fall into the "distracting/sometimes comedic" category. And while I've sat through my share of boring presentations, I will freely... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:43:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.317 Matthew Grant Copywriting Design Events Globalization Trends Viral Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/loyalty_behavio.html You know, IKEA almost had me. Really. That is, until I found the final piece of my daughter's pink MALM 3-drawer chest I was assembling was nicked. And I rang customer service to find out how they wanted to... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:19:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1406 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/xray_specs.html I'm not going to pretend I'm a Web Developer (even though I play one on TV), so when I recommend something like XRAY, a program that lets you peer beneath the skin of any Web page, I can only... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:23:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1395 Tim Donnelly Design Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/a_simply_smashing_resource_for.html Random searching in Google brought me to this site: Smashing Magazine. Created by two German fellows (they live in Germany, anyway), who claim that, "Our aim is to inform our readers about the latest trends and techniques in web-development -... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:44:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.314 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/04/a_break.html Sorry for the massive break in blogging, we had our Q2 Staff Meeting last Thursday (pictures to come), ran our Annual April Fool's Day client newsletter, revamped our ASAP Job List to (hopefully) work better, and took some time... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:35:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1394 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/the_coolest_thing_ever.html Maybe I was just desperate, but, in order to come up with a blog post today, I went to Google and searched for the coolest thing ever. That search led me to this site, Webware, which features, "Cool Web 2.0... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:25:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.309 Matthew Grant Creativity Design New vs Old Media http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/what_is_a_website.html This is a snapshot of Modernista!'s new website. Yes, they are using their Wikipedia page as their homepage (though apparently Wikipedia took it down for a while due to this unconventional usage). They also use Google News for their "news"... Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:46:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.308 Matthew Grant Agencies Branding Design Interactive Design New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/brains_on_brands_part_2_straw.html In Part 1 of our podcast interview with James Intriligator, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales in Bangor, we talked about branding, loyalty, and consumer psychology. In Part 2, we discuss personae and customer motivation, different neuormarketing... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:50:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.305 Matthew Grant Branding Careering Creativity Design Experiential Marketing History Interactive Design Marketing Podcast Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/brands_and_brains_marketing_me.html The other day an SEM specialist told me, "Marketing is a hard science." She said it, at least in part, ironically. "Marketing? A science? Come on! What's next? Fishing?" Marketing may not yet be a hard, or even soft, science.... Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:46:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.304 Matthew Grant Branding Careering Design Experiential Marketing History Interactive Design Marketing New vs Old Media Podcast Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/designer_vs_stylist_a_timeless.html Way back in late 2001, Adam Greenfield published an essay entitled, "The Bathing Ape Has No Clothes (and other notes on the distinction between style and design). In this essay, he posits "problem-solving within constraints" as an essential component of... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:05:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.302 Matthew Grant Creativity Design History Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/03/ron_leland_on_brand_architectu.html Ron Leland of Real Life Brand Architecture is an architect by training, a surfer by vocation, and happens to be the president of the Orange County Chapter of the AIGA. He's an enthusiastic, reflective, and interesting guy who has... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:56:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/thetalentblog//5.301 Matthew Grant Branding Careering Creativity Design Podcast 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/why_ask_y.html Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:33:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1337 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Personal Blogging Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/selling_out_to.html Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:27:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1332 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Ecology Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/02/finally_a_webca.html We've been hosting (with the AMA) quite a few Webcasts for Marketing folks. And while they've been extremely popular, we've yet to have one exclusively for Creatives. Until today, my friend. Well, until February 7th. That's when Aquent and... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:10:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1330 Tim Donnelly Career Design 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/someone_spent_t.html You can't buy anything from this Dutch company's fake Web page, but dang is this funny. Click here and wait a moment to see what happens. HEMA's real storefront is here .... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:10:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1315 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Sales Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/01/nothing_new_und.html You know, I should just give up reading. Because, as you may well know, there are times when you read an article by someone smarter than you and you end up thinking, "Man have I been passing a lot of... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:42:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1313 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2008/01/apple_does_it_a.html Our new iMacs are here and, I may add, they are drop dead gorgeous. True, they are just a computer, but dang it all, a really beautifully designed one. They've been here a week and I'm still waiting for the... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:59:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2008:/butlessaboutme//7.1311 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Personal Blogging Tim's A Day in the Life Blog Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/12/the_largest_and.html I do love that headline. And that's not me, that Communication Arts Magazine's take on their own 14th Interactive Design Competition. Selected by a nationally representative panel of distinguished programmers, interface designers and creative directors, the winning entries will be... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:15:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1294 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/12/oh_the_tangled.html Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:11:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1290 Tim Donnelly Career Design Movies Networking Television Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/small_is_beautiful_or_how_cool.html So here's how things work sometimes. While doing research in preparation for my conversation with William Lunderman, I discovered this interview with him conducted by Debbie Millman. Since her conversation with William tended towards the philosophical, as well as the... Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:18:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.269 Matthew Grant Creativity Design New vs Old Media http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/lose_weight_ask.html Nothing like shedding off those Thanksgiving carbs by indulging in a little after dinner CSS.A List Apart has this terrific post on How To Size Text in CSS. Beats watching the relatives argue. Well my relatives, anyway. (By way... Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:41:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1278 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/11/im_sticking_by.html At home, anyway (hey, I've made it through worse Mac operating systems),but I had to share this banner ad. A good banner ad, who knew? Go to full screen for best effect.... Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:21:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1276 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Sales Web/Tech 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/2007/11/attack_of_the_5.html Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:37:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1264 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Sales http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/spooky_days_hav.html Happy Halloween, ya'll! Hope you have fun, however you celebrate.... We celebrated here by dressing up as Marshall Stallings, our Operations Manager (pictured, left). A few other things for you today: Tip of the video iceberg? Click here check out... Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:13:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1261 Tim Donnelly Design Personal Blogging 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/the_greening_of_graphic_design.html As everyone knows, "Green" is in. Even car manufacturers and oil companies are green! If you are a graphic designer and want to get greener, you may be interested in this blog: 101 Things Designers Can Do to Save the... Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:31:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.257 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Ethics New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/what_to_do_this.html What to do this weekend.... what to do? If you find yourself in between football games or an hour left until your tee time, don't forget you can create a quick Halloween banner for the Aquent Web site. Or Aquafresh... Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:43:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1255 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/dude_looks_like.html Account/Client Services Supervisor, Fulfillment Project Manager, Sr. Designer, RFP Specialist, Production Artist, Traffic Manager, Web Project Manager / Producer, Production Artist, Sr. Designer Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:23:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1254 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/101707.html Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:15:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1251 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2007/10/101207.html THIS WEEK'S POSITIONS: Project Manager Jr. Production Artist Global Brand Manager Interactive Account Supervisor Sr. Graphic Designer Web Page Production Artist Web Project Manager UI Designer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSITION: Project Manager TERMS: Freelance-to-Permanent (On-Site) MUST HAVES!: 2 to 3 years of... Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:05:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1247 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/the_final_cut.html Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:46:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1245 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/10/10307.html Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:15:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1238 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/92807.html Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:28:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1235 Tim Donnelly Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/an_aquent_podcast_miniseries_c_2.html In this third and final installment of our podcast mini-series, we speak with Carol Burke, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at AMN Healthcare. Carol discusses how she makes sure that her team is using the marketing channels most preferred... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:07:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.248 Matthew Grant Aquent Branding Careering Copywriting Design Design Management In-House Interactive Design Marketing Management Podcast http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/an_aquent_podcast_miniseries_c_1.html In this episode, I speak with Jim Hauptman, Creative Director and Managing Editor at LL Bean. Jim addresses the complexities of "multi-channel" marketing, an approach that seeks to leverage the specific advantages of diverse channels, as opposed to "multiple channel"... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:42:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.247 Matthew Grant Aquent Copywriting Creativity Design Design Management In-House Interactive Design Marketing Marketing Management Podcast http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/an_aquent_podcast_miniseries_c.html In conjunction with the webcast we're presenting today, I interviewed a few folks we work with and asked them how they coordinate their marketing messages and programs across a variety of media from print to web and beyond. I then... Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:29:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.246 Matthew Grant Aquent Branding Copywriting Creativity Design Design Management In-House Marketing Management Podcast http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/now_thats_smart.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:12:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1233 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Marketing Sales Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/92607.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:49:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1231 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/92107.html Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:38:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1228 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/91907.html Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:26:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1224 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/91407.html Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:53:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1222 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/91307.html Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1221 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/so_much_for_the.html Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1218 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/you_can_never_b.html Or Too Well Connected? In early June Adobe announced users of their Reader and Acrobat software would see a button on their toolbar which would allow users to send documents to FedEx Kinkos instantly. Apparently, this move wasn't well viewed... Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:14:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1217 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/9708.html Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:22:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1216 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/not_a_flash_in.html If you're thinking about improving your Flash skills, then you might want to start bugging your boss now for two days off in October. That's when FITC Hollywood, the Rich Media Entertainment Festival will be happening in Universal City.... Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:05:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1215 Tim Donnelly Career Design Film Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/09/9608.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:42:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1214 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting 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/2007/08/83107.html Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:55:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1210 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/shook_me_all_da.html AIGA OC and Adobe are presenting OC/DC, a one-day CS3 training Saturday, Sept. 22nd down in (where else?) Orange County. If you're unable to Aquent Graphics Institute's three-day CS3 event in LA on September 11-13 (I can pass along... Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:41:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1209 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/082907.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:15:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1207 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/book_club.html I love reading and yet, sadly, my work-related reading takes a back seat to my personal reading (case in point, my summer reading included Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Water for Elephants,and Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain. That... Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:46:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1206 Tim Donnelly Books Design Marketing Weblogs 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/2007/08/its_all_semanti.html Post by guest blogger Becky Mohr (who just relocated from LA to our Northern Virginia office. *sniff!*) I’ll bet you never thought the Los Angeles design community could learn something from the Washington, D.C. design community, but I’m here to... Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:52:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1200 Tim Donnelly Career Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/82207.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1199 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/im_just_that_breed_of_cat.html A passion for visual communication "of any sort," an "inner sense of professionalism," and a sincere interest in "people asking me to do something new," characterize Betty W., who has been working through Aquent for the better part of 10... Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:28:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.230 Matthew Grant Careering Design Talent Talent Spotlight http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/81707.html Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:02:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1196 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/81007.html Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:47:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1195 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/you_me_cs3.html Oh the promises of CS3! Smoother layout and production workflow,new Find/Replace capabilities, and importation of multiple files at the same time... Problem is, how the heck are you going to learn all the new bells and whistles when you actually... Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:01:11 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1193 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/8807.html Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:04:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1188 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/the_great_divide_marketing_and.html Please take a second and visit Aquent.com. I'll wait. Thanks for coming back! Now, based on the homepage, what is it you think we do? Specifically, is it clear that we place so-called, "creatives" - designers, print production artists, writers,... Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:40:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.227 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/in_defense_of_competitive_desi.html In typical blogging-daisy-chain fashion, I found out via whosucks.com that the folks at Coming Anarchy had posted this new logo for the Japanese Ministry of Defence. Aside from the strange Web 2.0 look and the utter lack of any... Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:46:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.226 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/8307.html Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:08:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1186 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/08/8207.html Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:01:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1184 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Music Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/72707.html Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:16:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1181 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/72507.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:01:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1178 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/like_a_round_pe.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:10:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1176 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Sales Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/72007.html Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:12:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1174 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech 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/2007/07/71307.html Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:31:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1171 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/career_voyeurism_see_where_cre.html First of all, have I ever mentioned how consistently impressed I am with ADVERTISINGLAB, the self-proclaimed "blog on the future of advertising technology"? Well, if I haven't, let me just say for the record that I find this blog consistently... Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:09:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.221 Matthew Grant Careering Creativity Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/7607.html Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:16:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1168 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/07/iphone_in_the_n.html Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:51:12 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1166 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/62907.html Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:01:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1165 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/062807.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:37:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1163 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/are_you_mocking.html Let no one say we have boring direct mail.... Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:05:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1160 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/62207_1.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:23:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1158 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/62207.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:06:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1155 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech 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/2007/06/61507.html Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:56:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1151 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/the_iphone_and_the_eclipse_of.html The New York Times published an article yesterday on the significance of Apple creating the iPhone without a physical keyboard. While some may find this foolhardy - apparently humans have grown use to the responsiveness afforded by pressing keys with... Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:10:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.210 Matthew Grant Design Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/creative_sweet.html Okay, Creative Suite 3. Aquent's sponsoring another free Webcast with the American Marketing Association on Creative Suite 3's New Capabilities on June 28th (two days before my birthday, in case you're wondering). This will be a Marketer-centric presentation, highlighting Adobe's... Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:33:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1149 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/61307.html Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:32:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1147 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2007/06/i_put_a_spell_o.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:38:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1145 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Sales Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/art_from_error_actionscript_2.html Here's a strange but cool use of Actionscript. It's called glich-gen and, as the name would suggest, uses glitches in image files to generate very curious patterns accompanied by unsettling ambient noises. (Thanks to the folks at turbulence.org for... Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:19:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.207 Matthew Grant Design Flash Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/6707.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:20:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1142 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/can_your_logo_d.html Apparently the logo for the 2012 Olympics (to be held in London) is so bad that it causes epileptic seizures. Okay, that's stretching the point, but even without the medical complaints, the logo has very few fans. Except, of course,... Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:05:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1140 Tim Donnelly Design Games Marketing Sports Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/clean_with_a_tw.html When did cleaning your house become such a high-end, eco-friendly, well-designed task? First Method flew under the radar to rank as the 7th fastest growing private company in the US (according to Inc. Magazine) and now Twist, who is... Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:05:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1138 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/06/6107.html Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:57:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1136 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/053007.html Wed, 30 May 2007 19:06:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1134 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/in_briefs.html Wed, 30 May 2007 18:47:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1132 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Sales 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/2007/05/52507.html Fri, 25 May 2007 19:44:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1129 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/icons_for_the_igeneration.html Brought to you by our Guest Blogger, Nomi. The word "icon" comes from the Greek word "eikon," meaning "image. " Put simply, an icon is an image, picture, or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it.... Fri, 25 May 2007 19:30:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.198 Matthew Grant Design History Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/52407.html Thu, 24 May 2007 16:51:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1128 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/ban_all_brainstorming.html Richard at adliterate really hates brainstorming. He believes it is the enemy of creativity and a time-wasting generator of bad ideas. I think he's got a point. What do you think? Image courtesy of ambientfusion.... Thu, 24 May 2007 13:14:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.197 Matthew Grant Creativity Design Design Management 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/first_ever_aquent_podcast_talk.html Following last week's AMA webcast, Successful Creative Briefs: Linking Business Objectives and Creative Strategies, sponsored by Aquent, we convened a virtual roundtable to continue the discussion of best practices in producing effective creative briefs. Our panelists were: Andy Epstein -... Mon, 21 May 2007 20:40:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.195 Matthew Grant Design Design Management In-House Podcast http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/fabulous_design_and_fabricated.html Pete Mortensen, on the Cult of Mac section of Wired's blog, wrote a head-shaking post describing how an academic journal was beaten down by the secrecy surrounding Apple's design group and their ultra-esoteric process for creating great products. Of course,... Sat, 19 May 2007 13:59:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.193 Matthew Grant Design Ethics Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/51807.html Fri, 18 May 2007 21:27:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1124 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/meat_well_done.html Whether you agree with the content or not, The Meatrix site certainly deserves the accolades it's been given (a Webby, SXSW Film Festival Award, Web Marketing Assoc. Award, and more). This campaign is well tied together complete with a good... Fri, 18 May 2007 21:26:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1123 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/cre8_conference.html Aquent's Marketing Director just sent over some pictures from the Aquent Graphics Institute's well-attended CRE8 Conference in Florida last week. Since I'm guessing I can't run the Mickey Mouse ones without trademark infringement, I'll post some other ones. Not sure... Wed, 16 May 2007 21:10:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1121 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/51607.html Wed, 16 May 2007 18:46:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1119 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/webcast_featuri.html First off, you should read this post while listening to The Dub Pistol's version of Blondie's Rapture (choice 05 on their MySpace page). Though it has nothing to do with the free Webcast we're helping host, “Successful Creative Briefs: Linking... Fri, 11 May 2007 20:42:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1116 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Music Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/51107.html Fri, 11 May 2007 20:20:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1115 Tim Donnelly Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/when_is_a_mug_n.html When it's a stringed instrument. Just got this insert with my last Snapfish order. Read the copy carefully. More carefully than their Proofreaders, I mean. If you could perfect the coffee mug that transforms into a viola when you add... Thu, 10 May 2007 18:13:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1114 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/5907.html Wed, 09 May 2007 19:32:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1111 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/5407_1.html Fri, 04 May 2007 20:40:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1108 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech 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/usercentered_design_accept_no.html Brought to you by our Guest Blogger, Nomi. Terms like "user design" and "user-centered" design date back to the 1970's. They have their origins in a progressive, politically forward-thinking movement intent on involving the needs, wants, and preferences of the... Fri, 04 May 2007 17:33:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.185 Matthew Grant Blogging Design Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/05/5407.html Fri, 04 May 2007 14:27:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1106 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting 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/2007/04/42707.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:35:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1101 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/design_that_caters_to_a_niche.html Brought to you by our Guest Blogger, Nomi. Amazon had been seeking to up its presence in cutting edge fashion for a while, but their brand was considered too diverse to attract the selective and hard-to-win fashionista consumer. Amazon was... Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:08:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.181 Matthew Grant Design Interactive Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/air_your_dirty.html Legitimate Package Rip Off or Market Share Hogging? YOU DECIDE! A small organic plant food company, TerraCycle, is being sued by Scotts Miracle-Grow who claims the upstart's packaging too closely resembles its Miracle-Grow product line and that it is making... Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:16:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1100 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Marketing Personal Blogging Science Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/science_and_design.html In December I wrote a post about an eye-tracking study conducted by the folks at MarketingSherpa in conjunction with their research partners at eyetools. That study showed that readers of HTML e-mails would click on almost anything and almost... Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:06:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.180 Matthew Grant Copywriting Design Interactive Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/portfolio_revie.html Thought I'd let you know about this Aquent sponsored happening as it's next week! Please use the RSVP address on the invite below if you want to have your book reviewed. Even if you don't want your book reviewed, feel... Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:31:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1098 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/42507.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:17:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1097 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/42007.html Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:58:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1094 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/experience_design_an_exercise.html Brought to you by our Guest Blogger, Nomi. As a designer, have you ever thought that the life of your design has only just begun when your work is "done"? First, you are designing a thing: a product, process, page,... Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:27:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.176 Matthew Grant Blogging Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/41807.html Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:44:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1091 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/camps_for_coder.html Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:10:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1090 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training Web/Tech 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/2007/04/field_trip_to_the_jelly_bean_f.html Brought to you by First Official Guest Blogger, Nomi. Within the constellation of stellar design talent working today, what sets a true innovator apart? One way to define design innovation is that it goes beyond aesthetic appeal or even functionality... Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:00:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.173 Matthew Grant Blogging Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/41207.html Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:10:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1087 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/artistic_underw.html Or Creative Briefs, if you will. Aquent, along with the American Marketing Association, is sponsoring a free Web seminar on using creative briefs to link business objectives and creative strategies. Leading the talk will be Emily Cohen, a Creative Consultant... Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:56:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1086 Tim Donnelly Career Design Sales Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/who_needs_portfolio_advice.html While following a link about pencils made from human ash, or, "cremains", I stumbled across this post by Ben Garfinkel, Creative Director at Vancouver's Industrial Brand Creative. [Warning: Their Flash site is cool but slightly disturbing.] In said post, he... Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:01:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.170 Matthew Grant Careering Design Resumes http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/play_along_at_h.html Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:45:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1083 Tim Donnelly Career Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/40607.html Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:38:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1082 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/brownie_points.html Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:57:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1081 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Design Food and Drink Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/40507_1.html Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:14:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1080 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/40507.html Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:14:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1079 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/04/celebrate_passo.html Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:36:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1076 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/little_dis_orga.html I was speaking with our new Account Director, Diana, this morning about getting organized around the office. She asked me about syncing cell phones with the office Now-Up-To-Date calendar, not realizing that I almost never use my cell phone except... Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:18:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1074 Tim Donnelly Career Design Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/33007.html Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:54:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1073 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/csiii_los_angel.html Well, in case you hadn't heard, last night Adobe revealed their Creative Suite 3 package in New York, which they shared to the whole world via webcast. (Okay, some of the people in Papua, New Guinea were doing something else.)... Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:24:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1071 Tim Donnelly Career Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/32807.html Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:23:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1069 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/marketing_vs_creative.html Aquent got its start in "creative" staffing. Back then we were called MacTemps and our stock in trade was connecting businesses with creative types who could use the Mac to do desktop publishing. As time went by, we expanded out... Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:55:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.161 Matthew Grant Careering Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/i_journal_you_j.html We all journal for the Wall Street Journal! You're probably now painfully aware why I was kicked out of the Campus Copywriters Club. The Wall Street Journal is running a new ad campaign, Every Journey needs a Journal, which focuses... Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:33:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1068 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/a_pickle_a_day.html (From guest Aquent blogger Becky) Well it’s real. Yep, doctors and sports nutritionists are now telling us that Pickle Juice is actually good for us. And someone has already begun to capitalize on it: Pickle Juice Sport What’s even more... Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:17:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1067 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Health and Fitness Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/32307.html Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:56:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1066 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/code_name_apoll.html Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:28:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1065 Tim Donnelly Career Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/32107.html Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:25:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1062 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/csiii_adobe.html On March 27th, Adobe will be offering a Webcast of their Creative Suite 3 launch in New York. There will be long speeches, bad musical acts, and on the red carpet Joan Rivers will be desperately trying to be funny.... Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:50:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1061 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/provocation_by_design.html If you are currently pursuing a career in design, then you might want to read a recent post by Bruce Nussbaum over at Business Week Online entitled, "Are Designers The Enemy Of Design?" Aside from the provocative question of the... Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:03:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.155 Matthew Grant Design New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/31607.html Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:18:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1058 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/more_thoughts_on_design_thinki.html I'm a latecomer and a slow learner. My thoughts on "design thinking" began as a reaction to something written by Dan Saffer of Adaptive Path. Little did I know as I was penning my post entitled, "Thinking about 'Design Thinking,'"... Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:37:25 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.152 Matthew Grant Design Interactive Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/31407.html Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:54:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1056 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/design_thinking_and_the_serend.html I had never really thought about "design thinking" until I read the blog post at Adaptive Path that led me to write my last post. The funny thing is that as I started to research the concept, I noticed that... Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:40:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.151 Matthew Grant Blogging Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/030907.html Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:28:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1052 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/your_big_pictur.html Fri, 09 Mar 2007 19:25:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1051 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/thinking_about_design_thinking.html I subscribe to the feed from Adaptive Path's blog because, as they say here in Boston, the people who work there are "wicked smaht." As a result, and thanks to the magic of RSS feedings, I spotted this impassioned plea... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:41:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.150 Matthew Grant Blogging Design Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/are_bloggers_di.html Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:28:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1050 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/30707.html Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:07:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1048 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/why_youll_still.html Even though Adobe has plans to take the application on-line, it's going to be a scaled-down version. Part of their plan to compete with similar Internet-delivered services offered by Google and Microsoft. I mean, did you really think you were... Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:55:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1047 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/03/3207.html Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:45:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1044 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/22807.html Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:29:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1040 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/22307.html Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:19:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1037 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/your_design_is.html It may be a hard road to try and convince your client to use recycled paper, minimal packaging, and soy-based inks the way Chris Hacker, former Creative Director for the ultra-eco Aveda, does (he showed us how last year at... Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:53:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1036 Tim Donnelly Career Design Ecology Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/22107.html Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:57:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1033 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/how_to_get_the.html And I'm not talking cookies and lunch. This month's issue of Dynamic Graphics has an article on getting the most out of your relationship with a creative placement agency, whether you are a Client or a Talent. It's quite good... Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:45:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1032 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/21607.html Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:41:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1029 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/21407.html Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:34:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1025 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/a_really_really.html Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:15:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1024 Tim Donnelly Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/hole_foods.html Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:35:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1023 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Marketing Personal Blogging http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/2907.html Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:03:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1021 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/2707.html Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:10:18 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1018 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/swimming_lesson.html Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:22:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1017 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/2207.html Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:02:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1015 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/2_fers.html Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:07:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1013 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/02/insert_obscene.html And here. And here. Insert them in over 10 cities on little electronic billboards as a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon, then watch the bomb squad show up thinking they're going to explode. Turns out the marketing campaign... Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:24:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1012 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/13107.html Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:28:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1011 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/like_chocolate.html Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:20:08 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1009 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/web_20_versus_cicero.html Sad to say, even though I have PhD from an Ivy League university, I never learned Latin. So, when looking at some layouts for a newsletter the other day, I was trying to decipher the greeking, and failed. The words... Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:23:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.136 Matthew Grant Design New vs Old Media Trends http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/designing_careers_the_move_int.html Erin Malone, editor emeritus for the awesome online journal for information architects, Boxes and Arrows, wrote an interesting essay on the lessons she learned when moving from the role of designer to manager of a design organization. This is recommended... Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:27:39 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.131 Matthew Grant Careering Design Talent http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/12407.html Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:24:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.1002 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/11907.html Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:03:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.998 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/the_dancing_men.html And so are the tattoos and high kicking sheep, but every time I click to articles from the New York Times to the Sacramento Bee, there they are, incredibly excited because mortgage rates have dropped to an all time low.... Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:46:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.997 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Sales Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/11707.html Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:11:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.995 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/good_design_should_speak_for_i.html "Art school taught me that design's not just about making something beautiful; it's about taking something beautiful and turning it into a clear message." I was speaking with a talent represented by Aquent's Detroit office, Dan Koenig, who recently took... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:00:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/thetalentblog//5.128 Matthew Grant Aquent Design Interactive Design Talent http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/11207.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:12:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.993 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/from_your_mouth.html An interesting post from my blogging cohort Matt Grant at Aquent HQ on word-of-mouth marketing. It has all the earmarks of posting greatness: Viral marketing, chocolate, and Yanni! What's not to love?... Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:00:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.991 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/11007.html Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:25:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.989 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2007/01/1507.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:49:20 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2007:/butlessaboutme//7.987 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/12/122206.html Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:22:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.981 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/kuler_than_you.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:48:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.979 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/122006.html Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:52:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.977 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/in_all_its_glor.html Thanks for patiently waiting for the office pictures. First we had to actually finish working on the dang place, now all we have to do is figure out how to turn the A/C off. (It's currently a balmy 60 degrees... Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:44:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.975 Tim Donnelly Design Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/121506.html Fri, 15 Dec 2006 21:55:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.974 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/121306.html Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:14:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.972 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Games Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/duck_season_rab.html Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:09:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.970 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Sales Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/12806.html Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:11:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.968 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/dont_know_what.html And so much of it is gone, too. Internet access. Phones. Ethernet. Airports. It's been a rough move, folks. Though from what I gather from other people, this is to be expected when you change offices. We've seen cablers, AT&T... Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:56:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.967 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/12106.html Fri, 01 Dec 2006 21:25:52 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.964 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/12/a_wealth_of_inf.html Things that scare me: The LA Weekly, cable offerings in the 500+ channel range, Leatherman Knives, Russian stacking dolls, and scores by Philip Glass. In other words anything that contains a myriad of other things within it. So many things,... Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:35:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.963 Tim Donnelly Books Design Marketing Web/Tech Weblogs 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/2006/11/111706.html Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:47:49 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.954 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/direct_mail_on.html Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:57:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.952 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Sales http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/111506.html Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:22:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.950 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/11/typererrific.html Mon, 13 Nov 2006 21:58:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.948 Tim Donnelly Books Design Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/111006.html Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:39:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.947 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/quark_says_sorr.html Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:20:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.946 Tim Donnelly Cars Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/110806.html Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:34:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.943 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/like_yesterday.html Seems like it was only yesterday I was listening to Tom Davenport describing Marketing Analytics on an Aquent/AMA Webinar. But it wasn't yesterday, it was last week. I've simply got to get a 2006 calendar. And now tomorrow Aquent's... Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:51:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.942 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Sales Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/in_your_design.html Seems like it's been awhile since we've talked about the Quark vs. InDesign debate. Probably because last time we did someone threw a bottle at somebody else. So on this much calmer post we'll be speaking to just those of... Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:52:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.940 Tim Donnelly Books Career Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/110306.html Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:13:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.939 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Marketing Marketing Technology Recruiting Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/aquent_20_blogs.html Looks like I've got company in the Aquent blogosphere. Finally. Honestly, I was feeling a bit lonely. Next month we'll be revealing (uncovering? unveiling?) our new Website. As a part of that rollout, Matt Grant, Aquent's resident Minister of Enlightenment,... Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:53:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.938 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Networking Recruiting Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/its_funny_cause.html If you work anywhere in the creative world, guaranteed then you've overheard the conversations this blog. These are the things that Account Execs say to Clients, Clients say to Designers, and Copywriters say aloud when they think no one is... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 20:48:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.937 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/11/110106.html Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:55:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.934 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/102706.html Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:56:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.930 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/mac_goes_the_go.html Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:51:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.929 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/102506.html Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:38:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.924 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/102006.html Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:14:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.921 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/were_looking_fo.html If you've been hearing a lot about Flash lately (and hearing and hearing and hearing), that's because it is a very in demand skill these days. Anyone who thinks I'm just making up this stuff as I go along (Mom...),... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:07:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.920 Tim Donnelly Books Career Design Games Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/snipes_hunting.html Honestly, if you're waiting to see how the Wesley Snipes tax fraud case turns out, it could be awhile. CNN reports he's alive and well and filming in Namibia (which has no extradition treaty with the US), so it could... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:10:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.918 Tim Donnelly Career Celebrities Current Affairs Design Movies Training http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/in_honor_of_des.html We've revamped our blog's design. Okay, I did it, personally. Fact is, I was getting a little oranged-out. So I dusted off my design skills (such as they are) and hacked away a lot of orange. The floor looked like... Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:30:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.917 Tim Donnelly Design Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/101806.html Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:38:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.915 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/10/101306.html Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:28:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.911 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting 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/2006/10/i_thought_you_m.html Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:26:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.908 Tim Donnelly Career Current Affairs Design Marketing Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/101106.html Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:00:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.906 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/im_not_a_flash.html You know, I must have said that 26 times at the FITC Rich Entertainment Festival on Saturday and it never got a laugh. I think it was my timing. No, I did not attend any of the seminars, as they... Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:49:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.905 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/flash_ah_ah.html If you're a Flashee (not a Flasher, I'm guessing) we may be seeing you in luscious North Hollywood tomorrow. Yes, the Flash Festival has begun! FITC Rich Entertainment Festival, to be exact. You can still get into tomorrow's events if... Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:32:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.904 Tim Donnelly Career Design Film Games Networking Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/10606_2.html Fri, 06 Oct 2006 20:29:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.903 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/10/10406.html Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:32:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.900 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/092906.html Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:37:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.896 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting 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/2006/09/92706.html Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:38:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.891 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/92206_1.html Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:21:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.888 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/92206.html Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:23:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.886 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/as_in_free_to_b.html I'm sorry to throw in a Marlo Thomas reference so late in the day, but I just had coffee. But I'm sure you'll be danged glad Marlo and Friends will not be at the FREE Adobe Flash Seminar next week... Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:20:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.885 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/aquent_in_in_yo.html Apparently the Aquent Cow Mailer is on the move. Again. Seems our summer mailer went on a few trips which we talked about here, but now it seems he's on MySpace garnishing comments galore. On MySpace he makes it very... Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:48:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.883 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Travel http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/91506_1.html Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:26:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.881 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting 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/2006/09/91506.html Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:19:17 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.878 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/another_marketi.html On the heels (or hooves) of the Aquent Cow mailing featured here, here, and here, it's the Aquent Beach Ball! It's fun, it's inflatable, and now it's got its own accolades! From September's DUH! Marketing Awards Newsletter (one of our... Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:00:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.876 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/90806_1.html Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:09:05 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.874 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/90806.html Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:43:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.873 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/but_you_have_to.html We just got the coolest piece of swag, Aquent branded Silly Putty! I mean does it get better than that? It's kicks the proverbial butt of those squeezy balls because, let's face it, a lot of us remember a time... Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:11:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.871 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Networking Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/09/plugging_away.html Meeting with Spencer and everyone at Kernspiracy last night generated tons of good ideas (as usual), and I'm sure everyone left with little notebooks full of magazines they need to read, blog they need to comment on, and beers they... Thu, 07 Sep 2006 20:43:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.870 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Networking Web/Tech 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/2006/09/90106.html Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.867 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/082506.html Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.859 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/081806.html Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:44:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.851 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/08/081606.html Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.849 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/08/81106_1.html Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:10:22 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.844 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/old_marketing_n.html If we thought the Aquent Cow had great legs (in more than one way), check out these 1970s TV spots promoting Duluth, Minnesota, from Telly Savalas, Skipper and Gilligan,and Al Franken pre-Air America. (Especially the Savalas one. Apparently they're still... Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:34:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.843 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Design Marketing Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/81106.html Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:05:31 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.841 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/adobe_recommend.html You know when the software company who makes the product recommends a training site for it (a free one), you might as well pop over and have a look. Lucky for you, that's just what Adobe did in a recent... Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:40:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.838 Tim Donnelly Career Design Training Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/i_cannot_give_y.html Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:26:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.837 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/8406_1.html Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:23:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.836 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/8406.html Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:56:23 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.834 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/cow_reloaded.html Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:46:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.833 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/08/car_talk.html We don't have enough to do in our car. It's a fact. Though navigating a 2,500 pound vehicle through the streets of Los Angeles might seem daunting to some (my mother for instance), it gets old fast when you live... Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:44:14 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.831 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/the_house_that.html I don't normally post about things that scare me (disembodied hands, lunch meat at the 99 Cents Only store, Amway representatives) but this was too creepy not to post. But someone (robertreedfan32, specifically) has recreated the Brady Bunch house in... Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:09:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.830 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Design History Television http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/holy_cow.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:24:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.829 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/72806_1.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:14:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.828 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/72806.html Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:53:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.826 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/reflections_on.html Or advertising reflecting on you, as it were. If you thought ads in elevators from Captivate Network were too much, read on. From Addirect, a UK outdoor media company, has developed a way to project multiple ads inside a bathroom... Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:46:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.824 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/hazy_marketing.html Sometimes a product is in such bad taste you can't really joke about it. Which takes half the fun out of looking at new products, doesn't it? One such mirth-buster was released in May of this year, Hendrix Electric Vodka.... Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:14:19 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.822 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/72106_1.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:15:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.821 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/72106.html Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:30:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.819 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/adobe_roadies.html Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:50:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.817 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/71406_1.html Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:23:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.814 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/mcbillboard_me.html If you're one of those people who tries to order your logo-emblazoned Egg McMuffin sandwich at 2pm and your Big Mac at 8am, then the folks at Leo Burnett have got the billboard for you. This danged clever billboard is... Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:12:30 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.813 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/71406.html Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:47:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.811 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/070706_1.html Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:24:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.807 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/070706.html Fri, 07 Jul 2006 18:04:37 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.805 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/07/bump_door_bell.html Many years ago I went back home and the above words were on a sign on the front door of my parent's house. My wife finally figured out that the doorbell was broken and we should knock.Turned out the sign... Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:57:10 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.804 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/063006.html Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:34:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.800 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/63006.html Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:57:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.798 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/06/062306.html Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:03:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.792 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Web/Tech 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/botulism_is_for.html There's this hilarious Simpsons episode where Homer keeps eating the same giant sandwich over a matter of weeks. Though many people might think this only happens to cartoon characters, my brother continued to visit and eat a large sandwich in... Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:50:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.789 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/potatoes_carrot.html What's so compelling about a company that makes potato mashers and vegetable peelers? From the outside, nothing. But then again OXO International revolutionized the kitchen tools industry. A terrific article from the LA Times is, sadly, lost somewhere in their... Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:32:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.788 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/060906.html Thu, 08 Jun 2006 20:29:45 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.785 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design 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/2006/06/060206_1.html Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:45:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.780 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/060206.html Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:06:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.778 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/heroes_and_vill.html Okay, so I ate at Subway. Here's the thing, though, I don't feel guilty about eating at Subway. Is it because of their health conscious branding? Hmm, could be. As healthy a place as everyone thinks it is, once you... Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:53:38 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.777 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Food and Drink Marketing Sports http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/06/reduce_reuse_re.html You may (or may not) be surprised to learn I use a PC at home. (collective gasp) Though a Mac user at work, I grew up with both and chose the cheaper option when buying a home computer (shut up,... Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:43:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.776 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/a_quark_of_fate.html In the never ending (we hope) saga of Quark versus InDesign, Quark rolled out its version 7 of the product last week in NY. [On a side note: Why not LA? What's wrong with LA?] I don't take sides (because... Wed, 31 May 2006 20:44:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.775 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/the_iceman_blog.html This story is not true, yet it's still compelling... Southern Iraq (AP) -- Scientists have discovered what they believe to be the first blog created by ancient man. Uncovered in what is now southern Iraq and what was once the... Tue, 30 May 2006 20:37:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.774 Tim Donnelly Design History Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/52606.html Fri, 26 May 2006 20:10:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.773 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Weblogs 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/2006/05/052606.html Fri, 26 May 2006 16:44:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.770 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/portfolio_revie.html Tue, 23 May 2006 21:37:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.768 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/051906_1.html Fri, 19 May 2006 20:29:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.765 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/051906.html Fri, 19 May 2006 17:34:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.763 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/05/051206_1.html Fri, 12 May 2006 18:14:33 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.757 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/051206.html Fri, 12 May 2006 13:46:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.755 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/05/psst_wanna_work.html Tue, 09 May 2006 20:54:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.752 Tim Donnelly Career Design Job Posting Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/050506_1.html Fri, 05 May 2006 20:02:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.750 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/05/050506.html Fri, 05 May 2006 18:21:12 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.747 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/042806_1.html Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:54:07 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.743 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/thats_just_what.html Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:06:21 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.742 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/042806.html Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:21:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.740 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/042006_1.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:01:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.734 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/042006.html Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:32:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.733 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing 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/applying_to_the.html We probably get more calls per day about applying to Aquent than any others. So, I've decided to make it easy for anyone to navigate the Aquent site by including some instruction here. The confusing thing about the Aquent.com site... Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:19:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.730 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/041306.html Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:35:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.725 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/04/040706_1.html Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:57:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.720 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/040706.html Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:34:43 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.718 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/in_other_softwa.html Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:41:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.716 Tim Donnelly Career Current Affairs Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/04/russian_stackin.html Mon, 03 Apr 2006 20:50:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.714 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Movies http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/33106.html Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:44:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.712 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/040106.html Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:47:48 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.710 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/the_governments.html Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:34:58 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.707 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/032406_1.html Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:57:04 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.704 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/032406.html Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:33:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.703 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/31706_1.html Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:34:47 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.697 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/flashers.html A few of us went Wednesday night to LA Flash's 3rd Anniversary and JobStock '06 (you can see a picture of Karin and the back of Regina if you need proof) and it was a whole lot of all right.... Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:03:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.696 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/31706.html Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:28:13 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.694 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/less_is_more.html It's 2, 2, 2 billboards in one! Maximizing the use of space in Koreatown.... Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:59:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.691 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/031006.html Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:55:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.687 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/31006.html Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:35:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.685 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/dance_the_freel.html Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:59:15 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.684 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech Weblogs 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/2006/03/im_not_taking_s.html Let's face it, there is a long history of versus in the world of graphic design: PC vs. Mac. Quark vs. InDesign. Windows vs. Mac OS. Shirt vs. Skins. (That last one is the bitterest of rivalries.) My friend just... Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:07:32 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.681 Tim Donnelly Design Marketing Religion Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/030306.html Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:03:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.678 Tim Donnelly Career Current Hot Jobs Design Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/03/30306.html Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:54:24 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.676 Tim Donnelly Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/22406.html Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:33:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.668 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech 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/2006/02/21706.html Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:16:40 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.660 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/21006.html Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:20:36 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.652 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/hacks_all_hacks.html One of the great things about working with Drea Silva is that she is endlessly connected to the Internet. So I can get IMs at my desk from her phone when she's stuck in traffic (she says she's at red... Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:35:16 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.650 Tim Donnelly Design Ecology Film Web/Tech Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/020306.html Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:54:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.643 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/02/from_bad_to_wor.html I don't know about the rest of America, but an important part of staving off colds/flu/voodoo hexes in Los Angeles is by drinking thousands upon thousands of milligrams of Vitamin C in the form of Emergen-C. I'm not quite sure... Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:28:27 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.642 Tim Donnelly Celebrities Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/get_your_green.html One of the amazing things about the Internet and search engines (besides proving me wrong at parties), is how quickly you can find something you've been pondering on your commute. Say, thoughts about brake lights for the front of cars... Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:37:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.639 Tim Donnelly Current Affairs Design Ecology Marketing Science Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/12706.html Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:10:57 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.636 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/cheapless_than.html Sure, you could pony up the dough to attend the upcoming FLASHFORWARD 2006 in Seattle or you could attend a great (and much less expensive) two-day Flash 8 Workshop this Friday and Saturday run by the folks at LA Flash... Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:50:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.632 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/the_a_team.html Tawanna Thai Restaurant, just down the street from us, is apparently sick of their old image. People in my office flocked there when they opened. And when anyone brought back their Drunkard's Noodles, it never failed to make my Hebrew... Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:29:55 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.630 Tim Donnelly Career Design Food and Drink Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/12006.html Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:56:09 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.628 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech Weblogs 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/last_day_to_fla.html Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:56:41 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.624 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/eventfull.html Man, there are a lot of events this Wednesday. Seems like everyone wants to get 2006 started with a bang. IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Los Angeles is holding a luncheon this Wednesday at Toyota down in Torrance. UPDATE:... Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:36:53 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.622 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/flash_of_the_ti.html LA Flash along with Almer/Blank are offering a two-day workshop with Flash Bible author Robert Reinhardt covering features and functionality of Flash 8. It's about the cost of a UCLA Extension class ($425), but obviously, taught by someone who knows... Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:50:02 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.621 Tim Donnelly Career Design Networking Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/11306.html Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:01:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.616 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/my_two_cents.html Oh, yes, and don't forget that as of this morning, your 37 cent stamp will need a booster shot. Check out USPS's new 39 and 2 cent stamps. Wow, the Statue of Liberty and Navajo Jewelry.Tell me why, again, our... Mon, 09 Jan 2006 22:36:35 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.613 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/secret_sharer.html It's easy to get lost in LA, even with a Thomas Bros. Guide. But woe is the lone Designer working at a small company without the creative support (I mean, besides whatever is playing on their iPod). There's a new... Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:01:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.612 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Networking http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2006/01/10606.html Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:11:34 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2006:/butlessaboutme//7.610 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/122305.html Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:32:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.601 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/the_adobe_strik.html While the rest of the country may be discussing Google and the fate of Craigslist, the big news in our own back yard is Adobe acquiring Macromedia. Or is it? There is a veritable vacuum of information both from the... Wed, 21 Dec 2005 20:38:42 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.600 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/site_for_sore_e.html The new Web site is here! The new Web site is here! I honestly think our Developers have been working in their jammies, because we keep getting all our interfaces updated. That whole team has been working night and day... Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:09:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.599 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/miss_spell_2006.html Wow, Heather Hamilton, Blogger and Recruiter over at Microsoft has a lot to say about spelling errors on resumes. And you should believe her. It's one thing to not double check spelling errors in IMs or even e-mails, but when... Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:46:50 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.598 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/121605.html Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:37:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.595 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/intensive_onlin.html Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:39:54 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.593 Tim Donnelly Career Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/12/120205.html Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:57:03 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.583 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/let_the_party_s.html What would the holidays be without parties? Staff parties, parties at home, and of course, networking parties. We just got word of the LA chapter of the Promotion Marketing Association's holiday party. It's the December 7th and registration includes 2... Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:06:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.580 Tim Donnelly Design Food and Drink Marketing http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/are_you_creepy.html Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:48:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.579 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/111805.html Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:33:29 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.572 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/111105.html Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:30:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.564 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/draw_tippy.html I doubt any of you have been through the rigorous long-distance training given by Art Instruction Schools, but you may remember their ads in comic books. They claimed that if you could draw Tippy (the turtle) accurately, you could start... Tue, 08 Nov 2005 22:04:44 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.561 Tim Donnelly Career Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/cubeism.html Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:56:26 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.560 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/11/110405.html Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:54:28 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.558 Tim Donnelly Career Design Featured Aquent Talent Marketing Recruiting Weblogs http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/10/better_late_tha.html So.. I didn't pass along information about the inagural meeting of the Los Angeles InDesignUsers Group (Oct. 26th). But, considering how late Adobe was coming to Quark's party, I'm still considered fashionably late. Regardless, it's their first event, it certainly... Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:56:06 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.552 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/10/de_sign_de_sign.html If you're interested in InDesign and didn't know where to start, you might consider visiting the InDesign User Group site. It has interactive tutorials from Adobe and will let you know where your local chapter is (or if you have... Mon, 17 Oct 2005 17:09:00 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.538 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/10/rock_you_like_a.html In keeping with this month's Rocktober theme, a special edition Rocktober Hot Talent Newsletter and a whole Bit at the End devoted to misheard lyrics.... Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:44:01 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.526 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Music Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/09/fall_migration.html Howdy, to everyone coming over from our weekly Hot Talent Newsletter e-mail. As promised, the whole shebang is over to the right, via a link cleverly named This Week's Hot Talent. Four new Talent and our Bit at the End... Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:37:56 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.516 Tim Donnelly Career Design Marketing Recruiting http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/09/smack_that.html Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:51:59 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.513 Tim Donnelly Design Web/Tech http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/08/goodbye_kitty.html Our coworker in Los Angeles, Olivia, is gaga over everything Hello Kitty. I just saw these Hello Kitty Headlamps, but: I don't think they'll fit her 1984 Volvo She should probably invest in a gearshift (instead of a screwdriver) first... Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:48:46 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.466 Tim Donnelly Design http://blogs.aquent.com/aquentblog/2005/08/new_new_new.html Just found a few new sites and blogs for Creatives (mostly thanks to Biz Stone). I've added them to the right under Creative Resources or Blog Rolls. I'm not sure how many Creatives are aware of how much information is... Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:53:51 EST tag:blogs.aquent.com,2005:/butlessaboutme//7.450 Tim Donnelly Design Weblogs