July 2011
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August 2010
2 posts
Put your music to work
Ok people, this is important. What kind of music do you listen to at work? Personally, I tend to keep things mixed up. Like really really mixed up. From Tenacious D to Nikki Yanofsky, pretty much anything goes (except the Bieber,… the Bieber doesn’t get any airtime at my desk).
I’ve recently discovered a new appreciation for Jazz music. Coltrane, Davis, Hancock, whatever it is,...
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From the Desk of Brent Garner: Extremes →
Imagine the best cake you’ve ever had, or could ever hope to have. I am talking about a really nice, moist, chocolate cake. How could you describe this cake? I don’t mean words that express opinion, like “delicious”, I mean, words that express fact. Could we say “brown”, for instance. That would…
July 2009
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June 2009
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May 2009
2 posts
When Bad Things Happen to Good Logos #branding →
What an awesome article on the true definitions of logos… the products / organizations they represent. I often tell clients, great logos don’t build great companies… Great companies define great logos.
The Trouble with Twitter
Ok, so I’ve been tweeting for a month or 2 now, and aside form an initial brain pain trying to figure out the true purpose of Twitter, I’m now starting to see the value.
My first thought about Twitter was, why would anybody want to follow me? Should I tweet everything I’m doing throughout the day? Do people really care? The answer is probably an overwhelming NO, and this has...
April 2009
4 posts
Branding Email Signatures
In the world of corporate branding, we alway coach our clients to do their best to apply a systematic brand focused email signature style for all of their users. This helps avoid the “Shirley from accounting and her penguin background” scenario, or everyones favorite, the “Comic Sans” font style (ugh). I’ve recently had a client with about 125 users adopt a new...
“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead”
– Mark Twain
