Category Archives: Creatives

People want to eat but they won’t join the hunt

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Rufus Dogg
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Most people wear your web site, twitter feed or facebook page like they wear a jacket or drive their car. When they want to use it, they do. When they don’t, it is out of sight and out of mind. … Continue reading →

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A monkey with a loaded gun does not make him a marksman

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I wrote four drafts of this #letsblogoff and scrapped every one. I don’t think the world needs another diatribe about how we are all getting stuff for free and think we are owed full service. I’ll let others do that. … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourcing bridges

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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In the past week, I’ve stumbled onto two major brands that launched crowdsourcing design projects they probably should not have. The first is the Barack Obama Reelection Campaign (MY poster submission is posted to the right) and the other is … Continue reading →

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Jobs

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I was going to skate past Thursday and not comment on this big jobs speech that President Obama is going to deliver tomorrow, but then @caroljsroth tweeted this morning: I want to know what #jobs creation efforts/policies you are looking … Continue reading →

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When we fail as readers, we fail as writers

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I read this article in the NY TImes this week about e-books adding music to the “experience.” Champions of this technology justify it by saying it adds to the experience, enhances imagination, meets readers where they are, blah, blah, blah. … Continue reading →

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The creative spark

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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This weekend’s ear worm is Karen Carpenter’s version of Rainbow Connection, specifically this verse: Who said that wishes would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star? Somebody thought of that and someone believed it, and look what … Continue reading →

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Confessions of the creative wannabe

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I remember buying a tape recorder at Radio Shack when I was twelve or thirteen years old. It was one of those old ones that you loaded the cassette tape into the top and plugged in a wired microphone. I … Continue reading →

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