Posts about Business

Fertile Medium

Heather and I have been avid Flickr members since the very beginning. So when Yahoo bought them and they started…

Save the Touchy-Feely for the Redwoods

I was the new guy at the company, I’d just met Allison, and here I was laying my feelings out for her. She probably thought I was nuts. And for good reason. I hadn’t earned the right to ask her to care how I felt.

Don’t Work for Assholes

I didn’t like him, but what did I know? Maybe this is just how the freelance web design business worked. I took the gig. It was, of course, a nightmare.

What’s Your Suggestion?

Critique sessions are rarely about suggesting solutions. In fact, to suggest alternatives would be insulting. It’d be like someone telling Picasso to make all those brush strokes blend in more.

Pixish, Spec Work, and Graggers

This post also appears in Pixish News. During the Jewish holiday of Purim, we tell a story about a dude…

Paul Graham’s Six Principles for Making New things

I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d)…

How Pixish Happened

With some stories, it’s hard to know where to begin. I could start with my obsession with photography and magazines…

I Love You, Too, V-Moda

Blogs are so often used for the “I’m outraged at this company” kinda posts, I thought I’d go out of…

Uline, I Think I Love You

Uline is total packing porn. Anything that needs to go into another thing to go in the mail, you can…

Rule 1 for Collaborative Media: Ask First

Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell. Lane Hartwell is a fantastic photographer. She recently went full-time with…

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