I have been thinking about the term “problem solver” today. Problem solving seems like such a desirable trait, but is it really all it’s cracked up to be? Isn’t that just the entry level skill that everyone must posses just to be considered qualified to do the most basic of tasks? While the education system [...]

Velveeta Cheese Product My wife gave me a short list of groceries to pick up on my way home from work last week. One of the items that proved to be elusive was the Velveeta cheese. As I searched up and down the aisles at Safeway I started thinking about the implications involved with where [...]

I suppose I have pretty much based my design career on my intuition. Through trial and error I have pretty much stumbled upon a set of concepts that work. While this has served me well, trusting your gut can only get you so far in the business world. If you really want to have an [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone for the comments in response to my post about skipping church. I appreciate everyone’s concern and it is interesting to see how wide of a range my friends have regarding the importance of regular church attendance. If you were wondering, yes, I did attend church today and last Sunday. [...]

Yesterday my son asked me if I was going to church tomorrow. I said “maybe.” He turned to his mom and asked, “Is daddy going to heaven?” Thinking back to confirmation class in seventh grade I remember the pastor asking us if we knew whether or not we were going to heaven. The result of [...]

I just read an article on the Scientific American website called “An Easy Way to Increase Creativity. The article correctly points out that creativity has a great deal to do with context and outside factors influencing the individual. If you can identify the factors that increase creativity you might be able to increase your chances [...]

There is a bird in a cage. It can reach its head out of the bars far enough to peck away at the wood of the door. After year’s of pecking it has finally broken through the wood and is free to escape. As the bird leaves its cage it realizes that it no longer [...]

I have been documenting my dreams at dreamfeedr.com for a couple weeks now and I wanted to share some tips that may help you remember your dreams better. I have no idea if these suggestions will actually work, but if you are serious about trying to keep a dream journal, it can’t hurt. So here [...]

I while back I made a post talking about the relationship I have found between how many hours of sleep I get and the quality of my creative output. I try to monitor myself constantly to see if I can find patterns to how I work. When am I at my best? When do my [...]

It is relatively rare for me to go ego surfing, but last night I spent some time checking on my various web projects to see where the traffic is coming from. Font Burner is quickly gaining on my Lego camera as one of my biggest hits. Here’s some of the places around the internet sending [...]