You can’t force creative output. It has to flow organically, borne from knowledge and insight, and guided by a desired outcome. It applies to our brand planning process here at Taylor, and on a more personal note, when I delve into my passions for writing or photography. I needed a…
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Among sports bloggers, Aristotle was an early adopter. “A body capable of enduring all efforts, either of the racecourse or bodily strength…this is why athletes in the Pentathlon are most beautiful.” (All in a Twitterish 142 characters, to boot.) The point is, whether rooting for the Roman Lions or the…
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When I was little, I owned more than one hundred Barbie Dolls (well, Barbie, Stacey, Skipper, Kelley, Teresa, the whole crew, really)…and two Kens (technically it was one Ken and one Derek from Barbie and the Rockers, but I digress). While I was playing with the beautifully groomed dolls, my…
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600 million users on Facebook would probably argue no, but that wasn’t the point being made by @thePeterHa, editor of The Daily, during Monday’s “Mobile Meets Social” panel discussion as part of New York Social Media Week (#SMWtay). His point was that while there is a lot of hype around…
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Mark Bittman is one of the simplest food writers anywhere. His Minimalist column, as the title suggests, was as much common sense as culinary skills. If Hemingway wrote a cookbook, it would read like Bittman’s “How To Cook Everything.” And him and Claudia Bassols were the only watchable parts of…
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