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PSA: Experimenting with Posterous

Brent D. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2010, 8:47 pm
Where’ve I been? Experimenting with moving my blog over to posterous. I’ll be posting at http://itsjustbrent.posterous.com for the next little while. If we decide we love it, I’ll change the domain and it’ll be my new home. If we hate it, let’s just pretend like this wh...
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Cure for the Mondays

Brent D. posted an article on - Jun 28, 2010, 1:05 pm
I asked for a cure for the Mondays, and, because you’re awesome, you came through. Here’s how to make a Monday better: From Matt Davis - From Kelsey Balcaitis- From Braden Young- From Sara Dyer - From Natalie Singer - From Get Amp’d - From Cheryl Wiens - Y’al...
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Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

Brent D. posted an article on - May 6, 2010, 8:07 am
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CU Times Op-Ed: Three Gen Y Stereotypes Debunked

Brent D. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2010, 11:52 am
The CU Times awesomely asked me to write an op-ed piece on Gen Y misconceptions I’ve run into while working in the credit union industry. Here’s what I said (click here to view the slightly edited version at the CUTimes.com) - . . . Sometimes being a young person in credit unions fee...
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"WE EXIST! WE EXIST!"

Brent D. posted an article on - Feb 4, 2010, 10:24 am
Thank you, Stephen Colbert, for this bit on how wrong overconnectedness can/haz gone: Non -USA kids,  try this version. (via 37signals) Share/Save
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Homemade with friends.

Brent D. posted an article on - Dec 22, 2009, 7:04 am
I’m lucky enough to have some very creative friends. I thought I’d share a few things we’ve worked on together. Music En Route to Traverse City I travel a lot for work, and have started toting my musical apparatus with me. This is an idea laid out in a hotel in Traverse City, Mi...
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Design tweaks

Brent D. posted an article on - Dec 11, 2009, 1:48 pm
I’m making some slight changes to the design and layout of this site over the next few days. If you come visit and something looks whack, that’s most likely the reason. That, or I just happen to have some whack-looking thing on my site. Share/Save
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Let's get our hands dirty.

Brent D. posted an article on - Nov 6, 2009, 1:16 pm
There’s a Kurt Vonnegut short story about an alien named Zog who visits the planet Earth. He comes with the noblest cause: to explain how war could be prevented and cancer could be cured. His home planet is Margo, where everyone communicates through farts and tap dancing. Zog landed at night ...
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Corporate Politics 101

Brent D. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 8:06 am
Every exec in the world should set down their cigars for a second and read the first chapter of “Make It Bigger,” by Paula Scher. Corporate Politics 101 - “I quickly learned that the judgments made about graphic design in corporations, institutions, and organizations composed of ...
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Ira Glass on Storytelling

Brent D. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 1:55 pm
This 2-part video has been around for a while, but a recent conversation reminded me of how great it is. In these two videos, This American Life’s Ira Glass breaks down the ingredients to creating a great story. Among them: the balance of movement, curiosity, meaning. Dig it: Also worth revis...
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