Accidental Creative

Evernote

Still loving Evernote. I can’t get enough. Now…to sort through it all.

Unique Voice, Coudal

I am in love. (No really… not the kind of “I think I could hang out for a few dates” love, but the “I’m starting to think about children” kind of love. Creepy, I know.) Coudal Partners thrills me with everything they touch. Field Notes, Jewel Boxing , lowercase tees, etc.

This may be “old-hat” to some of you, but check out their 11-ish minute short film Copy Goes Here.

Coudal

Brilliance is to be found at Coudal Partners site. Sheer. Brilliance.

Trolls

This was my favorite moment in Seattle. We took a wrong turn, (actually…several of them…) and ended up at the base of a street called Troll Avenue. We decided to turn onto it, and when we arrived at the top, the above sculpture greeted us. Jennie tossed me her camera and I grabbed a quick shot.

It was unexpected, cool and memorable. (And we almost got into a…well…”creative accident” as I was taking the shot…)

Frank

Check out Premium Subscriber Frank Keppler’s cool shop . They make all sorts of things for the midwesternly alcohol-minded. Wisconsin rules!

Fremont Troll

Have you SEEN the Fremont Troll ? I have. Now…I can’t sleep.

Nick Onken

We love Nick Onken . While you’re on the site, make sure to check out his blog.

Facebook ahoy!

AC has a Facebook group . All the cool kids are joining. Just sayin’.

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Complexity

This hangs on the door of my office. (Please forgive the marvelous quality of my Treo camera.) It is there to remind me to keep things simple.

We almost always begin with 1+1, right? It’s the core. The mission. The clear systems that get us from “A” to “B”. Then things get complicated. We bring someone else into the project or on the team, and they’re now working on a derivation of the original mission. They realize that we need to turn “1″ into “3/3″ because it will give us better pricing. Then someone else decides that “3/3″ needs to be “(9/3) / 3. And this goes on and on until our systems are so complex and there are so many derivations that it’s difficult to remember our original purpose.

We must strive for simplicity in our systems because dissonance - when the “why” and the “what” don’t add up - typically arises from unnecessary complexity.

That’s why I keep this on my dlog. (That stands for door-log… goofy, I know.) It reminds me each morning to keep it simple.