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 Thursday, September 03, 2009
'Twitterview' with Dyana Valentine
We asked the fantastic Dyana Valentine (meet her, and you'll understand the adjective) to do a live Q&A today on Twitter. Dyana is leading an interactive workshop/session at next week's InHOWse Designer Conference on networking and collaborating. You can catch the whole stream of questions, answers and comments from the audience on Twitterfall. Follow @HOWbrand on Twitter.
Here's a recap of our Q&A, in the 140-character Twitter style:
First, tell us a bit about yourself, in just 140 characters.
Tagline: I help self-starters learn to self-finish: one project at a time.
Translation: getting people excited and re-framing their struggles into strategies that make the world a better place!
Love your tagline. What mostly keeps self-starters from finishing? Lack of time/energy/focus/motivation?
Great ?, it's different for everyone, but often the mistaken thought that if a self-starter, we must also be self-finishers!
My dream: we'll change the way we "complain" about work & lives. Would b amazing if we shifted it 2 OKAY, what next? GameON.
Speaking from personal exp, sometimes lots of little frustrations pile up @ work. How 2 get past that to GameON?
I can dig gripe logjams.my 1st question is ALWAYS: are the frustrations getting in my way or will they serve the mission?
If they aren't: ditch them (with pride and aplomb); if they are serving: how can I make them fun and easy?
What are you working on right now that you’re really excited about?
On the edge of my seat for the inHOWse (no that isn't gratuitous!) next week; new collab game idea; radical revamps
Super cool clients: authors, fashion designer, creative director, venture capitalist--absolutely bounding out of bed daily!
We luv your identity … .@rdqlus_creative created it after you met at last year’s #CFConf, right?
Ohhh! @rdqlus_creative took me fr back-stage understudy 2 limelit DyVa; seriously--get RDQLUS today--& thank your lucky stars.
Give us a tip on how in-house designers can get better connected w/their creative peers.
Similar to conf. connecting: ask for what you want, give freely of what you can, ask superstars for meetings and follow up!
We also had some questions from the audience.
From groove5mith: What strategies do you use to help people 'self-finish'?
Translation: just the right combo of nosy, whip-cracky and practical prowess to bring out the best in my clients' work.
From thespitfiregirl: My business is really growing & i think i'd like to get a partner to share responsiblities & grow the biz. But HOW do i find them?
Find out what you really want in a collaborator: skills, values, style. Make a list. They will come.
From ealvarezgibson: How do you turn away a client without looking like a jerk?
Ahhh, good 1! You never look like a jerk if you are choosing to do what you do best--if u can't do it w/them, DON'T.
From lsvdesign: How do you keep from getting overwhelmed with a new idea/project? Esp. when you're short on time.
Break that sucker down. Map time available, chunk it up, match tasks to chunks. Ask for help if you need it.
From melanieo: How can one stay motivated daily when working on a long-term project?
Ohhh, those long projects can be doozies, huh? I am a fan of rewards, hot fudge, and also accountability partners.
From PassionJourney: How do you proceed when you feel completely overwhlemed?
Tough one--if truly completely overwhelmed--change of scenery. post it, pen, walk til you sweat--c what shakes loose.
Events | Thought Provoking
Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:35:25 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00) 
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What We've Learned
At the Creative Freelancer Conference in San Diego last week, hosts Ilise Benun, Peleg Top and I wrapped up the program by asking freelancers in the audience what they'd learned during those two days. Peleg recorded video and edited the clips together. Among my favorite "What I've learned" comments:
"It's a lonely occupation. I've had more conversation with my pets than I've had with people in certain weeks. It's great to know that there IS a network of people out there. This conference made me excited to be a freelancer."
"It's been a great experience coming two years in a row. I got to see how much I've grown and how much I've learned ... and how far I have to go."
"There's still work out there, and I think that's great, because I've been a little paranoid for the past six months or so. This gives me hope."
Events
Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:40:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Letterpress Notebooks
Hammerpress is selling a line of 5 awesome notebooks with letterpress printed covers. My fave design called Butterfly. Oh, and they're only $15 each and include 128 lined pages.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies
Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:31:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job of the Day
Web Designer
Gaiam, Louisville
Full-time Web Designer who is proficient in hand coding X/HTML and CSS and actionscripting. You will work on promotions on the Gaiam.com web sites, weekly emails to subscribers, e-newsletters and display advertising. The role is to develop and deliver effective promotions consistent with
our brand. The ideal candidate will have come from the merchandising industry with over 6 years experience working on a product driven .com website. Preferable with a major brand. and have a strong graphic design background, actionscripting proficiency, an attention to detail, and the ability execute big ideas and programs that inspire consumers to click on promotional messages and move forward in the purchase process.
Industry News
Thursday, September 03, 2009 2:47:25 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Pentagram Is Down With Guitar Hero?!
Michael Bierut totally rocked the new Guitar Hero identity, which includes a custom typeface.
After considering changes that ranged from imperceptible to
unrecognizable, Pentagram redrew the original Guitar Hero logotype,
adjusting some of its more aggressively odd features to enable accurate
reproduction at a variety of scales and in media from digital
animations to temporary (or permanent) tattoos. In addition, the new
logotype serves as a basis of an extendable system, unifying the
presentation of Guitar Hero, Band Hero, and DJ Hero in a consistent
brand architecture.
Project Team: Michael Bierut, partner-in-charge; Joe Marianek, designer. Hero font designed by Kai Salmela.Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:29:43 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Losing Our Minds
FYI, our corporate email server is down so we can neither send nor receive messages right now. Write us letter or give us a call!Posted by Megan
HOW Magazine
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:40:05 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Job Of The Day
Design Director
JAKKS Pacific, Disguise, Poway, CA
A division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) Disguise is the
world’s leading fashion driven Halloween Company. Based in gorgeous San
Diego , we play every day by creating costumes that scare, delight and
transform infants through adults. We work with the best and biggest
studios and entertainment companies in the business – Disney, Marvel,
Hasbro, Mattel, Sesame Workshop and more! Our products are on shelf
across all North American retail channels. No Halloween is complete
without a great Disguise!
Disguise Design Director
SUMMARY:
Disguise,
the leading fashion driven Halloween Costume and Accessory Company is
searching for a highly experienced, seasoned Design Director to oversee
and manage its Costume, Sculpting and Graphics teams. This position
reports to the VP of Product Design & Marketing and is responsible
for directing the vision and execution of the company’s vast product
lines and face to the consumer. Posted by Megan
Industry News
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:05:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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