Creative People Say No

A Hungarian psychology professor once wrote to famous creators asking them to be interviewed for a book he was writing…

Why Designers Leave

A designer may decide to leave for many reasons.

Dear Dumb VC

I would say you know who you are, but by definition you don’t. After all, the average person thinks they are an above average driver.

Work From Home? Do it Better.

10 tricks to get *quality* work done and still have a life

Fuck Pattern Recognition

The experience of a 42 year old female entrepreneur 

Mattermark Wasn’t a Pivot

We completely started over, here’s what happened.

My Wife Doesn’t ‘Get How It Is In Advertising.’ 

And Maybe Yours Shouldn’t Either.

Remember the whole Magnolia cupcake thing?

This isn’t an entirely rhetorical question. I have friends and colleagues now who were very…

An Open Letter to Vivek Wadhwa

You aren’t being persecuted. You just don’t like being wrong.

Oh Vivek. Really, I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt. I wanted to believe you were simply misguided. At least, that’s what I thought. I…

Market first, code later

How the full-stack marketer breaks the rules to get started