A reminder from Austin Kleon that the people we think have it all together online, the artists and the parents and the creative business owners, just don’t.
The Design Trust has five tips for naming your creative business.
Along the same lines, Betty Red has 23 resources for creative small businesses.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the how the economy of scarcity affects how people interact with each other, even as we enter into an economy of sharing. The phrase “Don’t hate, collaborate!” has been stuck in my head for weeks. I find myself needing reminders that there’s room enough for all of us in this great big world. Adam Lehman’s post on Competition Among Creative Professionals is excellent: We can either operate as a bunch of islands or as a massive party.
I really need to implement a more efficient way to keep up with the rapidly growing number of blogs I contribute to. I’ve toyed with the idea of “batching” before, but for some reason still haven’t started doing it.
I had a much harder time making friends in West Chester than I do in Philadelphia, but I’ve yet to find that go-to, lives-around-the-corner, text-silly-things-at-all-hours, call-up-on-a-whim friend that it took me a year to find in West Chester. Here’s looking at you, Lo Retta! Anyway, Apartment Therapy’s got some tips for making friends as an adult in a new city.
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