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Friday Favs 07_02_10

July 2, 2010

Study: Kids Think Foods Labeled With Popular TV Cartoon Characters Taste Better

Is Talent is Overrated?

How Google Got Its Colorful Logo

Clients are not mind readers : Explain your logo design process

Revolution In The Valley: My Favorite Book About Technology

How to identify a typeface

Disney Cartoon Continuity Charts (1946)

Stow’n Go Pocket Kite

Take Rory’s Story Cubes Everywhere: It’s an App!

Dealing with trademark, copyright and Legal issues

Friday Favs 06_18_10

June 18, 2010

Animating a Blockbuster: How Pixar Built Toy Story 3

Art of the Title: Kung Fu Panda

New Narnia Trailer: Voyager of the Dawn Treader

My Final Thoughts On LOST

Wonderfully Made Jewelry

Make This Independent Contractor Agreement Your Own

Think Anatomy

Is the iPad the next big toy for toddlers?

Wired4Film

How to Train an Animator, by Walt Disney

Friday Favs 5_21_10

May 21, 2010

Worried moms, take note: New study shows spending hours in front of the TV doesn’t necessarily rot your child’s brain

TV for Toddlers Linked With Later Problems

New Seattle’s Best: Best-er or Worse?

The Truth About Debt

How to convince your clients they need a brand and not just a logo

3M’s Visual Attention Service

Video parody riffs on megachurch modern worship

Friday Favs 4_30_10

April 30, 2010

And the answer was Aslan.

IPad Poised to Revolutionize Retail Industry

Inside Pixar’s Leadership

Samsung warning prompts question: Are 3-D TVs safe?

McDonald’s Unveils ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ 2.0

The Visual Miscellaneum by David McCandless

Flash, Floppy Disks & FreeHand

me & the rev!

The coming melt-down in higher education (as seen by a marketer)

Tell Better Stories

Fail Often.

April 28, 2010

The week before we went to the KidScreen Summit in NYC, I saw a blog post by brand and marketing guru Seth Godin about Tim Burton’s many “failed” attempts before AND in between his green lit projects.

While in NYC, we stayed one block away from MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) where a temporary Tim Burton Exhibit was on display featuring art from his high-school days thru the present. It was amazing to see how many different mediums Tim Burton worked in. There were illustrations, mobiles, sculptures, live action films, animated films, experimental art (including some very strange pieces), and more.

One notable part of the exhibit was a huge wall that had all of his movie concepts listed. Next to each was it’s year of release OR a phrase like “never produced.” MOST of his projects had that term next to them. “Never Produced.”

We should not feel like we have failed when we have that stamp on one of our projects or ideas. “Never Produced” now means to me “Never Giving Up” and “Learning and Preparing for the Next Step.”

I recently noticed this verse: “until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character” (Psalm 105:19).

Joseph’s dreams were God-given, not self-driven. He faced delay after delay, trial after trial, but continued to trust God and the dream God had given him so many years earlier. God was forging Joe’s character in preparation for the fulfillment of the dream.

I could point to many “failures” at Timbuktoons that prepared us for something bigger. Our goal should be “to attempt great things” (for God’s glory), not “to have 100% success.” A real adventure is not complete with out some scratches and bruises along the way. No story is compelling without the scene where hope is almost lost.

So today, in these tough times when many dreams seem to have died, trust that God is working in you while He prepares circumstances around you. God does not lie. He is a covenant keeping God. Never give up, even if you “fail often!”

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