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you are…really [the war of art]

December 2, 2009

This post is the second in what has now certifiably become a series of reflections on The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
In the past few months, our four year old daughter has made the shift from scribbler to conceptual artist. When she draws, she no longer needs to tell us what she’s drawn…usually. Faces, [...]

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for the love of instapaper

November 19, 2009

Every once in a while, I have one of those What apps do you have on your iPhone? conversations. It’s kind of the 2009 version of How much can you bench? I thought Instapaper was mainstream, but it’s not seldom that I talk with someone who isn’t using it. You might not know about it [...]

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creating requires doing [the war of art]

November 11, 2009

This post is the first in what will probably maybe hopefully be a series of reflections on The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.
The War of Art is subtitled Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. That is something that author Steven Pressfield apparently knows a little about. He was writing for [...]

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task management smackdown

November 4, 2009

If you’re not already subscribing to the MacPowerUsers podcast, I’d encourage you to give it a go.
This week’s episode dealt with a topic close to the heart of the Creativityist community: task management software. They dedicate most of the show to a comparison between OmniFocus and Things.
My friend David Sparks, of MacSparky fame, respresented OmniFocus. [...]

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hands on with ulysses 2.0

October 27, 2009

As NaNoWriMo drew near last year, I wrote a comparison of StoryMill and Scrivener. Both have undergone minor revisions in the last year and are still worth a look for the aspiring NaNoWriMo’er. But…
There is also Ulysses to consider. Ulysses 2.0 was released in recent months as an upgrade to an already worthy writing program. [...]

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the project binder

October 12, 2009

Staying organized is a tricky balance when it comes to creative work. It is easy to get consumed in the backend organization of things and lose valuable time when you could be creating. On the other hand, some degree of organization helps me find what I need to quickly move into making things mode when [...]

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the inspiration archive

September 29, 2009

As I promised a few weeks ago, I have a few posts in the works with some tips on managing my workflow for web design. This would be the first of those…
I’ve been building websites for about 15 years, mostly for personal projects like this one. There have been some side jobs here and there, [...]

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the box [the creative habit]

September 22, 2009

This post is the last of an ongoing series of reflections on my reading of The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp.
Today, our seven month, irregularly recurring series on The Creative Habit comes to an end. But, in the interest of being trite, last certainly does not mean least. I think I’ve saved the best for [...]

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hands on with voila

September 11, 2009

There aren’t many days where I don’t capture an image off my screen for some kind of purpose. Usually it’s an image or design that I want to remember for future inspiration, or a screen capture of an image to include in a blog post. When Global Delight contacted me and asked me to review [...]

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workflow review

September 4, 2009

Every week or two, I get a kind note from someone who has stumbled on the site and pillaged the archives. This is usually a Mac switcher or someone who is just trying to get their workflow in order. Some of the posts where I describe my workflow, especially the Capture Everything series, are now [...]

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