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Linchpin Review Part 3: Shipping

July 23rd, 2010

“Real artists ship.” This is how the second part of Linchpin opens. That line just hit me between the eyes. Perfectionism (resistance) keeps you from delivering.

Linchpin Review Part 2: The Resistance

July 21st, 2010

The second part of Linchpin draws from The War of Art in reference to The Resistance. People who are linchpins are artists in some form or another, and doing art is all about fighting Resistance.

Linchpin Review, Part 1: How we got here, and what’s next

July 19th, 2010

My long-overdue review of Linchpin, the first of three parts. An introduction to the first “half” of the book.

Thoughts on Rework

May 20th, 2010

Here are some highlights from the book Rework that jumped out to me as an artist.

Current Reading Stack

July 28th, 2009

So here’s what I’ve been reading lately, in my copious amounts of free time between the baby’s naps, feedings, and […]

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition)

February 8th, 2008

I absolutely love this design, especially the color palette. The slightly nauseating green works well with the orange and purplish-maroon. […]