How to Be Alone

This is a beautiful video made by Tanya Davis on how to be alone. I personally have a fear of watching a movie at the theater alone or eat along at a restaurant. The first I haven’t done yet but the latter I have.

I Don’t Have Time for Social Media – How They Do It

If you’re wondering how all these young people are always on and always connected, here are a few ways they do that. Using mobile devices – They use their smartphones that come with social media apps. This makes updating, uploading photos, and sharing much faster, especially on the go. By text message – They use […]

Gamestorming, Solving the Problems of Tomorrow

Gamestorming, a set of best practices compiled from innovative approaches authored by Dave Grey, Sunni Brown, and James Macanufo. The book contains 80 different “games” that can be played to develop new ideas, innovate, and create. My new project is to take each of these games and create a playing card or self-contained kit.

Starbucks Debuts Mobile Payments

We can’t pay for everything on our cell phones, yet. Today, Starbucks announces that it has launched nationwide its mobile payment system. Using a smart phone app, a bar code shows up on the phone’s screen and the user holds it under a scanner. I’ve personally used the payment method at a trial Starbucks in […]

Greed is Good

Gordon Gekko is a fictional character. For most, he’s known for his Greed is Good speech. However, he never literally says that greed IS good. Below is the speech in its entirety. It’s a shame to take it out of context and say that greed is good. Instead, I believe that Mr. Gekko is pointing […]

I Don’t Blog at Work, I Batch My Writing Using Editorial Calendar

I’m always wondering if someone at work is reading my blog. If you are, you’re probably wondering, does Daniel ever work. Is he constantly writing blog posts at work? The answer, no. It’s not very interesting to post only at night, or on weekends. Most people are reading blogs, likely at work, during the day. […]