Having just written about my underwhelming experience with the paper version of the Baltimore Sun, I want to balance my account with a description of how that organization is doing something very very right, and doing it in a larger context that is very very interesting. The Story This morning around 11 AM a man, [...]
Category Archives: Design
Every damn thing I do makes me think of product design.
September 12, 2010 – 10:47 pm
I ventured into the drizzle this morning to buy myself a Baltimore Sun. I wanted to see the new Sun Magazine. It was restored to life today after a fourteen year hibernation. I will admit to you some measure of excitement as I strode through an unexpectedly chilly rain. Is that nerdy? Perhaps that’s nerdy. [...]
A Few Words on Design
August 15, 2010 – 9:06 am
The more I become interested in design, the more I find myself trying to figure out what the hell it is. I asked folks on Twitter to define design in one tweet. From sound designers, to graphic and visual designers, to lighting designers, to cinematographers, to set designers, to writers, to developers, here’s what they [...]
Art Heroes Radio
July 9, 2010 – 10:08 am
This week John T Unger invited me on his podcast Art Heroes Radio, a place where John tries to help artists and entrepreneurs become “heroes on their own terms.” I dig that. Anyway, here’s the page for our conversation: The competitive advantage of hiring artists, A conversation with Chris Ashworth Despite the specificity of the [...]
My Competitive Advantage: I Hire Artists
June 24, 2010 – 7:34 pm
As recently discussed in this space, I am building a small software company. I’m not going to retread the history of that company, but you can read up on it if you want. I’m only really here to share one tip. Kinda like a stock tip, I guess. It’s a tip I am increasingly convinced [...]