BLACK FRIDAY WEB DESIGN DEALS Every business in the retail industry is shuffling to prepare for the busiest shopping day of the year. The deals are always crazy and the people shopping for them often act even crazier. Remember the year someone got trampled at a Wal Mart and no one would move out of the way to let medical services in? Well there are lots of online alternatives to cater to home bodies this holiday shopping season, but that's not what this post is about. I was thinking about Read more [...]

Ok, I'm at it again. I'm a bit of a softy when it comes to contests and casting calls like this. I can't sing so don't worry, you will never see me on American Idol or America's go Talent. I also don't want to eat worms or cockroaches so you will probably also never see me on Fear Factor, but I think I can do a lot of the stunts so I'm interested in The Amazing Race. Plus I obviously love to travel. I was never big on watching a lot of these reality shows. I was addicted to the first two Big Read more [...]

Today is the first day I've reconsidered traveling. I was told my apartment was suppose to be showed yesterday, so made a point to leave the house two hours early and head to a wine tasting. They showed up today at 5:30, I was still in my pjs working on my computer. Needless to say I don't want to leave my house just yet but don't want to awkwardly sit here while people wander through my home. About my apartment I have a gorgeous apartment in the Lyndale area of uptown Minneapolis. Uptown Minneapolis Read more [...]

Personal Branding Panel Personal Branding Panel Introduction by Nate Riggs Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 More videos of the summit (including keynote speaker Carrie Wilkerson the Barefoot Executive) available at: - http://youtube.com/desaraev6 - http://bit.ly/ustreamdesaraev Read more [...]

Seth Godin in a city near you.. Seth Godin is doing a road trip and visiting Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington DC in the coming months (with more to announce soon). Many of you will remember him from the MIMA Summit last year, but those of you who missed him. Seth is a brilliant blogger and interesting speaker on business marketing strategy. So his plan is to do what he is calling, "intense perspective-changing seminar" in various cities. He normally only strictly does these Read more [...]

Art Buddies Creative mentors helping kids build dreams. Graphic designer Teresa Henriksen with her buddy Shakita.  Photo by Doug Knutson About the program, in their own words: Help a child from a low-income family know the joy of self-expression and the fun of working with a creative person like you. Create one-one-one with your child while working side-by-side with a group of other volunteers from advertising, design and architecture. Help Read more [...]