Fair Pay. It is a popular and passionate conversation among creatives and freelancers. More often than not we find ourselves wishing we could just say “Fuck you, pay me” and call it a day. Can you blame us? What other career forces its’ specialists and experts to constantly justify why they deserve to be compensated for their […]
Read moreFor our next edition of Creative Spaces, I have interviewed Alison Kuczwara, the design and branding brain behind Tiny Bold. As we chatted over tea, Alison mentioned her work with 826 CHI and their upcoming “prom” fundraiser. Though Alison’s Creative Spaces feature won’t run until May, this fabulous event is at the end of April […]
Read moreSide note: Last summer, I wrote a four part blog for my agency. The first part introduced the three major generations in today’s workforce and each generation was meant to have it’s own character infographic like the one below. As this post has been sitting in the drafts since September and the artist who drew […]
Read moreWhile writing for Entertwist, an online entertainment journal, I got hooked on writing less-than-current op-eds about the music industry. Below is an excerpt from a post I wrote about the Dead Paul McCartney conspiracy. “I’m standing on my wooden desk chair in the middle of my bedroom. “Getting Better” by The Beatles is on repeat […]
Read moreHalfway through the official Bike to Work Week and I can’t wait for it to be over. Don’t get me wrong; I love seeing Chicagoans take the streets with their bikes. I participated in Bike the Drive and seeing that many cyclists, on Lake Shore Drive no less, was amazing. However, I bike to work […]
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