Disruptive Inspiration: New York City
We’ve all heard it before… New York, the city of bright lights. New York, the place where dreams come true. New York, the city of inspiration and chaos and everything in-between. But what is it about eight million people stacked on an island that produces some of the greatest success in the world? If you’ve [...]
Words that Inspire (And Sound Cool/Rad/Nifty)
Do you have a favorite word? I have a favorite word. I actually have two favorite words: zeal and vigor. Not because they are different or because they sound cool. (But let’s admit it – they do sound incredible rolling off the tongue.) Rather, these words are my favorite because of what they mean. The [...]
Put Your Best Shoe Forward
The annual staff picture day is taking place this Sunday at OMG. This is our chance to show not only our individual styles but also to put those styles together into one, quirky company portrait. While imagining how ridiculous our team of inspired individuals will look in front of the camera lens, I found myself [...]
Showtime’s Shameless and our mutual love for the Chicago L
I am a big fan of Showtime’s Shameless. A real big fan. For those of you who don’t know, Shameless is a drama series about a blue-collar family of six kids and an alcoholic father on the South Side of Chicago. The show, very British in directing style (nodding to its British roots), follows the [...]
Cleanup on Aisle 7
The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem. Mine? I can’t decide. No, really. I have difficulty deciding. I am bad at shopping for gifts, drive-thru employees hate me, and I couldn’t tell you which bar I think we should go to next. But nothing exposes and takes advantage of my problem [...]
‘Seoul’ glad I took a vacation
I know, funny. I had to. I love traveling. I crave the experience and the unfamiliarity. No matter how many times I visit a city, the possibilities seem endless. But since I started my first job, two days after I graduated college, I haven’t taken off more than two days at a time. If I [...]
My leggings have super powers.
Eh, Mondays are such Mondays. More coffee is necessitated than usual. Toothpicks are required to keep my eyes open in my Astronomy lecture. And, I am late to everything. And I mean everything. Last Monday was different, though. Not because I didn’t wake up late for class. Not because I didn’t slip on the ice [...]
The “Why” of Marketing
Every business or brand has to answer the riddle of “why do we do the things we do?” For most, it is because of money. For some, it is because of passion. For a few, it is because they want to make a difference. I see these three as an adaptation of Maslow’s hierarchy of [...]
#progressis…
We have all seen it before. The brand-new, shiny, luxury automobile cruising through some kind of a-typical terrain, cutting to shots of a smooth, spacious, quiet interior. While lacking any major creativity, these commercials seem to get their point across. We usually get a snapshot of the performance of the car (whether that’s done via [...]
Colours
My uncle advised me to read Daniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind. Apparently, it’s about how the world is moving from a left-brain-dominated silo into a creative, empathetic, quirky, right-brained mega-society. I have yet to read it and cannot help but wonder if it’s the truth, or if it’s some Right-Brainer’s wishful thinking. This [...]