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April 11, 2003
The local shindig for agencies and other creative types to flaunt their design chops is the annual Ad Rodeo. The Veer team entered a few tasty gems into the awards event, just like we did when we were all still part of the EyeWire crew. We pulled off a couple of merit awards the last … More
April 12, 2002
I just realized this afternoon that two milestones of questionable significance have occurred within the past week. April 5th marked two full years of running this here rambling weblog of mine. Egad. That’s quite the mental kick in the pants for me. I don’t think that I could have kept up and put up with … More
August 20, 2001
Something a little bird sent me.
August 3, 2001
The Science of Selling Images Perhaps this article should be entitled “The Science of Selling Employees Up The River”. For a company that has just culled more than 300 people from its work force, isn’t expected to meet its reduced revenue targets, and has basically gutted entire companies that it has acquired over the past … More
May 7, 2001
Maybe I should explain that little outburst I had a bit earlier. You see, I left EyeWire because I really wanted a change. The corporate environment had changed from an invigorating, challenging, thoughtful, and exciting place to one that was just a job. Part of that change had to do with the standard bullet-point list … More
May 7, 2001
I just heard the distinct sound of shit hitting fan.
April 8, 2001
Just four more days remain in my tenure at EyeWire. Last weeks anxiety has subsided and evolved into a numb state of reflection. The grey, overcast sky and the corn snow falling past the office window aren’t helping me concentrate on anything in particular. The sound of a dozen hard drives whining and the occasional … More
April 4, 2001
Only eight days until I am no longer working at EyeWire. Some people are going to give me the berries about the fact that I still say that I work for EyeWire, and not for Getty Images, which is our parent company. The main reason for this discrepancy is that for the past 20 months … More
September 21, 2000
New rule to live by: Take something home every day. This guideline has developed out of my need to reduce the mountain of crap I have collected in my office over the past 12 years. Actually, crap is really not the right word from my perspective. A much better description would be “amazingly useful stuff … More
May 8, 2000
Amidst all of the virii chasing and Microsoft-focused “I told you so’s” that echoed down the halls of our office last week, our information services department also took delivery of ten (count’em ten) top-end Power Mac G4 boxes. The easy part of getting these delicious, graphite-bejeweled lovelies in-house was justifying their purchase instead of the … More