November 19th, 2008
Motivation from Failure
I get overwhelmingly motivated by two things. One is seeing something incredible somewhere, like Newser, I Want You To Want Me, Moodstream, Coda and just about anything else sweet. And the second is failure. Failing myself or seeing others I know fail always lights a fire under my ass to get my shit together and make something.
I think the struggle comes from having the right toolbox ready to harness the motivation. When I get motivated to build a coffee table it's tough from my Brooklyn apartment, but when I get motivated or inspired to write ...
July 17th, 2008
Personal Branding
Once again SitB&R has had a makeover. And with this makeover comes a whole new identity that hopefully FINALLY makes sense. Personal branding - as far as I know - is pretty important, especially when looking for that first job. So having zachblank.com AND sitbandr.com separate was really hurting me because it was really two separate identities, with neither really representing me.
The biggest curse for a brand it having split personality disorder. Something I was definately suffering from. So with this comes the Zach Blank creative revolution. SitB&R will become active again and will explore creativity, branding, strategy, development (brand & code) and try and share some funny thing ...