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Taylor Trask

Issuu lets you create beautiful, functional online publications

In a meeting last week I was compelled to bring up Issuu, a service which emerged last year.  So few people know about Issuu that I thought it useful to explain and review it here. According to their “about” page Issuu turns your documents into beautiful online publications. Publish to an audience of millions and [...]

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We are what we read & watch…

Happy 2009 boys and girls!  After some much needed rest and strategizin’, the Blend is back and so is this blog.  We got into a nice little groove in December and plan to continue that throughout this year – a lot to talk about, much to consider and a ton of bullshit to break through. [...]

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Apps to help you stay productive in ’09

With 2009 quickly approaching, I was thinking about how to stay productive.  I am the lucky owner of an iPod Touch, and have been using it a lot for my work-related needs. Needless to say, I’ve become a frequent customer in the iTunes app store, and just picked up two VERY handy little tools I [...]

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We Took It For Granted

I may confuse many of you with what I’m about to say. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the internet and the vast and exciting opportunity it has provided content creators, marketers and business people world-wide.  Strategic Blend is built off of these opportunities, so the following rant may seem a bit off-base. I [...]

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The Conundrum of Clutter part 1

“Clutter clutter everywhere, and not a drop to drink…” It used to be that you had to live in a few specific cities, have access to the right people and tools and devote a large amount of time, sacrifice and money to produce content.  This was true for film makers, musicians, artists, writers, illustrators, radio [...]

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Tribe Building: Old West Style

One of my favorite movies is 3:10 To Yuma starring Christain Bale (always awesome), Russell Crowe (who for once doesn’t annoy me) and Ben Foster (as one of the most badass Western villains EVER).  It’s a modern Western done very well, something we don’t get very often.  The plot evolves around Russell Crowe’s character (Ben [...]

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