Archive for April 2014

Whatcha reading this spring break? – SCN Encourager 4/4/2014

Do you wonder what THE “thought leaders” will be reading?  I’d like to think they’d pick up a sports page of some kind and then get into a gritty detective yarn. Or maybe even enjoy a big book of Kansas City BBQ tips, although I doubt they’d need to reference the corresponding photos I must…

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This will probably mess up your day. – SCN Encourager 4/3/2014

Or at least knock your meeting schedule off kilter. After yesterday’s Encourager on the topic of logos – and the presentation of its cool infographic – I received some “mostly” hilarious responses back throughout the day. I have to say “mostly” because one of the emails was an update about my daughter’s recently recalled Chevy…

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What’s the Nike “swoosh” logo worth? – SCN Encourager 4/2/2014

I’m not sure I really want to know. I’d get depressed. Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers  – and his new $292 million contract – is better suited for this kind of extravagant daydreaming. But still – It’s hard to believe that a struggling graphic designer in 1971 was only paid $35 for creating the original…

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