How To Set Your New Alternate Facebook Name

June 23, 2009

Facebook added a pretty cool feature today that everyone can use right away, “alternate names”. My professional name is “Franklin McMahon”, but a lot of people know me by “Frank McMahon”. So if you were to search for me on Facebook as “Frank McMahon”, I actually would not come up. Now with the option to [...]

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Is Creative Competition Wearing You Down?

June 22, 2009

When I look back over my career the past several years, I can see a few. I can see a competitor or two I may have focused on. Just a bit. A wee bit too much. I don’t do that anymore, and its been an extremely welcome relief. Most creative people have competition and adversaries. [...]

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4 Steps to Get the Lowest iPhone 3Gs Price

June 19, 2009

I did it. I was up at 5am this morning to get to the Apple store at the Portland Maine Mall when it opened at 7am to get the new iPhone 3Gs. OK, I love Apple, but this early morning move might officially brand me as a fanboy for quite some time. I snapped this [...]

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The Creative Secret To Gaining Followers

June 18, 2009

Every media artist with a creative career wants followers, but how do you build this up? We all brand ourselves and our talents online and in the real world, but how do we get people to join in with us? One of the genuine secrets to attracting others to yourself is to also be in [...]

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Generate Some Mystery In Your Creative Career

June 17, 2009

Andy Warhol was famous, and infamous, for saying very little. In the press, on TV, during interviews. But instead of the public losing interest because he was boring, the opposite happened, they got more and more intrigued.
It’s hard not to be chatty these days, with so many digital ways to get your words out there. [...]

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Creative Cow 80 - History of 3D Movies

June 16, 2009

This Week: The History of 3D Movies with Ray Zone
Plus: ILM does Nuke, Apple Snow Leopard, Swift 3D v6, Acrobat.com ends beta, Music2Hues, iPhone 3G S shoots video, updated Macbooks and more creative news and interviews.
Guest: Ray Zone is an award winning stereographer, 3D film producer and author. He talks with Franklin about the history [...]

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Be Around Who You Want To Be

June 16, 2009

It could not be simpler. Look at your circle of work, creative and business related contacts. The people you socialize with in person, at mixers, meetings, etc. Are you the top dog? Having more talent, drive and ambition than the others? Or are you on the other end? Often working hard to keep up career-wise, [...]

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Your 4 Creative Career Steps

June 15, 2009

Whatever your creative career may be (web, graphics, audio, music, art, video, etc.) there is a likely chance you are in one of several career steps.
Or you may be between steps. Through your life, you may be working through the steps in order from 1 to 4. Or you may be thinking back to an [...]

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How To Pick A Facebook Vanity URL

June 13, 2009

Facebook has opened up the option to use Vanity URLs for the first time. If you did not grab your name, you still can, just visit:
http://www.facebook.com/username/
I received a lot of questions from clients and friends on the importance of this, what name to choose and even some who were mystified by the whole experience. Also [...]

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Moving Your Career Forward One

June 12, 2009

Part of the creative process involves applying your skill to a project. It could be personal or professional, but lets stick with personal, since it is often where the option to do it or not comes in.
Before the project begins you must envision it. You sketch it out on paper, on your laptop or perhaps [...]

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