MKE Creatives: June: Troy on mission statements and self-employment
…continued usefulness of social media. I provided our day’s presentation with a talk on some ideas for new, and experienced, independent creatives to keep in mind as they run their…
Rolling Positive, part 1/2
…opportunities for solo growth and tons of new friends at the same time. My friends say I’ve come out of my shell and that my love for skating really shows….
Local Businesses Do It In The Neighborhood
…read. I hope that headline got your eyes to pause… Yesterday was a great day in Milwaukee for local businesses and the local community. There was, on the south side…
Photo-Community: Portrait Gallery and COPA show
…street photos are shot from elevated perspectives, resulting in a “flattening” of the visual field, reducing common objects into new shapes and angles. Tim Holte’s winter-lakeside images show the serenity…
MKE Comicbook: May 2016: kid-friendly comics and web-comics, Part 1
…readers, and get ready for LOTS of comicbook recommendations for kid-friendly comics, and – in Part 2 – more kid-friendly comics and all sorts of web-comics! As ever, THANK YOU…
MKE Comicbook: “Fave Sequence/Splash-page” meet-up
…the printed versions of their comics to share, and for others, we viewed them projected on a screen. Interesting too, was seeing the different opinions that these comicbook fans brought…
R.I.P. Asshole
new haiku: R.I.P. Asshole http://wp.me/ppTTM-7G…
Overdue: Mom and Dad and other portraits
…but this lovely post from the New York Times moved me and so here we are. I love my folks and wanted to make a portrait along the lines of…
Photo-Community: Trotman and Ruffolo
…about equipping his new photo-studio. Paul’s a talented portrait and wedding photographer who’s looking to offer his clients even more service with the addition of studio space! Paul brings his…
RUNNERS: Judy
…snack? Kwik Trip sausage, egg and cheese muffin sandwich. Do you do competitive runs, and why? Competitive is a loose term. Yes, I do races for the fun and social aspects,…
“it’s never a straight line.”
…Well, within a week, we had three other people call to say that the new hours were bad for them. No matter what you do someone’s gonna be happy and…
MKE Comicbook: July 2105: Diversity in Characters and Creators
…OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The sharing of comics was to center on diversity of characters and creators in the comicbook world. It seemed appropriate then, that the discussion started with Kate…
Advocating for the MKE River: RiverPixMKE
In October, I tried out something new. I’ve long been an supporter of trying to bring advocacy and fun together , believing that people >can< have fun AND make a…
Greenfest in Chicago, via my cel-phone
…was new to me, took some getting used to. Still I think I got some good moments. Enjoy the GreenFest, via my smart-phone! p.s.-these are straight from the phone–no tweaking,…
MKE Comicbook:: 2017 Schedule
…(unless otherwise noted) Dates/Topics for 2017 (Monday nights) (Aug-Dec are tentative until the new MPS calendar comes out): Jan 23 – Best Comics Read In The Last 30 Days Feb…
MKE Creatives: Jan 2015: Mark Bradford on web/IT work
2015 got off to a great start with a sunny networking session at Anodyne Coffee in Walker’s Point. As ever, there were familiar faces to reconnect with, and new ones…
Our Milwaukee, sorta like the lighthouse
…Park, was the meeting’s site and it was lovely! The meeting, as like past events, was populated with concerned, generous, and community-minded business owners. There were founding members present from…
Local Biz: Mutually Assured Success
…Meaney of Comet Branding and Jessica Frank of Murphy Marketing Research. Very importantly though, I got to reaffirm friendships with Bill Finn of Finn Digital, Laura Monagle of Staples Marketing,…
MKE Comicbook: Jan 2015: First Appearances/Cross-Overs
(click the pics to make ’em BIG!) The first MKE Comicbook of 2015, at Anodyne Coffee, in Walker’s Point, started the year off with a bang! The evening featured…
4×5 revisited: Kim
Just another pair of examples why 4×5 is so keen. These aren’t new images, a few years old, but I just came across them and thought them worth sharing. Enjoy!…
Pride of Milwaukee: Menomonee Valley Partners
…The MVP has developed Sustainable Design Guidelines and has been working to redevelop the Valley “for the benefit of the entire Milwaukee community.” As the MVP say on their website,…