Photo-Community: ASMP “Cocktails and Critiques”
…search! When clients are considering hiring a photographer, it’s important to know whether or not the under-consideration-photographers are part of trade groups. Most photographers who belong to groups like EP,…
MKE Creatives: 2017 Schedule
…a family entertainment center with a strong local focus. Years of experience in education, nonprofit management and with their own 5 kids led to the invention of a place for…
MKE-likemind: Mike Rohde
…always aid his processing of the lectures/presentations/and such that he attended. Mike started taking notes at lectures in the form of sketches as a way to improve his comprehension, by…
Steve Ditko at Gravity
The streak of monthly comicbook meet-up events continued last week, as myself and some other fervent fans of comics met up at Gravity to watch a documentary about Steve Ditko…
pro bono: More T-shirt Love
This past weekend, I embarked on behalf of Tim Cigelske again, making photos of used t-shirts to be sold online at TeeCycle! I’ve done shoots for Tim before, lots of…
MKE Creatives: first meet-up
…she suggested holding a joint-networking session, I was more than delighted to help plan it. Together, we reached out to all the creatives we knew, many we didn’t know but…
RUNNERS: Emily
click ’em to big ’em. Emily is a friend of mine, and though I don’t get to see her often (she lives out East), we communicate pretty regularly and I’m…
MKE LikeMind: Sue Spaight, Digital Strategy
…the basic question of digital strategy the experience must have some “personality” studies say the top needs of online users are: 1. Solve My Problem, 2. Give Me An Incentive…
What makes Milwaukee special…
…own luchador mask!! According to an online “Wrestling Name Generator”, my wrestler-name is “Abdullah the Critter”–wowza, how’d they know? Saturday afternoon, Rachel and I went to Art vs Craft at…
MKE Creatives: Jan 2016: Getting Creative with Rosie Hartmann
MKE Creatives started 2016 at Anodyne Coffee with Rosie Hartmann lighting a fire beneath us. 🙂 The focus of her presentation dealt with a problem common to many independent working…
Local First Milwaukee: Third Thursday at Companion Art Gallery
This morning, Bay View’s “Companion Art Gallery” hosted the Local First Milwaukee “Third Thursday” networking event. The beautiful, sunny morning was made even brighter by the sunny dispositions of all…
High-Speed Rail Rally (photos)
…high! Here’s a great story about how Wisconsin fits into the bigger picture of high-speed rail in the Midwest: MinnPost Here’s an interesting commentary on why Governor-elect might be so…
Photo-Community: LIFE Photog John Dominis
…photo of Cardinal Stritch sitting on a bench, looking at Lake Michigan. Using this story as an example of how quick-witted the 88-year old Dominis can be, Bill then turned…
Movember: Yep, I’m participating.
…true when it comes to muscle mass and flexibility. DO YOGA OR TAI CHI REGULARLY. These exercises keep your muscles, joints, and connective tissues in great shape. It helps your…
Kickapoo Valley
…was much cooking, laughing, hiking, canoeing, horse-back riding, learning about the Amish and a little sleep, but not too much. Here, for your viewing pleasure, are some of my snapshots…
Photo-Community: Mark Avery
…thoughtful and positive (that’s 4 reasons right there, I know); 2. I’ve known him around 12 years or so now, and I’m still learning things about him. Avery’s got more…
MKE Creatives: July 2017: Love Yer Local Library
…Creatives knew some things about the library system: 1. “We serve people of every need – homeless, single parents, kids, families – everyone comes to the library.” 2. The databases…
MKE Creatives: Oct 2015: Jon Henry, on direction
…UW-Madison, works for an insurance company now (“I”m OK with it.”), and has done a lot of living and learning in between. “I want to talk about direction.”, is what…
Local Biz: Rocking K Saddlery
…and friction of his tool-work, combined with the moisture content in the leather – the burnishing is a permanent effect. The darker tones come from the oils he treats the…
MKE Creatives: Nov 2016: Paul Akert, Stories and More…
…through the “40 Most Commonly Asked Questions” of Santa, learning how to handle children’s questions about difficult subjects. While this is the season for Santa (and Paul’s wife is often…
Questions, with answers (political perks edition)
…and their various forms of compensation. I endeavored then, to spend some time this evening seeing what I could do to find some answers to our questions. Those questions were:…