My Dad flew from Kona, Hawaii to Washington, DC, just to celebrate his 60th birthday with his new...

‘33 New Design Blogs with Great Content & Resources’ - A worthy bookmark for...

My Dad flew from Kona, Hawaii to Washington, DC, just to celebrate his 60th birthday with his new...

Holding my baby while seeing espn.com’s Olympic coverage. Aside from Japan’s surprise...

Holding my baby while seeing espn.com’s Olympic coverage. Aside from Japan’s surprise...

Wow… big news in the telecom world: Jajah’s VoIP technology will be integrated into a...

My wife and baby have arrived from Tokyo! Second happiest day after my daughter being born on the...

The OnStar System, offered by General Motors, just rocks. The peace of mind it provides, as well as...

P&G’s Jeneanne Rae has a good article on how they are using design thinking...

I played QB, wore No. 1, and just had a daughter, therefore I enjoyed Disney’s “The Game...

While my favorite football player of all time is Jim Brown, this movie about his successor at...

“Persistent people begin their success where others end in...”
— Edward Eggleston

Two small, but great reads recently found: ‘Subject To Change’ by the team at Adaptive...

Working on a vision/strategy deck at my favorite coffee spot: Murky Coffee in Arlington....

Now updating through Ping.fm

Checking out the NEW Facebook layout design that was just rolled out on July 20th…...

Watching Radiohead be innovative: http://tinyurl.com/58mf7h

…although they definitely bit Twitter by using the ‘posts’ instead of...

I’m shocked to see how much Flock has improved in this past year; it has successfully...

What’s Google looking for in people? Analytical...

Just picked up the ‘Mad Men’ DVD box set at Barnes & Noble. Funny how my two...

At a social/networking event to hear one of my favorite authors, Dan Pink, discuss his most recent...

ABSOLUTELY LOVIN’ my new Samsung Instinct. Even after living in Tokyo for the past 7 yrs, this...

Enjoying these little everyday tips/tricks from a recent Sprint campaign site developed by...

For brands looking to learn how to utilize 2.Oh tools like Twitter, head over to Zappos’ Twit...

Firefox Download Day! http://tinyurl.com/5vcx53

An old ad for Sprint, one of my main clients. The waitress in the story has the same name as my dear...

Milton Glaser said designers balance the sensibilities of a businessman and an artist. Schools are...

Excellent NY TImes infographic piece breaking down the demographic differences among OBAMA vs...

Amazon.com Book Trailer: Meet Johnny Bunko

AIGA: An Interview with Sports Logo Designer,...

Lakers versus Celtics in the NBA Finals… just like back in the day when I was growing up with...

Glad to see Daniel Pink on Twitter/Facebook, he authored one of my favorite books on creativity:...

Glad to see UX Magazine is still alive and well: http://www.uxmag.com - been a while since I last...

I’m sure you have seen this as it’s been well...

Adair Kyoko's 3 Sites

Working on my new daughter’s web sites: www.AdairKyoko.com www.AdairGarcia.com...

It's Baby Time!!

My wife just went into labor!!! I’m now rushing to get from Washington DC (where I am) to...

Getting ready for my little girl to be born!! Just about a week and some change away now… (!)

Jango Music Widget

SlideRocket is a web application that provides everything...

XPlane + dotSUB

Sapient DC - Day One

Just flew in on the red-eye from my ‘Sapient Start’ training program this morning to...

Doing my ‘Sapient Start’ training in Santa Monica.

Moving back to the US and A

Busy trying to pack-up and move my stuff from Tokyo to Washington DC, where I just accepted an offer...

Is it really 2000 + 8 already!?

Just returning back to Tokyo from an Los Angeles > Washington DC > Los Angeles trip.

Reading over my favorite Far Side strip: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a...

BusinessWeek: ‘How to Write a Winning Business Plan’ - http://tinyurl.com/2r3dgo

The new Imperial College London web...

Here is (a preview of) the new Imperial College London web site to launch on Monday, Dec. 10th,...

Too German for Japan - Part II. Went back the following day...

Still enjoy watching this amazing 1994 Texas HS Football comeback. Sometimes it really is better to...

Too German for Japan. Mercedez-Benz, in a feable attempt to...

Reading ESPN.com’s latest E-Ticket feature: “Trojan Force”...

Reading ESPN’s: “A Trojan Force” http://tinyurl.com/23xq33

Symantec presents: 'Norton Fighter'

Symantec, the company that provides a variety of content and network security software for both...

@lancegarcia Nice page design!

Viewing Symantec’s new marketing campaign in Japan: www.NortonFighter.com

“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.”
— Leonardo Di Ser Piero Da...

Testing out this new service from http://hellotxt.com/ - allows a user to e-broadcast their...

Proposed Presidential Innovation

What the Presidential candidates think about innovation by Bruce Nussbaum Where do the leading...

Reading BusinessWeek’s “Proposed Presidential Innovation” article. No one seems to...

I played the cello in Junior High. It sucked as much as this guy so humorously (a cornerstone trait...

Web 2.0 Expo - Tokyo 2007 Keynote Interview with Tim...

OODA Loop

The OODA Loop is a concept originated by military strategist and fellow autodidact, Col. John Boyd...

OVERLAP07

Overlap aims for an experience that is multidisciplinary, collaborative, pragmatic and...

rlance: Clicking on: www.WhatShouldIReadNext.com

rlance: Just finishing up “The Elements of Persuasion,” a fine read about business...

rlance: Just installed snitter (http://snook.ca/snitter/), a new Adobe Air app made for easier...

The Enterprise IG is now... The Brand...

I really dig the new gestalt-based brandmark for one of the leading branding agencies in the world....

‘The Heroic Journey’ diagram via...

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci:...

Not anywhere near my ‘Top Reads’ list, but I do appreciate the metaphor used by Michael...

Forget the Brand, Focus on the Customer

By David Merman Scott The Brand.” Ugh. Just hearing the term makes me want to puke....

CMO Rants by Gaston Legorburu

“Good graphic design reveals the greatest number of ideas in...”
— Edward Tufte

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BusinessWeek: "What's In a Name? Fatter...

Largely unknown Taiwan contract manufacturers are trying to reposition themselves as consumer...

The Infinite Oz

“Creativity requires limits, for the creative act arises out...”
— Psychologist Rollo May

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won. ”
— Winston Churchill

FastCompany: Letter from the Editor (Oct...

What does design really contribute to an organization’s bottom line? In a global marketplace...

Why Design?

by Peter Lawrence Design remains the most underutilized and misunderstood tool at the disposal of...

“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”
— Michelangelo Buonarroti

Design Thinking... What is That?

by Mark Dziersk The methodology commonly referred to as design thinking is a proven and repeatable...

Harvard Business Online - My Extreme MBA

Sapient - IT Power Partnership

Twitter > RLance

What is Design Thinking?

As with design, there’s probably no one definition of design thinking everyone will agree on. The...

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
— Sir Francis Bacon

Pen Sketch. This one not by me.

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