Feeds and Thoughts..Subscribe. Ward Andrews runs a strategic design firm and a limited run t-shirt line in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Tumblr (3.0; @wardo)http://www.wardandrews.com/<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsXcsy0dg1cPEcyAei_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wardo/sets/72157606788062313/">Madrid Airport</a>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/46440682http://www.wardandrews.com/post/46440682Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:06:05 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/364217294/">Initiate</a>: <p>“Carving out time to initiate is more important than ever.”<br/> –Seth Godin on <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/08/inbox-culture.html">Inbox Culture</a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=ZeBJjK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=ZeBJjK" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=eOaIIk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=eOaIIk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=81mZRk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=81mZRk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=koJfLK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=koJfLK" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=g9OVsk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=g9OVsk" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=wwSMlK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=wwSMlK" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=uLYTRK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=uLYTRK" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~4/364217294" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/45857289http://www.wardandrews.com/post/45857289Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:15:53 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsXb9iimkmayYTtmXH_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Lisa and I saw Yaz at LA’s Orpheum Theater on Tuesday night. Seeing Vince Clarke live was a great experience..after listening to his work with Depeche Mode and Erasure for over 25 years. Allison Moyet’s deep vocals were strong and the two of them played all of their songs from the 18 month period they worked together. They each had separate stage platforms to perform from and an LED grid behind them that could display both chunky flat graphics and full video, you could also see through these grids, exposing columns of neon light behind them. A very nice minimal set that provided a lot of variety. The 8 minute version of “Sitaution” with Vince speaking “Move Out” into his vocorder while Allison danced and sang forcefully was the highlight of the show.http://www.wardandrews.com/post/41812544http://www.wardandrews.com/post/41812544Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:59:38 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/329694793/">Mark of Intelligence</a>: <p>It is a mark of intelligence, no matter what you are doing, to have a good time doing it.<br/> —Anonymous</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=FnmPmJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=FnmPmJ" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=CHefSj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=CHefSj" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=qG4bwj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=qG4bwj" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=hXv9QJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=hXv9QJ" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=O8isJj"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=O8isJj" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=uagFfJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=uagFfJ" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=T7GEcJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=T7GEcJ" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~4/329694793" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/41444508http://www.wardandrews.com/post/41444508Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:06:11 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mistershape/~3/319967250/cool-new-ts-from-imaginary-foundation.html">Cool New T's from Imaginary Foundation</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mistershape.com/blog/uploaded_images/imfound08-794152.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.mistershape.com/blog/uploaded_images/imfound08-794149.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></a><br/>“Speak softly and carry a big horn”..another <a href="http://www.imaginaryfoundation.com/index.php?pagemode=detail&type=Mens%20T&uid=F161BE">beautiful T-Shirt</a> from Imaginary Foundation. Available in Charcoal and Brown. New for Summer 2008.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?a=tvTbjI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?i=tvTbjI" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?a=rTmBeI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?i=rTmBeI" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?a=r0cOli"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?i=r0cOli" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?a=aDW34I"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?i=aDW34I" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?a=txJx4i"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/mistershape?i=txJx4i" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mistershape/~4/319967250" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/39834495http://www.wardandrews.com/post/39834495Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:00:07 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsXafvxpwmA3jqKZjN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>DCFChttp://www.wardandrews.com/post/39113826http://www.wardandrews.com/post/39113826Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:23:06 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX9k3fajqLdOQvbCc_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/36385286http://www.wardandrews.com/post/36385286Wed, 28 May 2008 16:24:54 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/297314489/">Links: Go To Where The People Are</a>: <p><img src="http://www.drawbackwards.com/images/collaboration-balls.jpg" alt="Collaboration and Convergence in Marketing and Networking"/></p> <p>In Internet marketing, it’s not about how cool your site is, it’s about what your site has to offer and if people can find that offer. If you are in a niche services or products industry you…</p>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35917767http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35917767Sat, 24 May 2008 10:40:39 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/293891518/">Links: May 1-15, 2008</a>: <p>A collection of links from strategy and internet marketing to Star Wars and push pins…<br/><a href="http://learn.trizle.com/posts/1047-how-to-seek-feedback"><br/> How To Seek Feedback</a> - Personalize the Request</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/20080512_friend_connect.html">Google Friend Center</a> - Google makes your site into a…</p>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35380423http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35380423Mon, 19 May 2008 19:00:47 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/293886196/">Beware of Noisy Tactics</a>: <p>Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.<br/> —Sun Tzu</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=dH8x5H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=dH8x5H" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=K4GC3h"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=K4GC3h" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=WpBxmh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=WpBxmh" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=dNA3xH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=dNA3xH" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=0YZMch"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=0YZMch" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=Q90j2H"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=Q90j2H" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?a=Id6qDH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/drawbackwards?i=Id6qDH" border="0"/></a> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~4/293886196" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35380424http://www.wardandrews.com/post/35380424Mon, 19 May 2008 19:00:47 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX91pxsz427KKVBOi_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/34973081http://www.wardandrews.com/post/34973081Thu, 15 May 2008 19:48:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX8im4o2zmkDxuOMB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33548916http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33548916Fri, 02 May 2008 10:54:14 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX8g3slh4mOEWtKd9_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I don’t make movies to make money—I make money to make movies.”</p> <p>—Walt Disney </p>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33370913http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33370913Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:45:00 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/281049153/">Your Action-Packed Business</a>: <p><img src="http://www.drawbackwards.com/images/quicksand.jpg" alt="Quicksand for Business"/></p> <p>Talk of a recession and the financial factors that lead to the real thing, are quicksand for business.</p> <p>Stop to look, worry or slow down and you’ll likely get stuck. Success and failure are…</p>http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33362284http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33362284Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:48:17 -0700<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/drawbackwards/~3/281044218/">Beauty in Design</a>: When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.<br/> —R. Buckminster…http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33362285http://www.wardandrews.com/post/33362285Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:48:17 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hy0ptZisr70"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hy0ptZisr70" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://www.demiforce.com/games.html">Trism!</a> Steve at Demiforce has a unique game for the iPhone..touching and tilting the phone are required to match the triangles up and drop them off the play surface.http://www.wardandrews.com/post/32866260http://www.wardandrews.com/post/32866260Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:05:48 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX6jcqsbxFrwjCcaQ_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Jerryd Bayless vs. O.J Mayo tonight in LA…who would you draft? Go Cats.http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28781286http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28781286Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:02:07 -0700<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="338" id="viddler_integremlins_1"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/6af12c83/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/6af12c83/" width="400" height="338" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler_integremlins_1"></embed></object><br/><br/>Kid Beyond! Saw this show in Austin at SXSW, was standing behind @dneighbors so this was my view of the action. Too bad Sunny put his hand in harms way…but it makes a great addition to the performance. KB was using a Ground Control footboard and Abelton Live software to sequence and deploy his beats.http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28688986http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28688986Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:32:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX6fou7xxnoFdc753_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Lunch at Iron Works in Austin.http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28527373http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28527373Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:29:42 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/Ab2kqDdsX6ano466DCgF0CVN_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Caught Joel sleeping in the Shady Grove…http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28234082http://www.wardandrews.com/post/28234082Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:58:00 -0700