September 2011
44 posts
14 tags
Which #AmazonKindle To Get?: Kindle Touch or...
The much-anticipated new Kindles have finally been revealed, several months after buzz spread about the Kindle tablets. However, the new Kindles are only up for pre-order, and not going to be sent out for shipping until November 21st.
Way to build hype and anticipation, Amazon! *clap clap*
So since the Amazon Press Conference 13 hours ago, the blogging, tweeting, facebook-updating world has...
17 tags
Panda-saving Packaging by PdP!
I love when my little company can do little things that can help the planet in a big way.
I previously posted the layout we used in our news blast about our new footwear packaging. But I just wanted to share a thing or two about the development of the packaging.
We wanted to create something that eliminated the use of plastic, protected the shoes, and served as the very vessel for you to tote...
17 tags
12 tags
Watch(via Threadless: The Do-First Work Ethic :: Videos :: The 99 Percent)
Interesting talk by the founders of Threadless, a company that I feel had similar beginnings as Punchdrunk Panda’s, and a company we aspire to be as big and awesome as in the near future. :)
Amusing to see what founders of companies/brands we admire are like as well. :D
UPDATE ON THIS ENTRY BELOW! (10/1/11)
My business...
12 tags
“Seeking advice is addicting and can become a proxy for action. Giving it can...”
– via Frank Chimero: What advice would you give to a graphic design student?
Quite accurately describes what I tend to fall prey to. Read the link for more advice (which you shouldn’t necessarily take to heart) from graphic designer, writer, and overall creative person, Frank Chimero.
10 tags
Succeeding at Failure: Realizing My Mistakes...
Growing up, we usually get scolded for doing things incorrectly, or failing, in other words. For getting a low marks, breaking things, wasting things, writing badly, speaking out of turn, or even just looking not quite right. So many times we’ve been told the right way of doing things, the right way of being, and so most of us grow up overly cautious so as to avoid making mistakes.
But over...
13 tags
12 tags
WatchKathryn Schulz: On Being Wrong
“Wrongologist” and author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error, Kathryn Schulz wittily gives us a slap in the face to remind us that we shouldn’t always be too sure of ourselves as “right”, and to acknowledge and embrace our ignorance. :)
6 tags
5 tags
Amazon press conference set for September 28th,... →
Eeeek!!
11 tags
Progress Report #1 on Nomad Manager
9.23.2011
So, I have some quiet time to myself tonight, no immediately pending doables, so here I am, reassessing where I am in the ultimate goal of this blog.
Somehow, I’ve digressed from my original track when I started this blog a couple of months ago, and it seems to have become less and less about the strategies I am employing (or planning to employ) to achieve complete Nomad Manager...
8 tags
16 tags
TeaTap Cafe: Creating a Charming Milk Tea Brand :)
Sept. 11 & 17, 2011
Yes, I am somehow twisting this blog’s content to make it relevant to the supposed running theme of this blog…being travel and business (entrepreneurship). :P So I am turning what may otherwise be a self-indulgent foodie entry into an example in branding. :D
I was supposed to write this entry after my first trip last Sept. 11, but work and other concerns...
23 tags
Kidrobot x Swatch Launch @ Secret Fresh
Sept. 17, 2011
Two great brands collab to create some of the awesomest watches ever!
Upon learning about the Kidrobot x Swatch Launch at Secret Fresh, Nica and I immediately prepped a delivery of Punchdrunk Panda items for consignment at the store. :P We wanted to make the most of the crowd that would be attending the launch at Secret Fresh that Saturday. However, upon delivery on Friday night,...
15 tags
Bobby Benedicto's Send-off Party @ Cubao Z
Sept. 9, 2011
Gotta love them house parties. Especially when you’ve got a a lot of great bands performing, like Ang Bandang Shirley, Tarsius, Ciudad, The Strangeness & Wilderness, a good amount of booze and some laughable Floptop Haiku Rap Battles.
Bobby Benedicto of Number Line Records was throwing a going away party before leaving for Berlin (he still didn’t have his visa at...
14 tags
Martin Lindstrom @ SMX
Is your brand smashable? Do you have a sensory branding strategy? Is your brand conveyed to the consumer at every touchpoint? Can your brand be as strong as say (gasp!) a religion?
These are just some of the questions Martin Lindstrom raised in his talk last Sept. 8, 2011 at the SMX Convention Center. It left us business owners and marketers with points to ponder on and fueled us to think big...
7 tags
Slap-me-silly September
Earlier today, I received a text message from someone asking if I had received her text a few days earlier. I replied by saying:
“Yep sorry wasn’t able to rep. Mustve reveived it at a time of hecticness which can aptly describe all of the past few weeks.”
You can attribute my shortened words, typos and lack of punctuation marks to the haste with which I replied to her.
Now,...
14 tags
7 tags
5 tags
4 tags
7 tags
9 tags
7 tags
8 tags
8 tags
9 tags
7 tags
“I have a Kindle. I love it, unabashedly. I think good technology turns us into...”
– An interview with Frank Chimero
Ha! A person I admire loves the Kindle too! I can’t wait to get my hands on it this October so I can start gushing about it. :D
7 tags
Atlantis World's Fair →
Weee!! Fun concept and illustration by Frank Chimero for a collaboration with Jason Santa Maria. :D
11 tags
Watch(via Linda Rottenberg: For Entrepreneurs, “Crazy” Is A Compliment :: Videos :: The 99 Percent)
A bit of inspiration to start the week. :)
8 tags
“Erase the logo from every single one of your brand identifiers—products,...”
– How to Build an Unforgettable, “Smashable” Brand Identity (Hint: It’s Not the Logo) | Fast Company
5 tags
30 Second MBA | Home →
I won’t get a degree from this resource, but I will get a lot of lessons which I can apply to my business. And that’s the more important thing.
14 tags
How To Stick To Your Weekly Schedule
09.11.2011 10:58 a.m.
This post is actually how I have NOT been able to follow my weekly schedule. So this is really more of a confession of my failure to meet the above title. Yes, I lied.
Last week, I was able to create a relatively jampacked (compared to my lifestyle before) schedule, filled with productivity and hopefulness for success in life. :P However, given the fatigue hangover...
8 tags
Watchbrassgadgets:
I’ve totally been in a rut for the past couple weeks, and I’ve been trying to figure out why. I wasn’t sure if it was because I felt that my social life was suffering, or if it was my lack of ambition at work and school, or if I was just bored and need a change.
I found this video at a really good time. Scott Belsky, Founder and CEO of Behance, gives a short lecture on how to...
11 tags
“When our start-up team first came together, I told them that their biggest risk...”
– Excerpt from “Making Ideas Happen - Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality” by Scott Belsky (via erictaubert)
7 tags
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve...”
– Vision Without Obstruction: What We Learn From Steve Jobs :: Articles :: The 99 Percent
Jobs also said this in his Stanford commencement speech in 2005, which I previously posted.
I’m doing a little Steve Jobs stalking because the Martin Lindstrom seminar I attended yesterday at SMX reminded...
9 tags
19 tags
Why Punchdrunk Panda created Anteroom Sessions
Punchdrunk Panda’s Anteroom Sessions was really all about showcasing budding independent brands and talent. And as a company that passionately pursues creativity through our work, we acknowledge others who actively follow their creative inclinations, and provided this avenue to share their passion with others.
We had people passionate about music. About tea. About photos. About film. About...
9 tags
PHOTOFREAK ▲: Anteroom Session →
jobow:
Last September 3, 2011 John-c and I we went to Moonleaf Tea Shop for an event by Punchdrunk Panda called Anteroom Sessions. Super fun event! Yummy milk tea! Loads of indie artists which were totally awesome!
WRONG SPELLING! :D
Love Never Dies
Slow Hello- …
Yay!
17 tags
Anteroom Sessions High
Hay, so high!
I didn’t think I’d ever organize an event like Anteroom Sessions, with a number of live indie performances AND pop-up shops AND a photo booth AND webisode/film screenings, much less actually pull it off!
Oh my god I am still so happy I can’t think of anything else right now but #anteroomsessions and how happy I am for all the support and so thankful to everyone...
18 tags
8 tags
Suddenly Seeking Productivity
09.02.2011 7:28AM
I’m not sure where this sudden burst or motivation to be almost hyper-productive came from, but I’m glad it’s come, and I intend for it to stay. I guess the physical activity has good for me, that combined with the intent of this blog. Thus this clarity + lessened lethargy. I’ll have to watch out for burnout though, but I feel like the way I’ve...
8 tags
August 2011
32 posts
13 tags
How Routine Can Be Good For Creativity
More so than other people perhaps, I am a stickler for operational definitions. I feel that it’s important that we know the nuances of words, and what people really mean when they say “routine”.
On one hand, it can mean monotonous or tedious, as in, We are set in our dull routine existence. On the other hand, it can mean a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program,...
