When job hunting at a small business recently, I called a local company with an excellent track record for reliable hiring and better-than-average pay.  Japanese-owned, this company is an unlikely addition to the small country town in which I live, yet it has not only survived the recession, but thrived and continued to offer jobs..

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Apple Inc. has come a long way since its founding in 1977. Its evolution is widely documented and inherently detailed. Nevertheless, the purpose of this post is to document the marketing/design part of their resurrection. While other parts of that resurrection will be examined in the future, the heart of any product is captured in..

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Consider for a moment Van Gogh’s, Starry Night.  When looking at the picture, what do you think he was trying to communicate?  Was it the night sky, the city skyline, or the mountain?  Would any one part be as important as the whole of the painting?  We see Starry Night as a whole, with individual..

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