http://www.textmarksthespot.com Making Deadlines and Headlines Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:58:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've recently been contracted to work in a marketing/promotions capacity for a developing brand. More on this to come! http://www.textmarksthespot.com/promotions/marketing-strategies/ I prepared the PowerPoint supplements for two Cengage college textbooks on Community Policing. Although my role was strictly PPT, I did spot a couple minor edits. I heard back the following feedback: "I agree with the supplement author - those items need to be edited. ... if you would please ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/powerpoint-presentations/community-policing-powerpoints/ With ToyCyte being on permanent hiatus, I needed a place to channel my toy blogging energy. John "Spanky" Stokes opened the door and gives me the chance to blog my head off whenever I feel the need. I even have my own tag! The article pictured above is a story ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/blogs/spankystokes/ I made it to the big time! Amazon's Toy Whimsy blog gave me a guest blogger position, and I began writing an Art Toys 101 column called "The Art of Toys." Occasionally, I post a blast from the past. This little post about Devo toys apparently got an unprecedented number ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/blogs/the-art-of-toys-on-amazon/ The editor in me had to pick at a few typos on the brilliant Sergey Safonov's Rotocasted database, and that critique lead to a great friendship and a position as Database Librarian. When I'm not correcting tags and typos, I'm taking pictures of toys for safe archiving in the library. ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/copywriting-editing/rotocasted/ In the past couple months, I've been honored to contribute art and design news to Cool Hunting. Cool Hunting is a daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology, and features weekly videos that get an inside look at the people who create ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/blogs/cool-hunting/ Earlier this summer, Doodlesplatter got a makeover from Jon Burgerman himself and my new co-conspirators, the generous and talented, The Neon Hive. With Doodlesplatter, I coined the term blogography. The blog is a biography about Jon and his work, with a Web 2.0 twist: I infuse a little bit of ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/blogs/doodlesplatter-version-2-0/ [gallery] To date, more than 15 emerging artists have participated in ToyCyte's custoMONDAYs. Click here to read more about The custoMONDAY Project. Click here to view the entire archive of all custoMONDAY artists. Click here to view the website of graphic artist Jason Babler, designer of the custoMONDAY logo. http://www.textmarksthespot.com/features/the-customonday-archive/ Every other Monday  on ToyCyte, I spotlight an emerging artist. Each profile includes an interview, comprehensive photos, links to the artists' online imprints and a contest where the artist gives away a customized art toy or original creation to a lucky fan. The figures are all exclusively created for the ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/toys-and-trends/the-customonday-project/ A quick note about Doodlesplatter: In my daily postings about art, toys, design and culture, I found myself blogging Jon Burgerman more than any other artist. A t-shirt here, a skateboard there, but certainly something every single week. I became very interested in the variety of “canvases” open to today’s ... http://www.textmarksthespot.com/blogs/doodlesplatter/