Michael Lalonde is the creator of Mr. Big's favorite online comic -- Ornery Boy. Since the guy possess too much creativity for just one website, he started an apparel and novelty site with his girlfriend Jennifer. The site is called Sick On Sin, and features lots of items with artwork from Michael, but my favorite has got to be creepy crawly stuff -- like his zombies and the new Series B Halloween art.
Series A featured all the standard Halloween fare (bats and skulls and black cats and gargoyles, oh my!) but the Series B art is...well... more "Halloweeny" now that they've been printed in all-spooky colors of Black, White, and Red.
The Bat, Cat, and Skull are still there -- but with a creepier twist. New additions include a Raven right out of Poe and a cute li'l Reaper character.
Looking for a great gift for that one (or in my case, more) morbid friends on your shopping list? Then drop by SickOnSin.com and use the discount code 4NSBOO to save 10% on any order through Nov 1.
Only a certain kind of person can pick up a book titled "The Power of Nice" and keep a straight face.
Mr. Big tends to lean toward the sarcastic side of life, so when the BzzAgent.com promotional campaign for this book came along, it was tough to maintain a non-mocking attitute -- but the snarkiness evaporated once I familiarized myself with the core principles of being "Nice."
The Six Power of Nice Principles 1. Positive impressions are like seeds Everytime you smile at a waiter or laugh at a co-worker's joke, you plant a seed of positive energy. The seed grows and expands exponentially.
2. You never know Treat everyone you meet as the most important person in the world -- because they are. You never know what could happen.
3. People change A common mistake is believing you only need to be nice to people in positions of power -- not the assistant or the security guard. You have no idea who might become important in ten days or ten years from now.
4. Nice must be automatic You can't turn nice on only when it benefits you. Nice needs to become a habit, and be expressed without a second thought.
5. Negative impressions are like germs If positive impressions are like seeds, rude remarks are like germs. Youmay not see the impact they have for a while, but they are there -- secretly and silently infecting you and everyone with whom you come in contact.
6. You will know Even if you never again come into contact with some you treated badly -- you will know. It will be in your heart and soul when you trying to convince others to put their faith in you. And because you won't believe in yourself, you'll end up jeopardizing the outcome of your business or personal relationships.
There's nothing in the book your parents haven't been telling you for years, but it'll do wonders for your attitude seeing it put into a professional perspective.
You can learn more about the book at ThePowerOfNice.com -- but at the very least download the free desktop wallpaper. It'll cheer you up just having the bright yellow wallpaper smiling back at you all day.
In a brilliant act of confronting Apple with its own words (and then making them eat those words) a YouTube user with the screen name "KeeptheiPhoneFree" created a video mashup of all the third-party iPhone software that was effectively rendered useless when Apple released the firmware update 1.1.1.
The real act of brilliance was in using the audio from Apple's groundbreaking "Think Different" campaign. Listen to the narrator (who I think is Richard Dreyfuss) call out Apple's salute to "the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently." According to Apple's script they have no respect for the status quo -- yet that's just what Apple is trying to maintain by fighting the iPhone hack that allows for greater user ability by these self same "Crazy Ones."
So, according to Apple it is okay to Think Different -- just don't think TOO different from them.
Would
you like your product or website reviewed in an
edition of The Big Link?
While
you cannot buy a positive review, pay-for-placement
is definitely a way to move your project to the top
of my review stack.
Again,
no amount of money is ever going to convince me to
say nice things about you or your stuff if it (or
you!) sucks -- but slipping me a free sample of the
product or a few extra bucks to help with hosting,
promotion, and project development will absolutely
you move you to The Big Link's short-list.
Another Unusually Creative Project from Don The Idea Guy
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Michael Lalonde is the creator of Mr. Big's favorite online comic -- Ornery Boy. Since the guy possess too much creativity for just one website, he started an apparel and novelty site with his girlfriend Jennifer. The site is called Sick On Sin, and features lots of items with artwork from Michael, but my favorite has got to be creepy crawly stuff -- like his zombies and the new Series B Halloween art.
