March 24, 2008 | By Kelli

Brewing ideas for Starbucks

This morning we stopped at Starbucks (as we often do) and at the register we noticed the words, "Have an idea for us?" printed on the front of a stack of cards. On the back you're directed to visit Starbucks' new campaign website MyStarbucksIdea.com. The website tells you to "Share. Vote. Discuss. See." and encourages customers to post their Starbucks ideas and discuss the ideas of others in order to "shape the future of Starbucks."

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March 20, 2008 | By Rebekah

Photo editing awesomeness...

... sans graphic designer.

As SUM finished yet another lovely site for one of our clients, a common challenge surfaced: all she wanted to do was populate her news page with (1) the photos she took, (2) day or night, and darn it, they had to be (3) right side up and cropped here and there.

That's when we discovered... *drum roll please*... Picnik. What is Picnik, you ask? Picnik is a web-based photo editing application that makes it super-easy to adjust color, remove red-eye, apply effects, add words and even more to your photos. The lovely part is that you don't need to h ...

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March 19, 2008 | By Celia

Year of Simplicity

I know it's March, and a little late to talk about New Year's resolutions but lately I have been tested with mine. Back in January I decided that my resolution would be defined by one word. My word for 2008, that I try to apply to everything in my life - home, kids, and business is "simplicity." I love it, de-clutter and stop over consuming.

On my quest to de-clutter, while frantically cleaning out my house, I discovered that de-cluttering involved organizing. So of course I need to buy closet organizers and book shelves and so on. Of course I was perplexed, how can a quest for simplicity encourage more consumpt ...

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March 18, 2008 | By Miguel

If you can't have the real thing...

I love great ideas and this takes the cake for me! This image combines the influence of marketing, the desire for advancement, humor, and a stinking awesome vehicle all combined in one!!! So take a look at this persons vehicle in the heart of Mexico City...enjoy!!

Photo kudos to hazmeelchingadofavor.com