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Archive for November, 2009

QUICK: Draw Something (Odosketch)

Ready to draw? It’s hard. Everything I make looks like Kabookie. But there are masters. And they’ve mastered it. Ready to become one of them?

NOTE: I love it when digital agencies actually make stuff just because it’s fun. Well played Odo.

LINK: Odosketch.

MEGA-THANKS: Drew & Jon

Two very big thank-yous are in order this week:

The first goes to Drew aka FakeJake who held down the fort here, on Twitter, and Facebook so I could take a week off and think. We didn’t get any closer to actually reading all of Zoomdoggle’s inbound mail, but vacations are always good and Drew, having never been me before, did a fantastic job. In fact, he did such a good job, I think we should have a guest Jake every other week. Give me a week to figure out what that means – perhaps we can make the program funner, perhaps you have a suggestion for how – then we’ll get to it. In the meantime, if you’re interested, holler at me.

Next up but no less important is Jon, his lady, and their little buffalo. Cashew and I were sitting in the park, discussing the merits of Zoomdoggle and considering pulling the plug, when Jon and his fam, a group I’d never met before, wandered over to say how much they enjoy reading it. Sold. If Jon likes it, I like it. It’s just got to get better is all…

Interesting side note, the last time I was considering calling it a day, I was on the subway talking to Jordan, the coding genius who makes the site run, when a then unknown Color Me Katie, stepped out of the shadows to say how much she enjoyed it. I guess if there’s a moral here it’s this: You never know the impact your words will have. Speak up at every chance.