The final seasons of Mad Men coincided with the beginning and end of my career in publishing. My final job in publishing—my first was "marketing" obscure books in the academic books division—was in the Dictionaries division at Oxford University Press, creating original web content—mainly blog posts—for the now-defunct Dictionaries website. When I first took the … Continue reading On the best ideas in Mad Men appearing outside the office
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Can you have a great idea at your desk?
No one ever had a great idea at a desk. —Margaret Heffernan While I love Heffernan's absolutism—and am tempted to write this on a Post-It and stick it on my desk—I instinctively push back against this idea that desks are dead ends for great ideas. There's nothing wrong with Heffernan's direction: we should get up … Continue reading Can you have a great idea at your desk?
Taylor Coe 