What do you do when you face creative roadblocks? Bryn Mooth advises that you get out of the home office or corporate cube and do something physical. For her, nothing raises the creative juices quite like brisk walk with her little dog Peroni. Go see this post... then go walk the dog.

Introducing a new column by Bryn Mooth, When Life Gives You Blueberries... Bryn's take on balancing career and personal happiness has particular resonance since she recently left a longtime position as editor of HOW to pursue a second career as an independent journalist and copywriter focused on food and healthy eating. Find her at http://www.writes4food.com, ...

Design Army's Pum and Jake have big plans for HOW Design Live in Chicago: JAKE - Is the Jerry Springer Show still there? I would like to go see his show and throw a !#$%@$#@ chair. PUM - I am too busy to plan so wherever my feet take me I will be sure to take a picture ... and figure out what it is later.

Mig Reyes… is a … um… a… Mig Reyes is a definitely… um… decidedly talented creator of… well. Mig is a brand unto himself. He defies definition. Go see for yourself. The only way through it is to experience it yourself.

They are an unmistakable pair: a cross between dress-a-like Matt Drudge, silent Henry and intellect Nina Totenberg, cadging great interviews from the vainglorious, unwitting, witty and shy. If you see them, step up and say hello. You don't interview the interviewers! Barbara Walters taught us that! But, we tried: in our "tawlk" with "Little Donnie" and Nate. ...

Guess who's speaking at HOW? Meet Justin Ahrens of Rule29. "One of the strengths of HOW is meeting so many amazing people and fellow speakers that work within the industry. All of us coming together to share ideas, struggles and inspiration is always a high point of my summer."

First, The Dieline was a blog. Then it spawned a book. Look for the first-ever conference this summer. Says The Dieline creator Andrew Gibb, "If anything, the Dieline has just kind of blown open this secret door, and it’s very good for people to see who’s designing what. When we feature student projects on there, they get seen by these big design firms who ...

Ryan McGovern chats with Terry Marks, founder of TMARKS from Seattle who shares his valuable insight on the business of design. Terry discusses what it's like starting a business, what keeps him going and why good design is so important.

"I’m a fire hose in a garden hose world. Instigator, DyVa and Tension Seeker & honored to be invited to help teams and entreps rock." -Dyana Valentine

Designing doesn’t bring in the big bucks. So how does Donovan Beery stay afloat amongst thousands of designers, while working for a better cause? His secret: always have time for everything.