Rashan Casseus's guest appearances

Rashan Casseus

The Busy Creator Podcast with Prescott Perez-Fox

Michael Bierut

Gabby Wallace

Cal Newport

Cathryn Lavery

Laura Roeder

Jim Hopkinson

Eric Kass

Douglas Davis

Betsy Helmuth

Debbie Millman

Steve Dotto

Todd Henry

Laura Thomas

Lisa Cummings

John Hargrave

OwlTail

That went quickly! Listen in to our live event where we commemorate 100 episodes of The Busy Creator Podcast and remark on the journey. This event was a crossover with the New York City Podcast Meetup, recorded at Small City Co-working space in Brooklyn. Joining Prescott on stage are musician Joaquin Cotler (@ShinyIslands), UX designer Rashan Casseus (@rcassues) &amp; video publisher/entrepreneur Gabby Wallace (@GabbyAWallace). Together we discuss daily practice, creating projects and nurturing them over time, and our own experiences with podcasting. Get The Episode   Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (MP3, 1:07:53, 32.7 MB)  Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100 (OGG, 1:07:53, 35.9 MB)  Subscribe to Get New Episodes     Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes, on Google Play Music, on Android, on iHeart Show Notes &amp; Links  Small City co-working space in Brooklyn Joaquin Cotler, musician, journalist, composer of The Busy Creator Podcast theme song Paul Shaffer, Clark Terry, Questlove — late night talk show band leaders through the years New York City Podcast Meetup Joaquin has appeared on The Busy Creator Podcast episode 41 John Lee Dumas &amp; Kate Erickson, guests on TBC episode 50  "It's a great time to go to Puerto Rico if you already have a lot of money." —Joaquin Cotler  Tweet This  Creighton Mershonn &amp; Jessi Arrington, proprietors of Small City and past guests on TBC ep 92 Vector Media Group, our default host of the NYC Podcast Meetup Nick Spriggs, partner at Vector, guest on TBC ep 91 New York City Podcast Meetup is one year old  New York City Podcast Meetup on Twitter  New York City Podcast Meetup on Facebook Prescott removed Facebook from his phone, sleeps better  The Busy Creator Podcast made it to 100 episodes — they’re all here Jonathan Coulton, and his Thing A Week podcast project JoCo Cruise, featuring Aimee Mann, et al  "Busy is a four-letter word." —Prescott Perez-Fox  Tweet This  “Busy Beaver” is an English-language idomatic expression MIT’s mascot is Tim the Beaver, nature’s engineer  Tim The Beaver  Buzz The Busy Beaver is the mascot of The Busy Creator Podcast, but not modelled after Prescott  #HumbleBrag, a definition The Busy Creator Podcast started as bi-weekly, went up to weekly, then returned to bi-weekly  Bi-Weekly vs. Fortnightly vs. every-other-week, semantics TBC by the numbers: 3 years, 106 episodes (including B-Sides), 98 unique guests, 15 single-topic episodes, 4 monologue episodes TBC by the numbers, best single day downloads: 567, 11 January 2017 TBC by the numbers, best monthly downloads: 10,148, November 2016 TBC by the numbers, lifetime downloads: 103,279, as of 16 January 2017 Marc Maron’s show received nearly 750,000 downloads in 24 hours when he interviewed President Obama Casper Mattresses, not a sponsor #TBC100 and #NYCPodMeet to see photos from the event Rashan Casseus, NYC native, FIT Grad, currently a Senior UX Designer Rashan &amp; Prescott met at a fan meetup for Keith and The Girl R &amp; P participated in The Cinnamon Challenge The Ice-Bucket Challange, The Mannequin Challenge, etc.  Ice Bucket Challenge  Emeril Lagasse  "I make digital tools easier to use." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This "UX is the thought process of how a human being gets from point A to point B." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This  MailChimp, and their mascot Freddy Disembodied Monkey Hand, the name of Joaquin’s new punk band  Microcopy, the words around the site on buttons, short messages, etc. Eat24, and their “hungry” shopping cart 90Elm, Rashan’s cousin’s t-shirt company User Stories, User Interviews — tools of planning a site Sayba Naturals, Prescott’s mother’s soap brand Squarespace, also not a sponsor  "Websites are never finished, they are only abandoned." —Prescott Perez-Fox, paraphrasing Leonardo da Vinci  Tweet This "Your website is done when you run out of time, or when the client says 'I want it up now'." —Rashan Casseus  Tweet This  Museum of Arts and Design, NYC Gabby Wallace, YouTube producer, teacher, online marketing coach — hates headphones!  Keith Richards Gabby defines herself as a creator. Simple.  "I create something every day. Most day, many things." —Gabby Wallace  Tweet This  Prescott &amp; Gabby met at Podcast Movement 2014 Gabby was a podcaster, has moved back to YouTube. GoNaturalEnglish, a video show to learn to English Friendtor, teaming up with people of complementary skills Adrienne Stortz, Katie Quinn, cooking video producers in Brooklyn Matt Cremona, woodworker  "I reject all that quality and editing because it takes forever!" —Gabby Wallace  Tweet This  Keytar Gilmore Girls, and the revival, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Gilmore Guys podcast The Town Troubadour from Gilmore Girls Joaquin attended CUNY J-School, earning a Master’s in Multimedia Journalism Atavist, easier to use than Squarespace or WordPress Roots on The Record, Joaquin’s graduate project speaking to musicians and   Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz Marian McPartland, 1918–2013 The Nerdist Podcast Alicia Witt, and her episode on The Nerdist The 101, traffic magnet in Los Angeles Studio 360 Kurt Andersen Ashley Milne-Tyte, previous guest on TBC ep 8 WBAI, the liberal talk station which plays Latin Jazz Ray Barretto  "Way more fun than playing music is listening to other people play." —Joaquin Cotler  Tweet This  The Busy Creator Podcast is switching from bi-weekly publication to a seasonal format 9 Habits of Highly Creative People Zapier, upcoming episode for season.next Hulse Durrell, upcoming episode for season.next Vancouver Olympics New brand and website for The Busy Creator coming in the spring SASS (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets), better than CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)  Rashan Casseus on Twitter  Rashan Casseus on Facebook  Rashan Casseus on Instagram  Rashan Casseus on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on Twitter  Gabby Wallace on Facebook  Gabby Wallace on Instagram  Gabby Wallace on LinkedIn  Gabby Wallace on YouTube  Joaquin Cotler on Twitter  Joaquin Cotler on Facebook  Joaquin Cotler on Instagram  Joaquin Cotler on LinkedIn  Joaquin Cotler on YouTube  Tools  Jira Slack Squarespace Google Docs Atavist  Techniques  Name buttons on websites in an intuitive way; say “conclude” or “done” Consult a designer even when using a templated system like Squarespace Take team outings as a way to get to know each other Post a common planning document to keep your team accountable Share your core message; if you don’t have it defined, go back to square one Mix your “main bit” with casual, less rehearsed pieces When discussing an “album”, call it a “record” to be more generic  Habits  Keep your skills up with family and community projects Find the intersection of your creation and what people need Post helpful content and videos; people will ask for your help Constantly learn from others via podcasts, videos, blogs, books, etc. Return to a consistent format to avoid rehearsal   SaveSave

That went quickly! Listen in to our live event where we commemorate 100 episodes of The Busy Creator Podcast and remark on the journey. This event was a crossover with the <a href="http://www.nycpodmeet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Podcast Meetup</a>, recorded at <a href="http://smallcity.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small City</a> Co-working space in Brooklyn. Joining Prescott on stage are musician Joaquin Cotler (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/ShinyIslands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ShinyIslands</a>), UX designer Rashan Casseus (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/rcasseus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rcassues</a>) &amp; video publisher/entrepreneur Gabby Wallace (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/GabbyAWallace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GabbyAWallace</a>). Together we discuss daily practice, creating projects and nurturing them over time, and our own experiences with podcasting. Get The Episode <ul> <li><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/busycreator/TheBusyCreator_100_Live.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100</a> (MP3, 1:07:53, 32.7 MB)</li> <li><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/busycreator/TheBusyCreator_100_Live.ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 100</a> (OGG, 1:07:53, 35.9 MB)</li> </ul> Subscribe to Get New Episodes <a href="http://busycreator.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://busycreator.com/gpm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://busycreator.com/android" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://busycreator.com/iheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://busycreator.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes</a>, <a href="http://busycreator.com/gpm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Google Play Music</a>, <a href="http://busycreator.com/android" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on Android</a>, <a href="http://busycreator.com/iheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on iHeart</a> Show Notes &amp; Links <ul> <li><a href="http://www.smallcity.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Small City</a> co-working space in Brooklyn</li> <li><a href="http://joaquincotler.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler</a>, musician, journalist, composer of The Busy Creator Podcast theme song</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Shaffer</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Terry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clark Terry</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Questlove</a> — late night talk show band leaders through the years</li> <li><a href="http://www.nycpodmeet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Podcast Meetup</a></li> <li>Joaquin has appeared on <a href="http://busycreator.com/41" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Busy Creator Podcast episode 41</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.eofire.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Lee Dumas &amp; Kate Erickson</a>, guests on <a href="http://busycreator.com/50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TBC episode 50</a></li> </ul> "It's a great time to go to Puerto Rico if you already have a lot of money." —Joaquin Cotler <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22It's%20a%20great%20time%20to%20go%20to%20Puerto%20Rico%20if%20you%20already%20have%20money.%22%20%E2%80%94%40ShinyIslands%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li>Creighton Mershonn &amp; Jessi Arrington, proprietors of Small City and past guests on <a href="http://busycreator.com/92" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TBC ep 92</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.vector.nyc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vector Media Group</a>, our default host of the NYC Podcast Meetup</li> <li>Nick Spriggs, partner at Vector, guest on <a href="http://busycreator.com/91" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TBC ep 91</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nycpodmeet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Podcast Meetup</a> is one year old</li> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nycpodmeet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Podcast Meetup on Twitter</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/nycpodmeet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York City Podcast Meetup on Facebook</a></li> <li>Prescott removed Facebook from his phone, sleeps better </li> <li>The Busy Creator Podcast made it to <a href="http://busycreator.com/100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100 episodes — they’re all here</a></li> <li><a href="http://jonathancoulton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Coulton</a>, and his <a href="https://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/thing-a-week/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thing A Week</a> podcast project</li> <li><a href="https://jococruise.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JoCo Cruise</a>, featuring <a href="http://aimeemann.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aimee Mann</a>, et al</li> </ul> "Busy is a four-letter word." —Prescott Perez-Fox  <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22Busy%20is%20a%20four-letter%20word.%22%20%E2%80%94%40scottperezfox%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100%20%23TBC100%20%23podcast%20%23productivity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tweet This</a> <ul> <li>“<a href="http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/busy+beaver" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Busy Beaver</a>” is an English-language idomatic expression</li> <li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/graphicidentity/tim-the-beaver.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MIT’s mascot</a> is Tim the Beaver, nature’s engineer Tim The Beaver </li> <li>Buzz The Busy Beaver is the mascot of The Busy Creator Podcast, but not modelled after Prescott</li> <li><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=humblebrag&amp;defid=5788751" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> #HumbleBrag</a>, a definition</li> <li>The Busy Creator Podcast started as bi-weekly, went up to weekly, then returned to bi-weekly</li> <li><a href="http://polyglotaholic.blogspot.com/2012/05/biweekly-vs-fortnightly.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Bi-Weekly vs. Fortnightly</a> vs. every-other-week, semantics</li> <li>TBC by the numbers: 3 years, 106 episodes (including B-Sides), 98 unique guests, 15 single-topic episodes, 4 monologue episodes</li> <li>TBC by the numbers, best single day downloads: 567, 11 January 2017</li> <li>TBC by the numbers, best monthly downloads: 10,148, November 2016</li> <li>TBC by the numbers, lifetime downloads: 103,279, as of 16 January 2017</li> <li>Marc Maron’s show received nearly 750,000 downloads in 24 hours when <a href="https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/obama-interview-sets-download-record-for-maron-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">he interviewed President Obama</a></li> <li><a href="http://busycreator.com/casper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Casper Mattresses</a>, not a sponsor</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tbc100/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#TBC100</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nycpodmeet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#NYCPodMeet</a> to see photos from the event</li> <li><a href="http://www.rcasseus.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rashan Casseus</a>, NYC native, <a href="http://fit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FIT</a> Grad, currently a Senior UX Designer</li> <li>Rashan &amp; Prescott met at a fan meetup for <a href="http://keithandthegirl.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keith and The Girl</a></li> <li>R &amp; P participated in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnamon_challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Cinnamon Challenge</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Bucket_Challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Ice-Bucket Challange</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin_Challenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mannequin Challenge</a>, etc. Ice Bucket Challenge </li> <li><a href="http://emerils.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emeril Lagasse</a></li> </ul> "I make digital tools easier to use." —Rashan Casseus <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22I%20make%20digital%20tools%20easier%20to%20use.%22%20%E2%80%94%40RCasseus%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100%20%23TBC100%20%23podcast%20%23productivity%20%23UX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> "UX is the thought process of how a human being gets from point A to point B." —Rashan Casseus <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22UX%20is%20the%20thought%20process%20of%20how%20humans%20get%20from%20point%20A%20to%20point%20B.%22%20%E2%80%94%40RCasseus%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://eepurl.com/8xgu1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MailChimp</a>, and their mascot Freddy</li> <li>Disembodied Monkey Hand, the name of Joaquin’s new punk band</li> <li><a href="https://uxplanet.org/microcopy-tiny-words-with-a-huge-ux-impact-90140acc6e42#.uosg4itn1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Microcopy</a>, the words around the site on buttons, short messages, etc.</li> <li><a href="http://eat24hours.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eat24</a>, and their “hungry” shopping cart</li> <li><a href="http://90elm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">90Elm</a>, Rashan’s cousin’s t-shirt company</li> <li>User Stories, User Interviews — tools of planning a site</li> <li><a href="http://saybanaturals.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sayba Naturals</a>, Prescott’s mother’s soap brand</li> <li><a href="http://squarespace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squarespace</a>, also not a sponsor</li> </ul> "Websites are never finished, they are only abandoned." —Prescott Perez-Fox, paraphrasing Leonardo da Vinci <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22Websites%20are%20never%20finished,%20they%20are%20only%20abandoned.%22%20%E2%80%94%40scottperezfox%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100%20%23TBC100%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> "Your website is done when you run out of time, or when the client says 'I want it up now'." —Rashan Casseus <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22A%20website%20is%20done%20when%20you're%20outta%20time,%20or%20when%20the%20client%20says%20so.%22%20%E2%80%94%40RCasseus%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://madmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Museum of Arts and Design</a>, NYC</li> <li><a href="http://www.gabbywallace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace</a>, YouTube producer, teacher, online marketing coach — hates headphones! </li> <li><a href="http://www.keithrichards.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keith Richards</a></li> <li>Gabby defines herself as a creator. Simple.</li> </ul> "I create something every day. Most day, many things." —Gabby Wallace <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22I%20create%20something%20every%20day.%20Most%20day,%20many%20things.%22%20%E2%80%94%40GabbyAWallace%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100%20%23TBC100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li>Prescott &amp; Gabby met at <a href="http://podcastmovement.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast Movement</a> 2014</li> <li>Gabby was a podcaster, has moved back to YouTube.</li> <li><a href="http://gonaturalenglish.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoNaturalEnglish</a>, a video show to learn to English</li> <li><a href="http://www.apa.org/pi/about/newsletter/2014/03/friendtor.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friendtor</a>, teaming up with people of complementary skills</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/xoxocooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adrienne Stortz</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSprAO1TNhIk6yz_pdhQK-w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katie Quinn</a>, cooking video producers in Brooklyn</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpL0v-Ifie7u05lbfO3zJQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Cremona</a>, woodworker</li> </ul> "I reject all that quality and editing because it takes forever!" —Gabby Wallace <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22I%20reject%20all%20that%20quality%20and%20editing%20because%20it%20takes%20forever!%22%20%E2%80%94%40GabbyAWallace%20via%20The%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keytar</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238784/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls</a>, and the revival, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5435008/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gilmoreguysshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gilmore Guys podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://gilmoregirls.wikia.com/wiki/Grant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Town Troubadour</a> from Gilmore Girls</li> <li>Joaquin attended <a href="https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CUNY J-School</a>, earning a Master’s in Multimedia Journalism</li> <li><a href="http://atavist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atavist</a>, easier to use than Squarespace or <a href="http://wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WordPress</a></li> <li><a href="https://joaquinpcotler.atavist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roots on The Record</a>, Joaquin’s graduate project speaking to musicians and </li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/series/15773266/marian-mcpartland-s-piano-jazz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_McPartland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marian McPartland</a>, 1918–2013</li> <li><a href="http://nerdist.com/podcasts/nerdist-podcast-channel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Nerdist Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://aliciawittmusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alicia Witt</a>, and <a href="http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-alicia-witt-returns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">her episode on The Nerdist</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 101</a>, traffic magnet in Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio 360</a></li> <li><a href="http://kurtandersen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kurt Andersen</a></li> <li>Ashley Milne-Tyte, previous guest on <a href="http://busycreator.com/8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TBC ep 8</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wbai.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WBAI</a>, the liberal talk station which plays Latin Jazz</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Barretto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ray Barretto</a></li> </ul> "Way more fun than playing music is listening to other people play." —Joaquin Cotler <a href="https://twitter.com/home?status=%22Way%20more%20fun%20than%20playing%20music%20is%20listening%20to%20other%20people.%22%20%E2%80%94%40ShinyIslands%20via%20%40BusyCreator%20Podcast%20http%3A//busycreator.com/100%20%23TBC100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tweet This</a> <ul> <li>The Busy Creator Podcast is switching from bi-weekly publication to a seasonal format</li> <li><a href="http://busycreator.com/9habits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">9 Habits of Highly Creative People</a></li> <li><a href="http://zapier.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zapier</a>, upcoming episode for season.next</li> <li><a href="http://hulsedurrell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hulse Durrell</a>, upcoming episode for season.next</li> <li><a href="http://hulsedurrell.com/project/vancouver-2010" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vancouver Olympics</a></li> <li>New brand and website for The Busy Creator coming in the spring</li> <li><a href="http://sass-lang.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SASS</a> (Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets), better than CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)</li> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/rcasseus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rashan Casseus on Twitter</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rashan.casseus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rashan Casseus on Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/solidx00/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rashan Casseus on Instagram</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rcasseus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rashan Casseus on LinkedIn</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/GabbyAWallace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace on Twitter</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gabbyawallace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace on Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.instagram.com/Live" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace on Instagram</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabbywallace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace on LinkedIn</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhQGiHzjchlGDSM57uJ1aQ/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabby Wallace on YouTube</a></li> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/shinyislands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler on Twitter</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/joaquin.cotler" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler on Facebook</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/joaquincotler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler on Instagram</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquin-cotler-42704713" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler on LinkedIn</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Live" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joaquin Cotler on YouTube</a></li> </ul> Tools <ul> <li><a href="http://atlassian.com/Jira.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jira</a></li> <li><a href="http://slack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slack</a></li> <li><a href="http://squarespace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squarespace</a></li> <li><a href="http://busycreator.com/google" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Docs</a></li> <li><a href="http://atavist.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atavist</a></li> </ul> Techniques <ul> <li>Name buttons on websites in an intuitive way; say “conclude” or “done”</li> <li>Consult a designer even when using a templated system like Squarespace</li> <li>Take team outings as a way to get to know each other</li> <li>Post a common planning document to keep your team accountable</li> <li>Share your core message; if you don’t have it defined, go back to square one</li> <li>Mix your “main bit” with casual, less rehearsed pieces</li> <li>When discussing an “album”, call it a “record” to be more generic</li> </ul> Habits <ul> <li>Keep your skills up with family and community projects</li> <li>Find the intersection of your creation and what people need</li> <li>Post helpful content and videos; people will ask for your help</li> <li>Constantly learn from others via podcasts, videos, blogs, books, etc.</li> <li>Return to a consistent format to avoid rehearsal</li> </ul> SaveSave

The Big 100! A Live Meetup Event with guests Rashan Casseus & Gabby Wallace