As an amateur songwriter and musician, one of my favorite interviews during SXSW this year was with Chris Sampson, a songwriting professor and Vice Dean for Contemporary Music at USC, who uses my books in his classroom. The whole interview is only available to Grammy Pro members, but there are some clips below.
I’ve been on my friend Mike Monteiro‘s podcast, Let’s Make Mistakes, twice now.
The first show was called “No One Destroys My Family But Me,” and we talked about being dads:
The second show was called “Church and State,” and it’s us ranting about art, design, and creativity:
I’m currently working on the forward to Mike’s forthcoming book, You’re My Favorite Client, which is the sequel to his brilliant book, Design Is A Job.
The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed me when I was in town for the LA Times Festival of Books. Watch the 5-minute video here.
Nice 20-minute interview with St. Louis’s HEC-TV from last month. Watch the video here.
I was delighted to talk to Tina and Ryan Essmaker for their awesome interview series The Great Discontent. They’re fellow Midwestern ex-pats, so we talked forever and ended up at a bar singing karaoke later. They’re also amazing editors, and trimmed my blathering into a great read.
My favorite bit:
The newest challenge I’m facing is continuing to make things and not just talk about making them. I’m in a very dangerous position right now; I could shave my head, put on a robe, and become the guru. I could be the guy who flies around, talking about being creative, gets a nice paycheck, and goes home. That’s not interesting to me. If there’s a reason people like my books, it’s because they came out of my practice and what I learned while I was working. Now that Show Your Work is out and doing okay, the next big task is making sure that I stay connected to my work. How do I ensure that I don’t lose my desire for wanting to make stuff?
Read the whole interview here.
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