heyforgepleasehireme.com by Rob Tarr

Lesson learned: It can pay to be creative when searching for a job. I could have easily sent a resume with a nice cover letter, but that wouldn’t have conveyed how much I wanted to work there. If you want something, go after it whole hog.

Second Annual Very FORGE Thanksgiving by Rob Harr

Erma Bombeck once said, “What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?”
We agree. Which is why we decided, for the second year, to flout the tradition of basting and slow-cooking our turkey to [...]

FORGE’s Workspace Featured by Rob Harr

A creative workspace can help produce creative work. FORGE’s space was featured in a Dayton Creative Syndicate article to express just that belief.

The author, Marisa Becker, wrote, “Four creative businesses in Dayton have taken the first steps to start revitalizing Dayton, beginning from the ground up by adapting existing downtown spaces to fit their needs.”

MYOB Conference 2010 by Chad Mullins

While it’s easy to dismiss conferences purely as fun, the 2010 MYOB conference was one of the most enlightening and challenging times of my career. The conference offered a unique opportunity to gather with professionals of a similar nature and discuss our relative businesses.

Welcome to the FORGE Team by Ryan Clark

A quick post to welcome the newest member of the FORGE Ideas team: Anvil the Letterpress. Anvil is a Craftsmen Platen Press, and hails from a machine shop in Boston, MA. He decided to join the team after a stint at a local print shop, and we are more than happy to have him heading up our new Printing Division.

Rooftop Garden by Rob Harr

Seeing as how we have a space that gets full sun and we cook a lot here, we thought a rooftop garden would be a good idea. Tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, onions, and okra have all been growing since May. Instead of driving to the grocery, we can just climb the stairs and pick [...]

iPhone Development: Yeah, We Do That Too by Rob Harr

An iPhone application FORGE had been working on for a few months titled “Speak, Piggy!” was approved for the iTunes store. This project is actually a smaller part of a larger project that will be launching next week: “A Modern Eden.”

Mom’s Nite Out by Ryan Clark

We’re currently inundated with giveaways for the Mom’s Nite Out event we are sponsoring tonight, along with fellow sponsors Kroger, Subway, and Good Samaritan Hospital, to name a few. A small number of local area moms will be treated to a sneak peak of A Modern Eden, as well as tons of prizes and giveaways! [...]

Word of the Day by Andy Rossi

Ensmallenize
verb
To shrinken, make smaller.
Coined by Andy

Being Successful by Jän Ostendorf

Human interaction is still human interaction. Being successful with it has not changed. What has changed is where and how it’s done.
Jän