• The past few weeks I have been fighting a losing battle to give up caffeine, as a replacement I have been madly digesting articles about the dark wake up juice to live vicariously through others. Here’s a snarky one from Freelance Swtich.

• It’s easy to come up with the idea, and hard to follow through, Crossing the chasm to actually tackle the hard part is the focus of this Seth Godin post.

• Four photographers describe the social media workflows that have propelled their businesses to new heights.

• Vice Magazine has crafted an engrossing documentary about the Aokigahara forest in Japan. An amazing film from an organization that is surprisingly becoming a vital force in hard hitting and edgy documentaries.

• Getting past motivational walls.

• The 99%’s one step plan for super productivity – Get up early.

• Check out Zack Arias new OneLight Field Guide.

• An interesting piece about whether blogging is self-exploitation.

• A music video from Frank Turner, one that helps put me in a great frame of mind to learn, fight, and take risks on my creative journey.