A Web Designer's Life

Prenatal heartbeats are teeny-tiny!

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:37:41 -0500

I got to hear my 10.5-week-along kid-to-be’s little heartbeat for the first time today, happily thumping away inside Kate’s tum-tum. Having spent all of my life before this as an outsider to this process, I was unprepared for how magical and significant it felt.

There are people who do things and people who don’t....

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:02:35 -0500

There are people who do things and people who don’t. We’re all overflowing with creativity, but not everyone ever does anything about it and sees it through to completion.

Drowning in responsibilities. mad laugh

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:09:23 -0500

Drowning in responsibilities. *mad laugh*

Monkey Island 2 Remake for iPad is bloody dizzying. My mind is yanked backward and forward through...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:55:57 -0500

Monkey Island 2 Remake for iPad is bloody dizzying. My mind is yanked backward and forward through time! Oh, the good old days! Oh my god, the future!

Respect convention

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:13:09 -0500

Derek Sivers recently posted an article titled Quit Quirks When Working With Others, and it made some good points about how virtues like “originality” can fail. He highlights how you’re sometimes doing everyone (yourself included) a disservice with your reinventions of “tired” concepts. By toeing the line of convention and saving your unique ideas for places where they’re welcome, you preserve what’s most important: Playing well with others.

Typography matters, people!

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:08:16 -0500

Typography matters, people!

First watch this. Then watch this: http://bit.ly/aSl4hA

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:45:33 -0500

First watch this. Then watch this: http://bit.ly/aSl4hA

New Addition to our Design Portfolio – Tim Boeshaar Web Design & Development Project

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:57:02 -0500

New Addition to our Design Portfolio – Tim Boeshaar Web Design & Development Project

My buddy Caleb pointed this out this evening. Shit. Awesome.

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:59:47 -0500

My buddy Caleb pointed this out this evening. Shit. Awesome.

Good Designers vs. Great Designers (Part 2 – Communication)

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:56:23 -0500

Good Designers vs. Great Designers (Part 2 – Communication)

TED talk: Chip Conley - Measuring what makes life worthwhile

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:49:23 -0500

TED talk: Chip Conley - Measuring what makes life worthwhile:

Seventeen minutes you’ll be glad you spent. Thanks David!

Updated JLSA brand book!

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:12:49 -0500

Updated JLSA brand book!

Video

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:25:26 -0500

Original Pac-Man Designs

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:19:49 -0500

Original Pac-Man Designs:

Toru Iwatani, the original designer of Pac-Man, shows off some of his private collection of early graph-paper designs for the aforementioned classic.

You're holding it wrong?

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 14:48:19 -0500

You're holding it wrong?:

After the reports of a dodgy iPhone4 signal when holding the phone a certain way, Steve Jobs asked people to just stop holding the phone that way. O RLY? Apple’s advertising should be told to do the same, I guess.

The Blitzen Trapper show was a good time. Sorry for the serious...

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:23:31 -0500

The Blitzen Trapper show was a good time. Sorry for the serious face in the picture; I was beerily focused on the coordination of the picture snapping.

Video

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:41:50 -0500

today's new tunes

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:16:06 -0500

The new Stars and Sia albums released today are excellent. 2010 has been a good year for quality releases.

Video

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:25:26 -0500

"Customers purchase based on perception, design influences perception, therefore, design influences..."

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:52:47 -0500

“Customers purchase based on perception, design influences perception, therefore, design influences purchase.”

- Thomas Lockwood, on the value of design for the unappreciative CEO.