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1. The Twitter You Don’t Know

   Saturday, December 20th, 2008 | 12 Comments

   Twitter didn’t start out to be the definition of “Micro Blogging”; that term came out of Twitters popularity, out of the way the product was utilized by its users. Twitter didn’t create micro-blogging; Twitter users did using the Twitter platform.

2. When Did We Become So Afraid of Failure?

   Thursday, December 18th, 2008 | 15 Comments

   This industry is so quick to throw its success to the public but so fearful to do the same for its failures. I question why, especially in an industry where our failures are so fundamentally important to our success.

3. Employees First, Profits Second.

   Monday, December 15th, 2008 | 33 Comments

   The economy is in a sore spot, a recession is here and layoffs are plentiful; even within our own luxurious Internet industry. But what is bothering me most are the organizations that put profits before people; and hide behind terms like “right sizing”.

4. The Perfect Twitter Client

   Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | 17 Comments

   With Twitter’s ever growing popularity comes with it a change in who is using the application and how they are using the application. For many of us, it is hard to adapt to the changing environment; so I ask for a change in environment.

5. Stop being a dick, support IE6

   Monday, November 10th, 2008 | 112 Comments

   Somewhere down the line we forgot what it is all about; the user and the user experience. Rouge irresponsible industry leaders are telling us it is time to move on from Internet Explorer 6, IE6.

6. From Print to Web: A design discussion with Dan Rubin

   Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 6 Comments

   Last night Dan Rubin spoke to a large group of Washington, D.C. Art Directors about the myths, similarities and differences of design between the print and web mediums.

7. I have a man crush on my Tax Accountant

   Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | 5 Comments

   When jumping in the entrepreneurial world there is much to consider and much to do; but almost nothing is harder or more important than having a really good tax accountant!

8. A Free Idea: The social CMS that isn’t a CMS at all

   Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | 24 Comments

   I’ve been researching and sketching out a concept for developing a new light-weight CMS that isn’t actually a CMS. It is more of a social networking aggregate publishing system.

9. The Facebook killer is coming … in 2011

   Monday, August 25th, 2008 | 26 Comments

   If history truly repeats itself, then Facebook will step down from the king of the hill four years from its popularity over MySpace as every leader before it had for almost the past fifteen years.

10. WordPress Default Theme Optimized for the iPhone

    Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | 6 Comments

    I decided to take a few hours last night and using CSS alone, create an iPhone/iPod Touch friendly version of the default WordPress theme based on the famous Kubrick.

11. Teaching at MICA this fall

    Monday, August 11th, 2008 | 10 Comments

    I am excited and honored to announce that I’ll be teaching a course, GD301A, at the Maryland Institute College of Art this fall semester. It is an amazing opportunity to teach ‘web design’ at such a prestigious institution.

12. Do Web Designers Need Degrees?

    Monday, July 28th, 2008 | 46 Comments

    What is more valuable; quantity and quality of work or a degree? If the work ultimately outshines the degree, should we question spending half our first decade getting into debt as opposed to building a career?

13. What if there were no stop signs?

    Monday, July 21st, 2008 | 6 Comments

    A video that does an amazing job of highlighting the sad realities of the creative process that many clients and management teams put us through. The video really highlights the beauty of clean minimalistic design.

14. Me on Digital Web Magazine

    Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 | 2 Comments

    Today my first article on Digital Web Magazine was published; pretty exciting stuff! The piece is title, “Smart CSS Ain’t Always Sexy CSS”. Another highly debated topic that I am sure will stir up some good discourse.

15. It’s a studio not an office!

    Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 | 8 Comments

    You may think its just semantics, but the difference is enormous. For creative teams, those truly creative and striving to push the limits of inspiration and innovation, environment is everything.

16. I dislike the new Walmart logo

    Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 | 18 Comments

    The new Walmart logo has a Kmart and Payless visual feel to it; a sense of cheapness. Not the low price type of cheapness; but the sticky floor, strange smell, unkempt employee type of cheapness.

17. Why I love my mistakes

    Monday, June 23rd, 2008 | 2 Comments

    It isn’t the making of mistakes and learning from them that has made me successful – it is knowing that I can and thus not being afraid to make mistakes that is the key.

18. 37signals loves Photoshop and won’t admit it

    Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 | 48 Comments

    Today Jason from 37signals posted a ridiculous piece titled, “Why we skip Photoshop”.

19. Why We Turned Down Funding

    Monday, May 12th, 2008 | 5 Comments

    Funding isn’t a check box on the start-up list of “things to do”; it is simply an option for those who require help to get where they want to go.

20. The Social Media Expert Plague

    Friday, April 4th, 2008 | 10 Comments

    Social Media is not about exposure, it is not about easily accessing of information … those are things that are about the web in general.

21. Getting Serious & Freelancing

    Friday, February 22nd, 2008 | 14 Comments

    Last night I spoke at Refresh-DC about “Getting serious with freelancing”. My presentation was really a discussion on the transition from side-work to serious-work as a freelancer.

22. Going to SXSW? Go Bowling!

    Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 | No Responses

    We are proud to announce the launch of the 2008 SXSW ABX website, geekslovebowling.com. The 3rd annual SXSW ABX is on! So, what is it? It’s bowling for geeks by geeks, because geeks love bowling.

23. A Microsoft Run Flickr?

    Monday, February 4th, 2008 | 3 Comments

    What will a Microsoft take over of Yahoo! mean for our beloved Yahoo! properties such as flickr? Feature bloat, multiple versions and pricing structures no one can understand?

24. Museum of Sex Redesign

    Friday, February 1st, 2008 | No Responses

    We are happy to announce that the Museum of Sex redesign has officially launched — just in time for the unveiling of their latest and greatest exhibition; appropriately titled, “Sex in Design/Design in Sex”.

25. Upgrading to Web 2.5

    Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 | 34 Comments

    I am ready for a redesign of my own personal site. This has been a long-time coming, especially as I’ve been recently debating the form and function of this site. I am moving to a web2.5 look and feel; this more of a design satire then a reflection of personal taste.

26. Is Unique Creativity Dead?

    Monday, January 28th, 2008 | 60 Comments

    I wonder, in this post Web 2.0 world we design in – is there room for creativity or have all the good ideas been thought of and now we are tasked with just recreating the same? I came across six logo designs recently that really got me fired up as a designer and prompted this rant.