The Archives

Everything I've written about realted to "inspiration"

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. HolaNeighor; a creative experiement

   Monday, November 5th, 2007 | 4 Comments

   Hola chaos, adios productivity – that is the true tagline of DC’s social experiment, Startup Weekend. But it was a great time none-the-less and much was learned; just not what I thought I would have learned. DC Startup Weekend was more of a crash course in living the life of a start-up than it was […]

5. If YouTube Comments Met Real Life Situations

   Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | 14 Comments

   I came across this video via Twitter this afternoon, thanks @Marchdoe, and I laughed so hard I had to share with anyone and everyone! It sort of reminds me of the nclud creative sessions — ha ha, kidding of course! Watch this video now! You won’t regret it, unless you’ve got something against funny.

6. What I learned at BarCampDC 2007

   Monday, August 13th, 2007 | 6 Comments

   It is simple – the Washington, D.C. area is full of some of the brightest and most talented people in this industry. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, there is “Untapped Creative Talent in Washington DC“. It was such an amazing experience to be surrounded by such passionate and like-minded designers […]

7. What happens when the talented get social? Meet Doug.

   Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments

   Our industry is full of these quasi-celebrities whose fame is generally attributed to simply being social; well that and being extremely talented. But, many feel that these celebrities are the best-of-the-best standing on these unreachable pedestals — that simply isn’t the case; the pedestal part that is. While the big names that get us all […]

8. Horizontal Navigation; nine ways to skin a cat

   Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 | No Responses

   In an attempt at being unique and innovative, deciding on your navigation structure and presentation can sometimes seem like the most challenging. If content is truly king, your navigation is your knights of the roundtable – it is the driving force for how users find information and ultimately interact with your site. So, in this […]

9. Six most uniquely creative business cards of SXSWi 2007

   Sunday, March 18th, 2007 | 11 Comments

   We all love the web, but are often given the pleasure or forced into designing outside that medium (depending how you look at it). Brand logos and business cards are of the most common tasks given to the traditional web designer – right or wrong, amazing things can come from the truly creative. At nclud, […]

10. Interview with the creative mind behind "design fckr"

    Thursday, January 25th, 2007 | 9 Comments

    He has done it again! Recently the creative mind that brought us CSS Beauty launched another online community and resource. Dfckr.com is my latest daily addictive community based source of inspiration, news and resources – this one with a ridiculously creative focus on design. Dfkcr is a publication created with the intention of keeping track […]