The Archives

Everything I've written about realted to "rant"

1. Go Spec Yourself

   Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | 8 Comments

   Everyone’s been bitching and complaining about “spec work” these last few weeks; but I am here to rock the boat and write-up a quick little statement in support of spec.

2. Everyone is Hiring!

   Thursday, February 5th, 2009 | 5 Comments

   The economy seems to be in the media spotlight and we are all sort of scared shitless. Yet, I wonder, how bad is it? Just looking around in my own neighborhood, every design agency here is hiring.

3. It’s that time of year; get your shit together!

   Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 | 7 Comments

   So yeah, New Years has come and gone but you are still the same procrastinator you were last year; some things never change.

4. 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.

5. 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”.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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”.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. Why I hate Blogger – my miserable weekend

    Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 | 22 Comments

    I am a huge Google advocate and when I first heard that they were acquiring Blogger, I thought only good things could come. However, Blogger has always been a joke of a platform among our community, and it has only gotten worse. I was forced into an upgrade from the “Old Blogger” early last week […]

16. The 8 types of bad creative critics

    Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 | 6 Comments

    I was forwarded this hilarious illustration today that highlights the eight types of bad creative critics. This is such an exciting industry to be apart of – however, one of the obvious downsides is that since everyone uses the internet, everyone feels justified in being a critic. If you’ve been working in this industry long […]

17. You’re Time’s Person of the Year and no one seems to care!

    Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 | 16 Comments

    I subscribe to a lot of industry feeds and I am baffled by the lack of coverage on this years’ Time Person of the Year. For those out of the know, the person of the year this year is you! While Time described the person as generically as “you” — it is more specifically, “us”. […]

18. When websites attack! Worst website ever; hands down!

    Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 | 25 Comments

    If content is king then Robert Falls is the farthest thing from Royalty. Mr. Falls has created dozens of “landing pages” for editorial content that are nothing more than links to Google Ads. He has touted the Google links as his “Top 4 … picks” of the day for a variety of different market segments.

19. Why I am Never Happy at Work

    Thursday, October 12th, 2006 | One Response

    I came across a comic strip the other day and it really hit home for me; especially with my work these last few months. It is a “Web 2.0” world we live in and our work is often forced to reflect it.

20. The Reflection: In defense of a Web 2.0 Design Trend!

    Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 | 21 Comments

    Yesterday an interesting topic arose among my co-workers based on a Signal vs. Noise recent post, “Reflections are the new drop shadows”. I’ve been notorious for using “reflections” around the office on some of our more high profile projects – is this wrong? Am I a trend whore whose designs will date themselves almost instantly? […]

21. Why web developers love Internet Explorer

    Thursday, August 24th, 2006 | 37 Comments

    At the heels of the latest and greatest CSS changes announced by the IE7 development team Tuesday; a flurry of positive discussions were circling the web from standards advocates. But I wonder; as the more compliant Internet Explorer becomes, are we truly going to be happy, are we going to miss our old non-complaint IE […]