Design
Murphy’s graphic design laws
– Speed. Quality. Affordability. Pick two – If three designs are shown to a client, your least favorite will be chosen. Murphy’s graphic design laws. (Now let’s add an interaction/UI design section to these!) (Via swissmiss.)
Read MoreCreative Jingle Bells
This is from the agency AKQA. I have no idea how much planning goes into getting these in the right order. Very cool!
Read MoreA Holiday Card, Charlie Brown
While I’ve never had to work at an agency that this high pressured about a holiday greeting. I’ve been on other projects with the same intensity. Not sure who made this little parody but it’s pretty funny and good.
Read MoreYahooo-ooooooo
Funny story around this button. At my work we had a bell at the front desk, about a week after it was placed there it “walked”, and considering how small the company is, it walked out the door. My bet is on the disgruntled FedEx guy. The bell was replaced with a Yahoo button. So…
Read MoreThe Survey For People Who Make Websites
In March 2006 I attended An Event Apart in Boston. I loved attending the conference and came away inspired and excited about my profession again. Following the event, the wonderful people at A List Apart created a survey. A survey that was much needed for the field. This year they’ve done it again. If you…
Read MoreNY International Auto Show
Two Friday’s ago Craig, Kelly and I went down to New York City for the opening day of the New York International Auto Show. Craig and I have been several times over the past 14 years. This year we planned to look at the hybrid and alternative fuel options on the market, prototypes and future…
Read MoreEmail Standards Project
Today launches the Email Standards Project. I can not begin to convey the importance of this project. To help relate why this is so important, I’m going to give you some background on how I ended up designing emails for a living and a typical day. Background I started designing websites in 1997. It was…
Read MoreWill Animate For Food.net
If you haven’t been to this website, go check it out. WillAnimateForFood.net Adam Green is a very talented animator, and he also happens to have a great sense of humor. I stumbled across his site, while reading through posts on Mac Rumors.com. Oddly enough I had just watched the Princess Bride for the first time…
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