Like most days, walking home I was nearly ran over by a pedestrian too busy talking on his phone to notice his near collision with me. Afterward, two more people in similar fashion did the same, only much …
Editing the WP Post Admin
I’m working on a WordPress template for a collaborative project, needing to make the CMS experience as fool proof as possible. Two current goals and the solutions I found and detailed below. The fruits of my labors… enjoy. …
Still Life by Scott Garner
Loving this project; I would have too much fun with one of these in my house. Scott did a beautiful job, as always. Read more about this project.
Fresh Thoughts for a New Year
I ran across an article, “10 New Year’s resolutions for designers” by Mike Monteiro. I am not one for new year’s resolutions, nor the lists that often are generated this time of year, yet this one is worth …
Kate Bingham Burt
Illustrator Kate Bingham Burt recently spoke at Portland Creating Mornings. I’m looking forward to watching her talk. “You should start projects because you feel like you are going to either explode, or vomit, or both. You’ve gotta have …
A Little JavaScript Lesson
A conversation between Robert and I this afternoon… if (‘designer’ != ‘google’) { window.location = ‘http://google.com’; } else { answer = question + designer; designer += frustration; } Or correspondingly, if (google_search_easiness > web_designer_willingness_to_answer) { location.href = ‘http://google.com’; …
Happy Halloween
Love, Capitol Hill… And from Broadway:
Sugru, anyone?
Think of the possibilities.
Small Businesses Versus the Internet
I’m sad to hear that Izilla Toys, after consolidating to its Wallingford location two months ago, announced it’s going out of business. From an email to their customers: “As we struggled with this decision, many thoughtful people asked …