Propaganda Party: The Pop Stalin Design Manifesto

02-04-07 ‹› General

Updated: Internet Connection at Home Goes Kablooey

Update: Naps are magic! I took a nap this afternoon, woke up, rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and hooray, the Internet is magically working again. I am still going to get a new Internet service provider—I can have a home phone and DSL cheaper…

02-01-07 ‹› General

Guerilla Marketing: Terrorism for Your Town?

After Turner Broadcasting’s “guerilla marketing” debacle in Boston, MA yesterday I have to wonder if that type of marketing will now become taboo. There are lots of companies out there that offer nothing but guerilla marketing and I just find myself wondering the consequences of yesterday’s…

01-31-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Share concepts with other design professionals at Concept Share.
Network with other designers at ComputerLove.
BoxCloud: BoxCloud is a dead simple way for design and media professionals to share files with clients, vendors and colleagues. It’s faster and easier than email and can handle files…

01-30-07 ‹› General

Switching Hosts

I’ve finally taken the plunge and am switching hosts. I decided to go with HostiCan after having heard and read good things about them. The main reason for moving is two-fold; first I wanted a server that provided PHP5 so I can use ActiveCollab as a…

01-27-07 ‹› General

Wickedfire.com: We Like to Insult People

I try not to use this blog as a forum for my personal beliefs outside of web design and Internet related issues, however, when I came across a post on a forum recently I had to put together this quick little diatribe.

It seems there was a…

01-24-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Noisy Decent Graphics: The Design Disease
It seems to me that if you’re a designer, a proper designer not someone who learnt Photoshop in between phone calls, then design runs through your veins like Pantone 7418. But more than that, it’s there in every aspect of…

01-21-07 ‹› Tutorials

Creating a Honeycomb Effect: Illustrator Tutorial

Want to learn how to make repetitive graphics in Illustrator? It’s quite simple. I’ll use a honeycomb effect as our example.

1. Create your initial graphic by choosing the Polygon tool from your toolbar:

01-17-07 ‹› General

Best Quote Ever!

I would have to consider myself an Apple junkie. After having been convinced several years ago by a good friend to give it a go, I haven’t looked back. As a web designer I have to own a PC, which I do, but I only…

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Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

From Communication Nation: How to win a deal after it’s already been lost
Some tips on how to close a deal after it has been lost.
From BrainFuel: Five Tips for Overcoming Burnout
“Burnout. It’s the word that strikes fear into the heart of every designer and…

01-10-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Protolize
This is a place where web designers and developers collaborate to create an ultimate collection of web-tools. Only the most useful and current tools will be considered to be on the list.
TheBlogScoop.com
A fledgling newsletter that hopes to be the source on helping bloggers blog.…

01-09-07 ‹› General

Me, Cingular and iPhone Makes Three

So after much speculation today tells us the iPhone is a reality. I’ve decided I am indeed an Apple gadget whore and come June, must have one of these beauties. Now if only I can get Cingular to see it my way, the world will be…

01-03-07 ‹› Link Tank

Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

Gridding the 960:
Background image grid + pixel ruler + column divisions for 960px-width layout, all in one mean little package.
Forget “best”, aim for “worst”?:
Having the courage to ask “What’s the worst possible site we could create for our project?”
How to organize your…

12-27-06 ‹› General

Subscribers: Please Update Your RSS Feed

For the new year I’ve decided to try and get serious about the whole blogging thing—they say it’s the wave of the future.

I’ve had several blogs in the past but have never taken them too seriously. So part of taking things seriously is signing on…

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Link Tank—Humpday Linkage

This weeks Humpday linkage is short. Not too much going on ’cause of the holidays and all—enjoy at your leisure.

Revenge of the ‘Z-Lister’:
Here’s the deal: In an effort to bring more link-love to those blogs that I feel aren’t getting their due, I’ve created a…

12-26-06 ‹› General

Have I Been Regifted?—No, I Was Not

UPDATE: Mom didn’t regift me thank goodness. She actually did a good job with her gifts this year, though there were a few “off the wall” gifts as always.

My quick rundown of what I got for Christmas:

Friends Second Season DVD box set
Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons
Allan…

12-22-06 ‹› General

20 Things I’ve Enjoyed This Year

With Christmas just a few days away and the new year not much further off I was reflecting on the past year. Aw yes, reflection—something that is abundant online and in the mind—seems these days reflection is everywhere. There are going to be plenty of bloggers…