NovemberNov 5 Wednesday 08
make your voice heard
Vote. Now. Seriously.
Keep an eye on the election by visiting Mahalo's 2008 Election Results.
And did we mention? Vote!
NovemberNov 2 Sunday 08
CouldBe Growing Up
CouldBe Studios is excited to welcome our very first employee, Kirk Fryrear!
We've recently taken on a lot more work, and we wouldn't be able to handle the load without bringing on staff. This represents a significant change for us, it's a little scary and very …
OctoberOct 21 Tuesday 08
Bead Austin
Check out our latest work at Bead Austin!
www.beadaustin.com
Once again we've been privileged to work with great people. We're proud of this site, and we had a really good time working with the client on it.
Cool folks, cool products. Check it out!
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AugustAug 20 Wednesday 08
i-popperz.com
Check out our latest shopify e-commerce site for i-popperz.com. These guys have some seriously cool earbuds and accessories.
We had a lot of fun working with this client, they have great products and a clear sense of where they are going. They already had some quite …
AugustAug 8 Friday 08
stuff we love: software pt 2
Part 2 of 2
Matt's list of must-have apps: I work with both Mac and PC for different things. While I definitely prefer the Mac, I haven't been able to do away with the PCs in my life completely yet. Note: Jessica already summed up all of the collaborative tools that we …
AugustAug 4 Monday 08
What We're Reading
A round-up of things we've marked in Ma.gnolia today.
No such a thing as free lunch? There will be when Silicon Florist hosts Portland Lunch 2.0 ? Silicon Florist
JulyJul 28 Monday 08
bloom essentials
We love it when our clients ask for custom illustrations! Check out the site for Bloom Essentials. The Bloom Girl was so much fun to create.
AprilApr 25 Friday 08
couldbe studios on Pixelsoup
The good folks at jadedPixel (the team that brought us Shopify) published an interview with Matt today! He talks about our business, our clients, and why we recommend Shopify so damn much. Check it out, and join me in a rousing chorus of "woo hoo."
AprilApr 14 Monday 08
Munchkin Designs
We just launched the new site for Munchkin Designs, and I couldn't resist placing an order - you know, just to test the system. It came a couple of days ago, and check out the cuteness:
Lisa Komer, Munchkin Designs' owner, makes the most adorable custom-designed …
FebruaryFeb 13 Wednesday 08
TwitterThreads
Last night I went a little crazy and decided to try my hand at using the twitter API for something.
I love twitter, and much of the time the group stream of consciousness that is displayed is great, but... there are times when following a conversation can be a little …
DecemberDec 21 Friday 07
Adobe's Lightroom vs. Apple's Aperture: who wins?
We've been using Adobe Lightroom (now Photoshop Lightroom) for months now, ever since we stumbled over the beta version in Adobe Labs. We loved the interface, the integration with Photoshop, the ease of use. Pretty much the only thing we didn't love was the new dock …
WebVisions 2007
WebVisions, here we come! We're ridiculously excited to be spending the next couple of days hanging out with the best of the web. If you're in the Portland, OR area, head on over!
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Webvisions 2007: Day 1
Mark Wyner's presentation on Experience Design As the Sum of Its Parts was fantastic, and we liked his tattoos, too. It's nice to be in an industry where tattoos are just part of the everyday and not something to be hidden, furtively, like a pvc fetish or a penchant for …
Adobe's Lightroom vs. Apple's Aperture: who wins?
We've been using Adobe Lightroom (now Photoshop Lightroom) for months now, ever since we stumbled over the beta version in Adobe Labs. We loved the interface, the integration with Photoshop, the ease of use. Pretty much the only thing we didn't love was the new dock …
Handy Dandy Shopify Tutorial for Newbies
We've been loving Shopify for small business e-commerce, and it's been great for our clients. The one thing we hear more than anything else is "Can you send a tutorial for beginners so that we know how to get started?"
We are nothing if not accommodating. Here's a …
WebVisions 2007
WebVisions, here we come! We're ridiculously excited to be spending the next couple of days hanging out with the best of the web. If you're in the Portland, OR area, head on over!
Technorati Tags:
webvisions, portland, web design
Shopify Pricing Changes
The folks over at Jaded Pixel created quite a big kerfuffle with their recent pricing changes for Shopify.
Like a lot of designers who work with Shopify we were mystified. We felt betrayed by people who we had previously sung the praises of, we scratched our heads and …
Webvisions 2007: Day 1
Mark Wyner's presentation on Experience Design As the Sum of Its Parts was fantastic, and we liked his tattoos, too. It's nice to be in an industry where tattoos are just part of the everyday and not something to be hidden, furtively, like a pvc fetish or a penchant for …
On the photography front
We recently picked up a Lensbaby variable focus lens (ours is a 3G) and are absolutely having a blast with it.
Could we replicate the effect in Photoshop? Well, sort of, but it wouldn't be easy or 100% right.
There is also a random element to using the lensbaby that we …