Portfolios In The Mail

After a ton of work, I finally finished my portfolio and packaged it all. They are now in the mail and will arrive shortly at the schools in which I am applying. One of the schools will be where I am spending the next four years to study graphic design, I look forward …

Davos Question

The World Economic Forum is happening right now, and they have asked people on Youtube and the world leaders at the conference to respond to this question.

"What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in …

Thin, Movies, Capsule, and Mobile

Here on the east coast we had to wait until noon for the keynote to start at Macworld. Finally, it was time and I had to go to class, but after class at lunch we broke the notebook out to see what was going on. At this point nothing that big was announced and towards …

The Life of a Student

Annual Report Contest

To start of the new year I would like to share with you a contest that is taking place. I am lucky enough to be a judge for this contest and look forward to seeing the entries. It has been created and is being held by Dan Meyer. Here is an introduction to what the …

End of the Year

Hope everybody is having a wonderful holiday season. Mine was a pretty successful one. Thanks to everyone who has been reading the site this past year, it is much appreciated. I am going to be taking the next couple days off to get some work done and do some relaxing, …

The Holiday Season

Several weeks ago the Christmas decorations were taken out of the attic.

The tree was put up. Christmas cards started coming in the mail.

We went to one of my friends christmas party.

My art teacher started playing Christmas music during class.

Snow has been falling. …

This Thing They Call the Internet

For a little bit I have been considering why the internet isn't doing what I wish it was. My frustration is broken down into two areas: how we interact and communicate with people and how we publish and consume information and stories.

People

It seems that all these …

This Past Week

Alright, so it has been a little quiet here on the blog. So, I thought I would give an overview of what has been going on for the past week. This is where I have been, what I have been doing, and more.

Last Thursday through Sunday (6th through 9th) eleven of my friends …

Grab Bag Book and HOW Books

I am very pleased to announce that F+W Publication's HOW Books will be publishing Grab Bag Book. They are responsible for bringing us HOW, Print, and I.D. Magazine along with the HOW Design Conference and a range of other wonderful books and magazines. I started this …

Managing People

Managing the people that I connect with is starting to become a problem. (Not the people I talk to often, but the other ones that I have connected with that I don't talk to as frequently) I am fine with keeping all of their names and information in some sort of address …

Portrayal of Quality

It seems like there is a certain type of website that portrays "quality". The way it is design and the content is what leads to this portrayal of quality. It is what makes it rational for me to spend time visiting the site and absorbing what it says. These sites are …

The Grocery Store

For some time now I have been wanting to take a camera to the grocery store and photograph the shelves of food . A couple days ago I finally got around to it and was lucky to have one of the low-end Canon DSLR cameras from school. There is something that I really like …

Fall, almost Winter

The leaves have fallen from the trees.

The yard is not raked.

The pumpkin is still on the porch.

It is cold outside.

Hats and scarves have found their way out of the closet.

Winter jackets have come along too.

It flurried the other day.

Thanksgiving is coming.

It is …

Making Life Amazing

Something in the Mail

Several weeks ago I received a letter in the mail. The envelope was a bit large and had some colorful stamps placed in the corner, which I opened it up and found inside a letter from a writer. This writer happened to be my fathers English teacher from highschool that I …

Mae Shi

Run to Your Grave from the mae shi on Vimeo.

A Community Service Project

I am currently engaged in a community service project I started. We are building a bench and a sign that is surrounded by a garden. This will act as the starting point for a self guided walking historical tour of my town. There will be a map and brohure that you can …

Behance and Macteens

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have joined on with Macteens as a staff writer. Macteens is an online apple and technology news website targeted toward the younger crowd. I was invited to become a writer for them around the end of summer and have written two …

People

Thanks to the people I have already met and thanks to the one I will eventually meet one day. The day when we meet in a Italian street market, or when we sit down over a cup of tea in your London apartment, or when I hike into your remote village in the middle of …