Monocle

There is a magazine that has launched recently and has a wonderful website that goes along with it. This magazine is Monocle. They continue with the black on the as it is the color the cover is. I have never been quite alright with dark colored websites that try to …

For the World

Got Up Early Today

Today I got up early in order to make an attempt at getting some work done before breakfast. I dragged a long ethernet cable out the window so I could sit outside with the MacBook. I still have yet to get wireless at the house, I know, I should. Anyways, it didn't quite …

Obsessive Consumption

At my recent visit to the bookstore I browsed through the magazine section and picked up Print Magazine in order to find Kate Bingaman-Burt's contribution to the magazine. It was pretty exciting to see her in the magazine after meeting her online and following her blog. …

79 Short Essays on Design

Picked up this book by Michael Bierut, a graphic designer at Pentagram and a founding writer of Design Observer. I was trying to choose between several books that I had picked out and in the end picked this one. I picked it because I knew who the person was who wrote …

A Motion Picture Shoot

There was an advertisement in the newspaper looking for extras (background actors) for the Disney movie called College Road Trip. I sent in an email and ended up being selected. Here is the story of my experience and what I learned from being on the set of a movie …

SXSW 2008 Panel Submissions

I submitted three panel ideas for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Conference. For the past two years I have followed the conference through the blogs of those who attended. I would like to attend this year and if one of my panels are chosen I would get a free pass, thus …

Wind Energy

Recently, I took a little vacation with the family up in Massachusetts. The resort that we stayed at had installed a wind turbine on the top of one of the ski slopes, which I thought was great! While some people would say that it obstructed the view and took away from …

The Four Slides

As it turns out I tied for First Place with Paul Williams in the Four Slides contest, along with Jeffrey Pierce now coming in second. Originally, Neil Winton had come in first place, but made the honest mistake of using a template in Keynote and not realizing that the …

Field Notes

Aaron Draplin was kind enough to send out some Field Notes after I expressed interest in them. For those of you who don't know who this man I speak of is, Aaron Draplin runs Draplin Design Co. out of Portalnd, Oregon with his trustworthy companion; Gary, a Dachshund. He …

Its Everywhere...

In my recent "Eight Random Things" post I mentioned that I didn't drink coffee.

Then, later the same day I twittered the following.

"why does everyone talk about coffee on twitter?"

I have been seeing people twitter about coffee all this week. I don't know whats up …

Bought "Thinking With Type"

We stopped at Barnes & Noble today and I finally picked up Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton. I have made it through the first section which covered the history and the basics of typography. The emphasis of the book is Thinking WITH Type not just about it. Lupton …

A great site called "Hear, Hear" takes a look into small businesses and people with some rockin' interviews.

Check out the video footage of when Ron Paul, the presidential candidate visits Google. Watch thevideo.

Eight Random Things

Earlier this week Christian Long tagged me, which reminded me that Arthus had tagged me some time ago, and then yesterday Diane tagged me. Let's see what I come up with for this meme...

THE RULES

1. Post these rules before you give your facts.

2. List 8 random facts …

Apple is Rocking My Socks

I thought I might as well talk about what Apple came out with yesterday, after all I am an Apple fan.

The iMac looks pretty nice and its great that it is thinner. But I don't really like the color. I always thought that the Aluminum was better for their professional …

Sell and Tell in Four Slides

This is my submission to a contest started by Dan Meyer to see how people sell themselves in picture and text only slides. It could be for a college application, a job interview, or whatever. More information on Dan's blog here.

Rethinking the Lit Mag

At my school we have a simple Lit Mag (Literature Magazine) that is published at the end of the year. It is around 60 pages and the size is about 53x83. This past year there was some trouble getting people to submit work. This is a little bit weird because every student …

Podcast Interview with DK of Mediasnackers

Around a week ago I did a podcast interview with DK of Mediasnackers. This is what they do.

"MediaSnackers delivers training in new media/technology for young people, youth professionals and corporates. We also do consultancy and speaking..."

Now let me start off by …

The Past Week

This past week I was cut off from the rest of the world as I attended a camp in the middle of the woods with no connection to the internet. I started to show signs of internet withdrawal on the second day and it went down hill from there, though it was a great time and …