Death to Lorum Ipsum?

I was just reading a post on lukew.com about issues with using Lorum Ipsum in graphic and application development.  The post points out how the use of Lorum Ipsum gives a misleading impression as to what the final product will be.
Using dummy content or fake …

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Options for using special fonts on the web

As web designers, we want the ability to the ability to use fonts other than the basic web safe fontstacks. Eventhough browsers developers are working on solutions for us, the lack of native support and licensing are the main obstacles we need to get past. In the …

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Barcamp Southwest Florida Logo Design

I was asked by Michele Lorito-Chase over at the Ghost Executive Group to come up with a variation of the barcamp logo for the newly formed Barcamp Southwest Florida (barcampswfl).  I also created a twitter avatar and background for the group as well because it only …

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List of Desktop Resolutions

If you have given some thought bout designing desktop wallpapers  for people to download,  here’s a list of some screen resolutions you may want to consider.

320×480 (iPhone)
1024×768
1280×800
1280×1024
1440×900
1600×1200
1680×1050
1920×1200
2048×1536

For …

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Project: Life Church Redesign

I'm starting on a new project tonight for Life Church. Taking a look at the old design and seeing what needs to be done for the most part.

Thoughts About Chrome

For the most part, using CSS is just a given these days when building websites.

The Evergreen Pool WordPress Theme

I'm working on a new theme for WordPress called "The Evergreen Pool".

Inauguration 2009 - What I Was Doing at That Moment

On January 20th, the day after we celebrated Martin Luther King and his dream, the world watched Barak Obama, the first African-American step up and be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America.

The Truth About Innovation

"People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line." - Inventor, Dean Kamen

Web Design Nightmares

Now I have had my share of bad clients in this freelance world of web design. It comes with the territory. Which is why I would like to direct you attention to Jeffrey Zeldman's humorus but OH SO TRUE!! post : 20 signs you don't want that web design project. It's a good …

Useful Links About Using Twitter for Business

Updated : I have compiled a list of several sites that I feel have some good information for those thinking about using twitter for marketing your business.

• Twitter Guide: How To Do Things With Twitter


• Twitter for Business Reading List


• Twitter for Business


• 50 Ideas on …

Delivering WebApp Ready Photoshop Files

As a "hybrid" I am either a designer, developer, or both on various projects which means I'm either delivering the creative assets or I am the one receiving the creative assets. Years ago I learned just because I am familiar with both sides of the fence, I need to be …

I'm a PC! I'm a Mac!

Thought I'd have some fun with Wall*E and EVE

Cosmetic Design Concept

Just finished up a design concept for enve cosmetics. It's an interactive makeup assistant that simulates the application of makeup with a few other design elements to add flare.

Passing Variables to A Function in ActionScript 3

I have asked and have been asked, "How do I pass a variable to a function when using the addEventListener to call a function in ActionScript 3?"

Passing a variable to a function in ActionScript 2 was a fairly simple task. However, it is not so easy using ActionScript 3. …

What I Was Doing at That Moment

It was November 4th 2008 and I was sitting on my couch talking with my family and chatting with friends on twitter when CNN announced that Barak Obama has won more than the 270 electoral votes needed to secure the presidency.

Migraines!!!

For the past 5 days I have been dealing with stupid migraines. I get them every now and then for odd reasons but this time has been the worst I a while. I was pretty much out of it for the weekend. When I get a migraine I'm not nauseous, sensitive to light nor loud …

My Creative Design Process

We as designers all have a design process. It's the way we go about creating and building our projects no matter what they may be. So I thought I'd share mine. It's a pdf of my design process that I share with clients. Now it's a birds eye view of my process and does …

Inspire XD

Adobe has launched a flex based bi-monthly publication called INSPIRE which is pretty nice.  The user interface is clean and very straight forward which is good since it's manned by the Adobe Experience Design team. The pages transition nice and they have employed the …

Staying Busy

Web Work

Things have been crazy busy!!!