Tag Archives: Design

03.24.09

An Open Letter to 99designs

# 99designs # Brand # Business # Debate # Design # Project management # South by Southwest # SXSW View Comments

Hey Crew At 99designs, I’m a fan of your work.  Your site, sitepoint, is a great resource to designers around the world. Over the last year, slowly, you have been dragged into the spec work conversation. I don’t think you … Continue reading →

12.14.08

The Economics Of Spec Work

# Adobe Creative Suite # Design # Font # Graphics # Individual Designers # Laptop # MacBook Pro # spec work View Comments

Jeremiah Owayg wrote a post about spec work, and in a comment I asserted that spec work leads to theft. I’m curious if I am right about this, so let’s put the numbers out there: $3000 for a laptop (could … Continue reading →

09.30.08

Blog For Humans

# blog # CP+B # Design # humans # Michael Tseng # Segway View Comments

I was sitting at Trident, the usual place for me to drink some quality tea and think about what to do with my week, when Michael Tseng (who was also an Interaction Designer at CP+B) and I got into a … Continue reading →

08.06.08

Four Years In Boulder

# Boulder # Colorado # Design # endoze View Comments

Four years ago today I moved to Boulder. Wow. Why did I move here?  I graduated college in Rhode Island, didn’t want to move back to Oregon.  I threw a dart on the map, and it landed in Red Feather … Continue reading →