Sometimes Productivity Means Working On Other Things
In my look ahead goal setting post at the start of the month I mentioned I might need a break writing for this site and I while offered some reasons in that post I thought I should explain in a little...
View ArticleThoughts On Closing My Freelance Business
Ever since I made the transition from being a freelance designer developer to a full time writer I’ve been wanting to build another website, specifically for topics about writing and other creative...
View ArticleThe Growing Complexity Of Developing Websites and the Growing Ease Of Using...
Last week I talked about how I’ve been stalling and stalling and stalling when it comes to building a new site about writing and creativity. I also told you how the time had finally come where I...
View ArticleA Renewed Passion For Design And Development
At the close of last week’s post I mentioned that working on a new site for myself has reinvigorated a little of the old passion for design and development. While I was very hesitant to start working...
View ArticleReview—The Elements Of Logo Design: Design Thinking, Branding, and Making Marks
It’s all too easy to get locked into seeing things a certain way and to get stuck thinking that way is the only one, even when the evidence suggests another course might make more sense. I think you’d...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving—Window Displays, MOMA, and Central Park Images
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone living in the U.S. and Happy Thursday to those of you living elsewhere. I’m in New York visiting family and as we do most year’s we spent yesterday walking around...
View Article2019 Goals Review—An Unexpected Change Of Plans Taught Me A Lot
Happy Holidays! Here we are again at the end of the year and closing in on the start of another. As is my tradition, I like to spend the last few weeks of each year looking back at what I accomplished...
View ArticleMy Goals For 2020—This Object In Motion Wants To Keep Moving
Happy New Year! I hope I’m not too late with the warm wishes now that we’re already a week into 2020. It’s just the way the calendar worked out for when New Year’s fell and when I routinely publish....
View ArticleEstablishing Stability In 2021 After A Chaotic 2020
When I started writing this post, I began by wishing you a happy new year, but I have a feeling the statute of limitations on holiday greetings has run out, so I’ll simply wish you a happy day. It’s...
View ArticleReview—About Design: Insights and Provocations for Graphic Design Enthusiasts
I often talk about the importance of context and how it helps set the tone for everything that follows. It also helps you integrate new understanding of specific details into a greater whole. When I...
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