I’ve come across a number of people over the years who consider themselves “Web Designers”. However, they’re really just graphic designers who design websites. What’s the distinction? They don’t really know their medium (HTML/CSS).
If you don’t know and understand the presentation layer… how can you effectively design for it?
This post somewhat inspired […]

As seen by the iphone.

When I was in college, I weighed about 185/190lbs. I wasn’t super skinny or anything, but was a pretty normal size for someone 6′0″ tall. Soon after college (2000/2001), I started my first “professional” job… in other words, I sat on my butt all day. During my year or so there, I […]

If you see me at the conference, say hello and whatnot. We can chat about politics and religion… you know, casual conversation. Or web stuff - that works, too. And if you’re interested, come to my “Core Conversation”:
Examining the Different Ways We Can Work
Tuesday March 11th (11:30 am - 12:30 pm in Ballroom […]

Over the next couple weeks I get to speak at not one, but TWO conferences. How much fun is THAT?! Here are the details, in case you feel inclined to stop by and listen to my rambling…
TransitCamp (Feb 23rd-24th)

When: Saturday February 23rd (2:00pm in Room 2)
Where: Palo Alto, CA
What: “New Rider Stories” Panel […]

The new UrbanOutfitters.com launched this morning. Even though I no longer work there, I was responsible for the new IA, Design (though it’s been modified a bit), and front-end HTML & CSS. The javascript code and back-end implementation was handled by an outside company - I did not write the mess you see […]

Dear Sweater Makers and Designers of the world… please stop with the horizontal stripes. Seriously, why is it that every sweater I see for sale is either a solid color (good), or has horizontal stripes (bad). No vertical stripes to be found.

Don’t you know that vertical stripes are slimming! And horizontal stripes […]