August 2011
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Independent Contractor Cut Rate Poll Results
Last week I asked thee independents (aka fr**lancers), “Do you lower your standard hourly rate for longer-term contract work?”
It was a curiosity brought on by my own tendencies to feel the need to bend to potential clients’ requirements and the recent release of the AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries for 20111.
The results are in. In the majorities, out of 23 votes, ten of...
May 2011
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April 2011
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Designing a better work pattern
Today I start a new regimen. Not entirely new — I’ve tried variations before — but something I’m finding increasingly important: Standing up and moving around. I know, right? Revolutionary!
The cause has been building. The effect? A few months ago, I tried a standing desk and it was okay, but it was far too large of a footprint for the space and there seem to be just as many reasons...
March 2011
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February 2011
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“I go for a run one or twice a week, on the hill behind our home. There are three...”
– I was about to shut this blog down and then this pops up… Golden. You are what you do.
September 2010
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Look (and record) how far we've come...
In perusing my feeds this morning, this photo and article caught my eye (click to read about it after you’re done here):
When I was a kid, I don’t remember how old, I kind of “designed” the Looxcie. I’m sure I wasn’t the first, but it seemed like it at the time. As far as I know, there were no wearable camcorders on the market, at least not on the consumer...
August 2010
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New PDX Bus icon is live!
The new icon I designed for PDX Bus (a free iOS app that shows arrival times and more for public transportation in Portland) is now live on the App Store.
Go snag an update, or download it for the first time!
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Griffin House interviewed at SSv
(Full photo set on Flickr)
Great interview with Griffin House at Stereo Subversion. Griffin is one of my favorite songwriters out there. There’s an originality and honest writing that I think is rare.
Here’s an excerpt that relates to my last post, regarding honing your skills:
Griffin: I just joined this songwriting group with Bob Schneider and some other writers – right now Sarah and...
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Take a Hike
Yesterday afternoon I grabbed my camera, my 50mm, a zoom and a bottle of water and set out into Lower Macleay park without any plan. My goal was to reacquaint myself with the basics—in nature and photography.
In photography classes, I was forced to create images by assignment. I was also using a borrowed Minolta film camera and had to think a little harder about lighting, aperture, speed… I...
July 2010
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An introduction, of sorts
Let’s get one thing clear from the start. I would probably meet you with a nod and blank stare if you started to go on about design principles, methods, the gods of design history, or most any other textbook topic. I didn’t go to art or design school—two photography classes are probably the closest I got.
Suffice to say, I lack hipster cred if hipster-design-speak is what you’re...
“Solution maybe for a lot of the world’s problems is to turn around and...”
– Yvon Chouinard / 180º South
June 2010
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“The war on drugs will always fail because it assumes something that isn’t...”
– David Hall
May 2010
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“…and you’ve learned by this time—finally—that photography is a...”
– Mike Johnston
“Over the past decade, most house building occurred on the suburban fringe, in...”
– Here Comes the Neighborhood - Magazine - The Atlantic
August 2009
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“If your old work doesn’t shame you, you’re not growing.”
– Jeffrey Zeldman (via tmblg)
“…to a certain extent, you can overcome financial fear with hard work. So...”
– Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners | Design Glut
July 2009
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“While the surgeon general is raising alarms over the epidemic of obesity, the...”
– The Omnivore’s Dilemma
December 2008
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October 2008
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“As a nation, we’ve lost the sense of responsibility to riot for righteous reason.” - I wrote this and didn’t think twice about until now…
July 2008
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Blue Replacement iDisk Icon →
Due to popular demand (I saw someone mention it in a forum), here’s a blue iDisk icon.
You’ll need the icon zip archive linked above, and LiteIcon from FreeMacSoft works well for icon management. Enjoy!
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Black Replacement iDisk Icon →
The pink iDisk icon just didn’t do it for me, so I created a slick variation of my own.
You’ll need the icon zip archive linked above, and LiteIcon from FreeMacSoft works well for icon management. Enjoy!