Dear Amazon

Amazon, I am one of your biggest fans. I buy all sorts of useless crap from you and have even signed up for your Amazon Prime service so I can get my crap delivered sooner. I'm even considering buying my groceries from you... GROCERIES! It's madness, I realize, but …

Unstoppable Killing Machine

I love Eureka.

Abandoned

My New Tattoo

My very first tattoo ever. And no, it doesn't mean anything... it just looks nice :)

Space is Cool

Are You a Web Designer?

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 …

Heavenly Treats

As seen by the iphone.

Hello, 198lbs

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 6203 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 …

Off to Austin for SXSW

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 …

Speaking Gigs

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)

UrbanOutfitters.com: The Grid

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 …

Dear Sweater Makers

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 …

Settling In

Slowly, but surely, I'm settling into my new apartment/job/life in San Francisco...

Apartment

At the moment, my new apartment is very empty... no desk, no shelves, no tables, no rugs, no chairs, no couch. I have a bed, a couch due to be delivered in a few weeks, and my …

Philadelphia Top 10

I only have a couple more days left in Philadelphia, and I've been reminiscing a bit on the last 2.5 years. If you'll indulge me, I'd like to share a quick "Top 103 list from my time here...

10. Urban Outfitters

What started out as a really difficult (and …

New Home

See you in a few weeks, fancy new 1BR apartment with hardwood floors!

Moving West!

About two-and-a-half years ago I packed up all my belongings and moved to Philadelphia. The reasons were plentiful, but for the most part... I just wanted a change. And the same is true again! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Philly, but I'm ready for my next adventure. …

SXSW Panel Proposal

I come before you as a simple man... a simple man wishing only that you'll consider voting for my SXSW Panel Submission...

Examining the Different Ways We Can Work

Freelance vs full-time? In-house vs agency? On-site vs remote? Team vs solo? A panel of designers and …

IA vs IxD vs UX

Okay, this isn't going to be a very lengthy post... or one that's all that well thought out... but I wanted to get it down before I forgot it. Anyways, recently I've been thinking a lot about the work I've been doing at Urban Outfitters and what "label" it falls under. …

Dear Internet Users

I've reached my breaking point and I think the time has come to share with you a few rules of grammar...

1. YOUR and YOU'RE are two different words meaning two different things.


2. ITS and IT'S are two different words meaning two different things.

Let us now see these words …

Things to do Before I'm 30

As an update to my previous post, here it is... my final list...

1. Lose that last 20-ish lbs and get into shape (BEGUN)


2. Be debt-free (or at least close to it)


3. Visit London (or Rome)


4. Take a Helicopter Ride


5. Speak at Another Conference/Event/Meeting


6. Visit my Grandfather's …