I don’t cry that often lately. It’s probably because I’m on Paxil now. I used to cry out of self-pity and anxiety on a monthly basis, but no longer. Not for anything. The movies and books that used to make me cry seemed silly in hindsight. I never really worried about the effect of the [...]
I’m no good at tutorials or how-to’s. My process is too personal to be objectively helpful, so I end up just telling stories. This post is a good example of that. Take It Back is the story of how I learned to deal with difficult clients and defeat a pretty thick creative funk. If you’ve [...]
This was a document I wrote up about branding for the social web when I was at Crush+Lovely. I’ve always had an aversion to marketing and branding strategies because they feel somewhat dishonest, so I tried to write something that felt as natural as possible. I still think it’s pretty neat.
“It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, and I am that big man.” – Michael Scott, The Office I wrote a post a few days ago called “The Power of ‘What?’” that was meant to criticize the use of shallow Web 2.0 catchphrases in web design and how badly it needs to [...]