I got a call at work today from a person who I assume to be the owner of AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com.
Here’s how it went:
Me: Thank you for calling Aptera this is Brooke
Caller: You have photos on your blog that don’t belong to you.
Me: May I ask who is calling, and can you tell me what photos they are? [...]
Over Memorial Day weekend, my husband and I helped my brother and his wife move from Nashville, Tennessee (specifically Murfreesburo) to Winter Park, Colorado (specifically Tabernash). We flew down to Nashville Thursday night, spent all day Friday driving, spent Saturday in Kansas with my parents, finished the trip on Sunday, stayed at my sister-in-law’s parent’s [...]
For those of you who don’t know (ie. didn’t receive an email from me this morning saying I was mugged in London) my email account was hacked this morning. I don’t know that I’ve ever had so many ups and downs within the span of 2 hours.
I felt like my life was being systematically deleted [...]
I found this post on the blog at Crestock.com. Enjoy! …although, I wonder if they could make the font bigger and put a thicker border around the most important works.
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If you’re a designer, you’ve probably had to deal with lots of annoying client feedback throughout your career. Let’s face it, a lot of clients have [...]
Found a great new site on Twitter today called SoulPancake. It’s started by Rainn Wilson and here is what he has to say
“What is SoulPancake?
Hi. I’m Rainn Wilson. I’m an actor. I helped create this here Web site, SoulPancake.
What is SoulPancake? Well, it’s more of a mission than a Web site…
We want to make discussions [...]
I’m dying, just dying, to have a Barcelona chair and ottoman. How gorgeous is this?
Last semester I was assigned a project intended to test my idea of ethical design. I honestly can’t say this project accomplished it’s goal, because I had no choice as to whether or not I could accept the project. If I didn’t complete it, I didn’t get a grade.
Nonetheless, my campaign was to promote smoking. [...]
Found via Twitter, posted by Slash.
The 7 Stages of Design Grief
The design process is fraught with self-doubt and second-guessing. I’m not sure there’s any cure for it, but if you’ve ever stared at a blank page or screen and wondered if this time the creative well has permanently dried, just know that you’re not alone.
1. [...]
I received this in an email from my brother. Simply amazing.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
I’ve finally come to my New Year’s Resolution. Maybe not so such a New Year’s Resolution as a life goal.
My goal as a designer is to some day be featured in a national magazine as a “Designer to Watch”.
Every year in January, my design magazines are touting the People to Watch in [...]