Jan
21
2010

Journey to the 2010 Olympics

So some of you might’ve heard that I’m volunteering for the 2010 Winter Olympics here in Vancouver.  For all you people living near or below the equator, the Winter Olympics is big in countries where there’s snow (mainly the North).  There was actually a debate about this among fellow volunteers on which of the olympics […]

Jan
19
2010

Free Fonts for the New Year!

I haven’t had a chance to post anything new lately as I’m now employed full-time and have other responsibilities. I hope to still be able to update this website with more information as I just logged into my dashboard to find out that I have 50 pending comments! Surprisingly, most of it isn’t spam . […]

Dec
22
2009

“Christmas-ing” your website . . .

Christmas is just around the corner and a lot of websites are using a “Christmas” theme to show their holiday spirit much like putting up a tree/lights/ornaments in and around your house. The most common and easiest way to do this is a simple logo dress-up. Look at what these web companies have done . […]

Dec
22
2009

Six Types of Crappy Hugs

Another comic by the oatmeal. Am beginning to really like this guy’s work . . . Thanks Alex for the initial link.

Dec
22
2009

How a Design Project can go so wrong . . .

I’ve found this comic strip by the Oatmeal guy that I can really relate to . . . it’s happened to me a couple times that after the project is done and I get paid – I sever all ties to it and completely disown it. Go ahead and read it.

Dec
11
2009

The Design (or Redesign) Process Explained

I read a good article written by Daniel Ritzenthaler on the A List Apart website and would just like to summarize it here. Each designer has a different approach when starting a project but we all usually follow a similar process . . . and outlined here are several processes which we should consider as […]

Dec
10
2009

Santa vs. Jesus

A nice video about the similarities of Santa and Jesus . . . Are you in the Christmas spirit yet?

Dec
10
2009

Mentioned on CNBC

One of the websites I made for a company I previously worked for was mentioned on the evening news at CNBC.

Dec
9
2009

UX Camp in Vancouver

The user experience camp held in Vancouver Film School . . .