Confessing My Typographic Sins

I just came across a great resource when it comes to common typographic “sins” that are committed by both designers and writers. First off, props to Smashing Magazine and their periodic Smashing Newsletter for pointing this out. The list is located on Ray Elder’s site (R+) and offers 34 common mistakes users make in typography. I admit that I’ve committed …

Tweet Early And Tweet Often

If you had told me 10 years ago that I’d be using words like “twitter” and “tweet” on a regular basis…I’d would have laughed at you. In fact, I’ll admit to you that I still get a little red-in-the-face when I try to explain to people why I believe Twitter is a valuable tool and try to describe the benefits …

The iPad: To Buy Or Not To Buy

It is really difficult being an “early adopter” sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to know about (and sometimes own) the latest gadget and software inventions. I am glad I have an innate curiosity to know what’s out there and what’s next on the horizon. But I’m often caught in the upgrade mindset. This is where I come to …

New Twitter Background

Since I like to play around in the area of graphic design I’m always tweaking things. For instance, today I created a new background for my Twitter page. I wanted something simple that used the picture that I put over on the sidebar of this site. I took a screenshot of my April Fool’s Day tweet. Don’t you think it …

My Favorite Twitter iPhone App

There are numerous iPhone apps out there that one can use to navigate and interact with Twitter. I’ve tried almost all of the free ones that I could find and even dropped a buck or two on a few. But I’ve got one app right now that’s my favorite. It’s the only one I use. I’ll just say that the …

Categorically Speaking

Starting a personal blog requires one to think about the various roles and topics that one might write about. The way you organize all of the random thoughts into some type of organized resource is through categories. For me, I spent about an hour with my moleskine notebook writing down all of the various categories I felt like future posts …

Oceanside

Uploading some pics to see how they look on the site. Trying to figure out the maximum dimensions I can use here. It looks like it’s 565px. This image is one of my favorite background images on my desktop. It’s called “oceanside.” Nice and clean. Click on the pic for the VERY large version.