For most of the SXSW Interactive Conference, you’ll be sitting at the convention center or stuffing your face with appetizers and drinks at an evening event. Refresh your body and and join fellow SXSW Interactive participants for a leisurely morning run through Austin. We’ll meet at the entrance to Brush Park (across from the North [...]
By Brian | February 14, 2008
I’m getting really excited with SXSW only a month away. I met a lot of great people last year and look forward to doing the same again this time around. It’s always a ton of fun to get a bunch of geeks, designers and Type-As together to collaborate. I haven’t selected any sessions yet, but [...]
By Brian | August 3, 2007
I just got my hands on what is quickly becoming my favorite web tool. XRAY is like a lightweight Web Developer toolbar that provides front-end coders with a quick debugging tool. No download is necessary; XRAY is executable via a bookmarklet that launches a floating tool panel over your web page. Selecting any element on [...]
The Kenyan Sign Language Minisite was developed to showcase one of the innovative projects Peace Corps volunteers are developing around the world. In Kenya, volunteers working with hearing impaired youth needed a way to help their communities learn sign language. To maximize their efforts—and to make the process more enjoyable—volunteers developed CD-ROMs with games and [...]
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Today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs announced the release of Safari 3. It’s a great update to the browser, which was last released in 2005. I’m still committed to Firefox, but I’ll give Safari an occasional spin. When it has the same plugin capability as Firefox I will gladly reconsider. If you are [...]
The wedding invitations are done! Over the weekend I designed the postcard invitation with Jessica’s art direction.
Posted in Portfolio | Tagged Design, logo |
Anastasia over at YPulse has a great article about squids. OK, really it’s about creating “brand fans”, but she uses the term to describe a web marketing strategy that should be a staple tool for all organizations. The rules are simple: rather than focusing all of your efforts on internal website development, seed your content [...]
By Brian | March 16, 2007
Over the course of four days, I attended roughly twenty panels at SXSW Interactive. The discussions covered everything from online social networks for teens to a primer on the mobile web. One event really stood out for me, but it wasn’t the Mardi Gras atmosphere or the celebrity keynote speakers. Tantek Çelik (Chief Technologist at [...]
By Brian | February 16, 2007
LifeBridge Health consists of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, and additional medical and fitness centers throughout Baltimore. The version show below was developed in 2001 and has been offline since 2004. Work performed: information architecture, wireframes, design, web content editing
By Brian | January 3, 2007
The Peace Corps’ mission is to provide assistance to developing nations. To meet these needs, the agency recruits 4,000 highly-skilled volunteers each year. The Peace Corps’ website plays a critical role in educating the public about the volunteer experience and in recruiting volunteers. Recent projects include an online donation system, audience-targeted minisites, and interactive volunteer [...]
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