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patient care in the digital age

During the Olympics GE has been airing a commercial boasting technology that would allow any doctor to see your full medical history. The commercial seems to be aimed at the patient, and I must say, the ability for any doctor I see, anywhere, to know exactly what has happened to me in the past, what […]

to tweet or not to tweet

I joined Twitter about a year ago and, as many people do, posted one tweet and forgot all about it. You use a different part of your brain than you do with coding, designing, or even blogging. I have recently been tweeting more and more and are now “getting it”. I understand the power of […]

inspiration and a coaster

I once, in an interview, confessed to gaining design inspiration from architecture. The way buildings played with the sky and the space surrounding them. Lately I have been feeling a little design challenged so have been looking harder for inspiration. Etsy is a great source for inspiration and today I came across a piece of […]

handmade for christmas

I was recently on Etsy looking for Christmas cards and stumbled upon these. Perfect combination of type and texture. Plus I love that song.

12 months of letterpress

From Egg Press which is right here in Portland. They also make an Offset printed calendar as well which I think will look lovely in our new home.

wall art

As we are close to closing on a house and Bean will have her own room, I am on the lookout for items to decorate her room, something to make it her own. I love the prints at this etsy shop and might just have to order a few. Too bad they don’t make wallpaper. […]

letterpress heaven

If I could give myself a hug with these invitations I totally would. They are gorgeous. The perfect marriage between typography and color, with a little texture variation thrown right on in.

inspiration

As a web designer I often have the task of taking an existing website and giving it an update. An update on layout, information structure, design, etc. I actually prefer this in some ways to starting from scratch. With an existing site you have the opportunity to see what is working and what isn’t working […]

SXSWi 2025

Before I suspected but now it has been confirmed… the bean is a coder. I left her alone for a few minutes with my laptop and she had brought up the source code on a website and was making some edits. Brilliant.

take five with MakeFive

I came across this site today called MakeFive. It is a cool site that lets members of the community give their top five for a variety of categories. Interesting ones include Best Movies of All Time and Funniest Comedy Movies of All Time. In the design category there are some equally interesting ones like Best […]

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