I was putting gas in my car yesterday and saw a car full of tourists pull in. The driver got out and walked around the front of the car to where a green lizard was on the hood. Apparently, the ladies in the car made him pull over the shoo the lizard off to spare [...]

I just read an article which basically foretells how our workforces will eventually be supplanted by automated systems. Then I find this site which offers to automatically send quarterly supplies of underwear, socks and t-shirts to men. So either doomsday is upon us – or Utopia is around the corner. I can’t decide.

As visual communicators, I’ve found one of my biggest challenges has been communicating with my fellow designers. We all operate out of our own sensibilities and perceptions when it comes to design. And although we use the same terminology, a lot of times the things we say can have vastly different meanings to the other [...]

I was considering Communication Arts the other day – one of the remaining publications dealing with the profession of graphic design. It occurs to me that a lot of the material featured in it is irrelevant to the new nature of graphic design. Let me explain. It used to be that graphic designers were paid [...]

I’ve seen it written: “Never has so much been written by so many for so few.” or something like that. Now I don’t pretend that many people read this blog. Or even that what I have to say is important. But now I’m thinking that blogging (for the common man) is a dead language. Its [...]

Facebook. I like it. I hate it. As a father of three my socialization time (with my adult, non-co-worker friends) is pretty scarce. So it’s a great way to keep in touch. But I’ll admit that I’ve gotten many, many friend requests where I ask my wife: “Do I know ‘so and so?” In the [...]

I’m not a technological or social luddite, but I’m wondering if I should give Facebook a try. In no particular order, here are some of my thoughts: 1. I’m asked by clients to integrate Facebook into their business schema – would like to have first-hand knowledge if it would make my service better. 2. It [...]

My wife and I are pretty strict on our childrens’ bedtime routine. So last night when our six-year-old yelled down for some help well after bedtime, we thought we were in for some discipline time. But it turns out he wanted some help sounding out a word! He had been spending his time in bed [...]

You might be aware that as a person ages, they will perceive time to move at a ever increasing rate. It’s age-relative. For example: to a two-year-old, one year is 50% of his life. To a 50-year-old, one year is 1/50th of his life, or if gauged on parity with the two-year-old, would be percieved [...]