America Takes It Off, Snaggable Player
Created the skin for this, along with the design and CSS of the website for ATIO on AOL Body. Just checking it out, see how the snaggable feature works 
Add comment June 3rd, 2007
Mark
I barely got to know him, but I still loved him. For everything he did to influence and inspire Margaux’s life before I knew her, I thank him. I considered him a friend shortly after meeting him, and was very excited to have him accept an invitation to meet my parents. We all had a great time that night too.
For his silly emails, goofy cat language, ridiculous impersonations, and love of odd words that just “sound cool,” how could you not laugh in his presence? Introverted, but polite, accomodating, and genuinely interested in our lives, even if unspoken. He read our blogs, looked at our pictures, and even listened to my stupid songs! I love that I got to jam on the harmonica while he played the piano at Christmas, especially since he was so damn good (though very modest).
A great man, great father, great husband, great friend. There will be an emptiness, and he will never be forgotten. On top of being a great man, he was also a great designer, so I thought I would share some of his logos below. I’ll miss you Mark.
Add comment March 2nd, 2007
A big middle, er… thumbs up to the Boston Bomb Squad.
Paranoia sets in, a bomb squad is on the scene, a tv station is overhyping, an Attorney General is getting even, a city is at a stand still. Big thanks to the Prez for instilling fear into every human in this country, and letting some of his stupidity rub off on our authorities. His incompetitence isn’t his problem however, it’s the problem of a couple of guys who ‘masterminded’ the campaign. Thanks for trying to get these two locked up, without them the morons of Boston will be better off. PHEW! Disaster averted.
Add comment February 2nd, 2007
And red and red and blue and green
Everything everything everything everything everything I’m invisible I’m invisible I’m invisible I’m invisible… Underworld. If you never listened to them, do yourself a favor and check out some of their stuff at underworld. Become a [free] member, and download their live stuff for free (in archive). I’ve been a fan of them since around 97-98, seen em live once in 2000, and have just about everything everything of theirs (including vinyl). They have officially been around since the 80’s, but the sound as I know them started with Dubnobasswithmyheadman in 91. They’re part of the English design collective Tomato, and always have great design.
Their live show consists of full on jams of their songs, basically using large soundboards with all their sounds being pulled in, and can be brought into any song they want, making for an awesome live experience. Furthermore, Karl Hyde sings and woos the crowd with his free-flowing lyrics, generally created for rhythm and can be non-sensical coming from sources such as conversations or observations. In addition to the heart-pounding musical excursions, they also include wonderful motion graphics consisting of typography for us design-junkies, random images from city life around the world, and live shots from the crowd. At leat that’s what it was like 6 years ago, hopefully we’ll see them here in the US once again.
Add comment September 14th, 2006
Dude!
Ah, typography! Such a lovely art, yet so under-appreciated. This page explains some fundamentals of typography, found courtesy of my friend Pablo. If you find the descenders of Gs and Ys to be sexy, or you’re hot for ampersands, you’re not alone (and don’t need therapy), but you should check out some great books such as one of my professor’s, Alex White Type In Use, among many more from him and other great typographers.
Add comment September 8th, 2006
Content or not?
I spend my days working, sitting in front of computers, eating lunch, and being distracted by semi-boring things on the internet just because. Ok sometimes I find some cool stuff to talk about or read, but it seems that lately I’ve just fallen in the ‘whatever’ category of life, and just kinda scrape by looking forward to spending time with M or play with the cats or watch a movie. This isn’t such a bad thing, but I also feel like I’m getting a bit stuck in just ‘being.’ M works hard, deals with many stresses of working hard, and has done so for a while. I’ve been doing that as well, but then something interesting happened, all of a sudden I was finally recognized for all the hard work, given a promo, and now work on a channel that well, isn’t all that challenging.
I can’t complain right? When should I come home ‘tired,’ relax in front of the computer or boob-tube, and think to myself “this is great!”? I start to feel guilty in some way. So now it’s September. Perfect time to kick it up. It stopped being hot, I started running with M again, and I’m planning to work on that damned website of mine finally (or M’s site? or both?). I also think I’m gonna take the bull by the proverbial horns and kick it up at work, hopefully I’ll pick up some interesting and challenging work. If not, well, there is that website of mine to change 
Funny how happiness is such a balance. Stress, distance, companionship, work, sleep, love, and stars need to be perfectly aligned in order to really feel the joys of happiness. Like my dad says “without bad luck, there’d be no luck at all.” Same applies with happiness. So I’m about 80% there, hell, how could I have any problems with such a wonderful girlfriend, nice apartment to come home to, etc. etc. Just a few glitches to take care of. Ok, enough gushing my world, go read someone else’s blog now!
Add comment September 6th, 2006
As mentioned in I.D.
Very cool juxtaposition of design and writing, and very inspirational as I search the ether for new ways to look at things. All created from the pages of ‘feminine bibles’ as I.D. puts it. Check out his page as well: Graham Rawle
Add comment July 19th, 2006
