In the last few months, a lot of scary things have happened. Finances have been tight; business has been slow. Our car died a quiet death on the highway, leaving us without any vehicle or emergency funds with which to obtain one. Amazing friends gave us a loaner for a few months, but we need [...]
Karen Wennberg’s fantastic Thriving Artist campaign is reaching its peak (well, at least for now!). She’s created a Fundable project to raise money for her website and she’s offering a lot of really awesome stuff in return for donations. There are only five days left and she’s nearly met her goal, so please go take [...]
Since last summer I’ve been working with an awesome individual by the name of Robert Gardner, who deals in yoga, Thai massage, and food genius (among other things). This week his website went live and I can confidently say it’s one of my favorite designs ever. If you’re looking for someone to help you improve [...]
I’ve said before that I wanted to help, and now we’re going to do it.Many months ago Marty and I came up with a cunning plan to help struggling artists into the digital universe. It’s incredibly important for a new artist to have a presence on the web. If it’s done right, the artist’s visibility [...]
On Wednesday, I’m going to join… gulp… Toastmasters. Yes. You heard that purposefully italicized note of anxiety. The girl who started a design company out of high school just because she wanted to make something new and awesome—no, the girl who happily stood on stage in a foreign country and sang for an audience God-knows-how-big, [...]
Many of you know who Kit is; for those who don’t, Kit O’Connell is a writer in College Station, TX who recently moved his public blogging from LiveJournal to a private installation of WordPress entitled “approximately 8,000 words“. (Turns out some Russians bought LiveJournal; prognosis is uncertain.) He came up with a seriously excellent design [...]
One of my favorite gifts this year was the Creative Whack Pack, a card set by Roger von Oech. (I told Marty I wanted it, ordered it “from him”, and he wrapped it. But it still feels entirely like a gift, and every time I look at it on my desk I experience a mad [...]