Case Study: Website Design by Market Segment

September 4, 2013

One challenge we face time and time again is a client’s desire to feature everything on the home page. When a content manager has multiple departments feeding them content, the easiest solution is often to…

Deja Vu

August 29, 2013

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foVMwJtlR5s&w=650] Another well illustrated video about an interesting subject manner. I’ll be patiently waiting for my next “already seen”. via @devour.

The Solar System

August 26, 2013

I love these well illustrated, informational videos. Especially when they’re about space. via @devour.

Innovation of Loneliness

August 16, 2013

[vimeo 70534716 w=650] A thoughtful and fantastically illustrated look at loneliness and social networks.

Swiftype: Better WordPress Search

August 14, 2013

It’s well known that the search functionality built into WordPress isn’t awesome. The Swiftype Search plugin changes that, improving on the default search in every way. Better relevance ranking, real analytics, manual overrides, and it’s…

Tribe Events Conditionals

August 13, 2013

I’ve used the Event Calendar Pro plugin on quite a few sites. They just released a totally re-written version of the code, which is mostly a good thing. But new code is still new code.…

Meta box vs WordPress widget sidebars

August 9, 2013

Looking for opinions on using the standard WP sidebar vs meta boxes for ‘aside’ type info… I’ve got a current project in development that has a TON of pages, each with its own unique sidebar…

Goodbye to a great client

July 30, 2013

It’s a bittersweet day as KPCW radio in Park City will be going live tomorrow with a new website. They’ll be implementing NPR’s ‘Core Publisher’ system to replace the WordPress site we built back in…

Prismacolor Markers

July 26, 2013

I bought this set of Prismacolor double ended markers in design school nearly 10 years ago. They’re still as good as the day I bought them. That may say more about how often I do…

The Spigot Rorschach Test

July 10, 2013

Quick, take a look below and what do you see? Over the last 10 years or so there have been a handful of people who see a ‘sad face’ or ‘grumpy old man’ when they…