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  • WordCamp Scranton

    What an awesome experience, and great job done by the organizers. As an organizer myself, I learned a few tricks and got some ideas for the next WCBUF. One thing I want to consider is killing the whole lunch thing altogether. Too many variables that inevitably go wrong. Provide coffee and water all day long, and people can bring their lunches.

    I’ll write more when time permits.

  • Need a grant

    My idea is so good I know I could get a grant. How do you get an artist grant, anyone?

  • Comment icons

    Comment icons

    OK, dilemma here. Does the pointy part of a comment bubble icon face left or right? Consider:

    comments_left

    versus:

    comments_right

    so, which one says “Comments” more directly?

    To clarify, here’s the one in the WordPress admin (I designed it):

    wordpress_icon

    And here’s the one on digg.com:

    digg_icon

    I kinda wish now that I had made the point face left, like in digg.com, but maybe not…

  • Phone as mobile’s days are numbered

    The portrait-oriented, single column design approach that’s become so dominant since the advent of smart phones can only last for so long. The new paradigm of wearables, particularly visors/glasses, will see us return to landscape designs. Augmented reality will enable a screen of any size and format to appear in a multitude of contexts. The physical limitations of the handheld phone will become characteristic of a primitive era in the digital age.

  • CodeKit icons

    CodeKit icons

    Here’s the latest:

    icon files are here

    codekit-icons

     

    PSD here

    icons

     

  • On teaching

    The best way to teach is to learn with your students.

  • Intellectual property

    So I think our DMA grads could be better suited to pursue IP law than any other program’s grads in the country.