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• Web Design Classes: 10 Things Learned, Week 1

  This past week was the first real taste of just how much there is to learn and how the decision to stay in Portland was the right one.
  I’m going to try and post “10 Things Learned” each week. It may perhaps be too ambitious but what the heck, it’s worth a shot.
  1_Online classes are not [...]

  Posted on Sep 30.07 to classes, web design   

• Polaroid, 17 years later

  17 years. That’s about how long it has been since I pulled apart a polaroid image.
  I think the last time was in 1995 just after leaving a job as an assistant for two studio photographers in Fairfield, Connecticut. Type 55 was my favorite back then.
  I’m not sure what triggered my recent obsession with all [...]

  Posted on Sep 28.07 to photography, polaroid   

• The Beauty of Long-term Relationships

  Back in 2001, after having just relocated to Washington, DC from Chicago, IL, a childhood friend called to ask me if I would be interested in designing a CD package for a local non-profit called The Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts.
  It would be a volunteer project (translation: no pay) and it is an [...]

  Posted on Sep 28.07 to design, portfolio   

• Cuts and Type at the University of Montana, Missoula

  We’re back from a road trip to Missoula, Montana where we checked out the University of Montana with my stepson who expressed interest in the college and has been heavily weighing options about career paths.
  Journalism is a possible career path and turns out the University of Montana just completed building the new School of Journalism. [...]

  Posted on Sep 25.07 to design, letterpress, typography   

• Relocating to Mumbai

  Photographer Michael Rubenstein is relocating to Mumbai at the end of October and asked me to design his promotion cards.
  Voila!

  If you don’t know Michael’s work, check out his website, michaelrubenstein.com or head over to Redux Pictures.
  He’ll be available for assignments in Mumbai in November.
  But ‘that can neither be confirmed nor denied’.

  Book Mark it-> del.icio.us | [...]

  Posted on Sep 20.07 to design, photographers   

• Collaborate with 100 Leading Photojournalists This Week

  Want to help 100 leading photojournalists and millions of other Americans document life at home in America?
  Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, the creators of America 24/7, One Digital Day, 24 Hours in Cyberspace and countless other books have partnered with IKEA to produce, America At Home: A Close-up Look at How We Live.
  They invite you, [...]

  Posted on Sep 19.07 to books, photographers, photography   

• Learning a Language of the Future

  Yesterday was the first day of my first class as part of the PSU Multimedia Certificate program. The class: Core XHTML.
  Well, it never dawned on me that I would be learning a new language. Of course, XHTML is a new language (!). It just wasn’t one of the obvious ones I would have categorized under [...]

  Posted on Sep 18.07 to classes, web design   

• Anonymous Photo Editor Blogs

  Another discovery from Kevin Miyazaki’s blog is A Photo Editor. It is a blog published by an anonymous national magazine photo director/photo editor and just a few weeks old.
  I love it.
  I’m also a little fixated on trying to figure out if the photo editor is a man or a woman. I’m leaning more toward guy [...]

  Posted on Sep 13.07 to photography   

• Not so Tiny

  I admit it: I’m a bookmark pack rat. I can’t help it. There are so many incredible websites out there in the universe and when working from home (as I do) these websites offer escape, inspiration, and connection. The act of surfing (the web) is magically serendipitous.
  Needless to say, I have a massive amount of [...]

  Posted on Sep 13.07 to blogging, photographers, photography