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• A Little Moo Therapy

  I found some retail therapy while selecting images for some Moo minicards.
  It didn’t take long and that one hour away from concepts, mockups and code in the wee hours of the night was bliss.
  (Apologies for May being so dry with a lack of postings. It really has been nutty!)
  Here’s a sampling of some of my [...]

  Posted on Jun 08.08 to classes, design, photography, web design   

• Happy Earth Day

  Nearly one year ago, my husband and I began work on the Blue Planet Run book project.

  Since then awareness of water in our lives is heightened and we have made greater efforts to be more conscious consumers of water.
  For example, we make every effort to take shorter showers. We use more water-friendly soaps and detergents [...]

  Posted on Apr 22.08 to books, classes, design, food for thought, photography, portland   

• Teaching Photographers Design at The Compelling Image

  I’m in the final week of Spring term classes at PSU and it’s been a doozy of a schedule (6 days of classes) so apologies for the lack of posts.
  However, I did want to announce that I hope to start teaching online at The Compelling Image. The course: Photographer’s Guide to Book Design & Self-Publishing. [...]

  Posted on Mar 17.08 to classes, design, photography   

• Looking for a Letterpress Class in Portland or Seattle?

  About this time last year, I was obsessed with finding a table top letterpress and finding a class in order to learn how to use it. Fortune allowed me to find both.
  Priorities though, have changed and I still have the “Letterpress Classes” folder of bookmarks and thought I would share them with those of you [...]

  Posted on Jan 11.08 to classes, letterpress, portland, seattle   

• First Web Designs Using Dreamweaver CS3

  Sharing some of the results of my first term through PSU’s Web Design Certificate program seems long overdue and there really was only one class that produced anything remotely visual: Dreamweaver CS3 with Dave McFarland.

  All of the designs were homework assignments and honestly none were thoroughly checked for validation; however, all future designs will [...]

  Posted on Dec 14.07 to classes, software, web design   

• Web Design Classes: 10 things learned, Weeks 2 & 3

  “10 Things Learned” each week was ambitious and perhaps every 2 weeks is more realistic. There are 14 or so months to go and still feeling it out…
  _Plan. Like any other design project, planning is an essential first step. Using a pencil and paper is my preferred method first step and some like to just [...]

  Posted on Oct 14.07 to classes, web design   

• 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   

• 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   

• Books for School

  In just a little over a week, classes will begin for Portland State University’s Multimedia Certificate Program.
  Wow. I’m nervous and excited. Anticipation is amazing.
  Here are some of the books that are included when you enroll and the others I bought out of curiosity.

  Beginning CSS: From Novice to Professional is the book I used to design [...]

  Posted on Sep 07.07 to classes, design, typography, web design