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• 04-Jan-2022

  
  Paolo Soleri Presentation, 1988 I asked my pal Chris the following in May 2020: We attended a presentation by Soleri and a few other folks at the RH Fleet Space Museum in the mid to late 80s. Any idea what year? And do you remember any details of who or what entities were presenting? Was it just Soleri and...
• 21-Nov-2021

  
  Citysuit! In July 1999–or rather 01999 as Long Now would write it out–I designed an entry for the Viridian Couture Contest. The design brief can be read here, here are some excerpts: (((The natural question then arises: what should really wealthy, technically proficient, middle-aged people dress like? What kind of clothes will garner them the rewards...
• 03-Feb-2011

  
  Virginia Landscape I have a lot of old images on my site that are unseen. Here’s one that I upsized from an older version. I remember making it in the late 1980s and scanned it in the 1990s. I also found pieces of what were old headers–from September 2002. I’ve recreated them from the images as 9/1/2002...

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• 11-Mar-2010

  
  New site for Tyler A new site launch, for Tyler Peterson, my stepson who I am extremely proud of. Here’s a screenshot: Once again, Balsamiq Mockups has proved awesome for quickly getting to agreement about basic layout and design. Check it out, particularly if you’re a college who wants to give a talented running back, great student, and very...
• 21-May-2009
  Watch Jerk, then watch Chank I prefer Chank.
• 14-Nov-2008
  Redesigning Drupal.org in the open Drupal.org, Design Iterations, and Designing in the open is a remarkable post by Mark Boulton about the process of redesigning a website–in this case drupal.org–with radical transparency. This is incredible and groundbreaking work, applying the modes of open source to design. Surprising that it has not devolved into design-by-committee.
• 18-May-2008

  
  Go Speed Racer Go! On Thursday night, I went and saw Speed Racer in IMAX at The Bridge across the street from work. I mentioned before that I wanted to see it but nobody seemed to be excited about it but me, then I mentioned that my buddy Chris told me he saw it and liked it. Leah and...
• 13-May-2008
  After Action Report: SIGGRAPH, Petersen Auto Museum, Chris, Canter’s Last night I went to the SIGGRAPH LA event at Petersen Auto Museum. It was a terrific event and there was much inspiration and food for thought. I met my friend Chris Greazel there. It’s always great to see Chris. Apparently a touch screen “minority report” type interface for visualizing accessories has increased sales of...
• 14-Nov-2007
  Misc Cavalcade! Yesterday I managed to write a post that was not: a single photo with a caption; a list of links; a random snippet of lyrics; a few words begging you off until I could really blog. Today, I have some links, but there are very many, and I hope to provide some context for each....
• 29-Mar-2001
  Inspired from a posting to DigitalEve SanDiego… Inspired from a posting to DigitalEve SanDiego… I dredge up a wonderful speech from Bruce Sterling on “Wooing the Muse of the Odd” – it’s about pushing at boundaries and being unique. Design is not about limitations. It’s about possibility.
• 20-Mar-2001

  
  Another late night following my bliss. Entered the Reddy Kilowatt Makeover contest – #02001.1 – a Viridian Design Contest. …Here’s the final result. Hey, I can do as I please, it’s my birthday.

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