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Web Experiences on the Family TV

I am always looking to subscribe to new video podcasts on design and technology. Mainly because I think they are a great medium to keep up on latest happenings and news. What I enjoy most is the DIY factor that many podcasts contain. Virtually anyone can produce a podcast from their home or studio and [...]

Empathic Listening

I remember writing one time in a room on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. There was a soft breeze blowing, so I had opened two windows – one at the front and one at the side – to keep the room cool. I had a number of papers laid out, chapter by chapter, on [...]

Abstration and Modularization

As part of a class I am currently taking in Java programming, one of the chapters in our required reading begins by talking about the process of designing computer software. They use the analogy of several engineers designing a car in different parts of the world and the different levels of specialty and detail required [...]

SXSW without being there

Yes, I had some plans to go to SXSW this year. However, my plans fell through and it looks like I am going to be following the events, happenings and speakers from my home in New York. So, I am creating this list of resources for those of you who may be in similar situations. [...]

Evolving a Website

My experience as a freelance web designer has been that a person or company will come to me and say they need a website. The conversion between myself and the client begins to open doors and paint blue prints of solutions. I do enjoy this scenario because it allows me to work directly with the [...]

Launch

Finally after struggling with procrastination and internal critics – I have launched a website and online portfolio! I am hoping to use the site as a public documentation of personal and professional work, studies, and notes related to design and technology.

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Digesting Web Content

This past week I read an article in the latest issue of WIRED magazine. The article was entitled Chaos Theory by author Nicholas Carr. His main argument in the article is basically that the internet is changing the way we read , focus on and analyze writing. In fact he provides recent studies that show that the [...]

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