I had the opportunity to chat with Tim Smith of The East Wing podcast the other day. If you have a few minutes and want to listen to me ramble about design, clients, education have at it!

Saying ‘No’ is one of the most difficult things in the world for me. I like making people happy. I like designing and developing awesome internet things. I also really like making money. So why the hell would I say no to projects that help me do all of these things? OMG! People will pay [...]

If you don’t already know I do a weekly/monthly podcast with my friend @cmdshiftdesign called Pagebreak Podcast. If you are into books and articles related to design, development, coding, marketing etc you should go check it out! Listen to the latest Snippet Episode!

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Reading time: 4 – 7 minutes This is a guest post written by @jimmynotjim On Monday my feeds, as I’m sure yours as well, blew up with the launch of BostonGlobe.com. It’s been a much anticipated launch both within and out of the design community. I was excited to get home and check it out [...]

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes A few months ago I did something crazy: I QUIT MY JOB. I had noticed a growing trend in my attitude towards my work in general. I was more excited about what I was working on before and after the hours of 9-5. So I took a bit of [...]

Reading time: 7 – 11 minutes This weekend I gave a talk at WordCamp Boston with my friend Jake (@redlist) on customizing the WordPress admin interface for clients. If you missed the talk this post is intended to be a brief recap of what we covered. As someone who uses WordPress on a daily basis [...]

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Looking back on this past month of work and freelancing I’ve noticed a trend in how my work turns out. I’m noticing a relationship between the amount of time I spend sketching and scribbling in my notebook and my satisfaction with the end product. Take a minute and listen to [...]

Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes A quick audio post from a little while ago, but still on my mind this morning. What sort of relationship do you set up with clients before beginning a project? What sort of expectations do you establish upfront? How much time do you invest in this phase of a project? Listen [...]

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Hey guys! Long time no post… I’ve been busy working on awesome client projects as well as crafting an identity for my new company: Rocket Mouse Design. Over the weekend I wanted to whip up a simple landing page with some simple CSS3 animation. I learned a few things along [...]

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes I tweeted out of frustration one morning about the common occurrence known as franken-comp syndrome. This happens when you show a client multiple ‘finished’ mockups for a project and they combine elements from design A Design B and Design C into one design. I know that everyone out there in design-o-land [...]

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes The Pagebreak Podcast book for March has been selected and we’ll have our noses in it all month. The book doesn’t officially release until March 8th, but you can pre-order your copy of Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk on Amazon or get it for your Kindle and read along with us! You could [...]

Reading time: 8 – 13 minutes I had the opportunity to participate in the Boston Hack Day Challenge this weekend. The gist of the event was to get a bunch of designers, devs, geeks, etc in one place, form teams and see what they can make in less than 48 hours. I met up with my [...]

Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes Hey there its 2011! (yeah I’m a bit slow) But it’s time to spruce up your website . What updating your website one of your new years resolutions? Who has the time for that? Good, I don’t either. But my site is looking just a bit stale. So I’ve decided [...]

Reading time: 3 – 4 minutes Someone asked me a question on Formspring the other day regarding giving source files to clients. While I’ve never had a client ask for the source files, I thought I would ask my twitter friends what they thought. Because this question varies from designer to designer and from contract to [...]