Where are those new headphones, Apple?

November 4th, 2008 | Apple, Technology | No Comments

Once again I have been neglecting my blog… It’s not that I haven’t had anything interesting to talk about (though many people may not agree with what I find interesting) I just can’t stand to look at code after I’ve coded all day. I managed to snag a job a few months ago at a [...]

I hate web squatters!

August 16th, 2008 | Design, Technology | 6 Comments

As usual I have lots of big plans. One of them as I mentioned before is to revamp my site. One thing I dislike about my site now is how long the url is.  At eleven characters, in my opinon its pretty bloated and unreadable, especially when you want to send me an email. So, [...]

Matte is the new shine

August 6th, 2008 | Design | No Comments

I’m always keeping an eye out for trends especially when it comes to web design. Lately I’ve been noticing something very interesting. There is something that almost all of the really “new age” sites have in common nowadays stylistically. Go to sites like Flickr, Twitter, Digg, Vimeo, or Facebook and and you’ll see what I’m [...]

This is getting old…

August 5th, 2008 | Design, Miscellaneous, Technology | No Comments

Wow, has it really been almost a month since I’ve posted on my blog? I knew it had been a while, but I had no idea it’s been this long! Things have been so crazy lately that I just haven’t had the free time to add much content. Not much has changed since June. I’m [...]

If you want a design job, you may want to read this

July 10th, 2008 | Design, Miscellaneous | No Comments

Back in the day I used to think about what interviewing and working for a design job would be like. I would always picture a real laid back agency with bean bag chairs (I don’t know why I always pictured bean bag chairs…), a wide open studio with lots of Macs and expensive equipment. [...]

I’m officially an Apple Developer

June 14th, 2008 | Apple, Design, Technology | No Comments

Wow, I’ve really neglected my shiny new blog.  Well, I guess it’s not so new any more, but it sure is shiny.  It’s just been a crazy couple of weeks.  I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell on May 31st. To commemorate, I bought myself a huge LCD television that gave me days of fun [...]

Upcoming Project: What About Hubert?

May 15th, 2008 | Design | 1 Comment

Years ago, I came up with a short story about a turtle who likes to take photos. I’ve been experimenting with several different mediums to try and illustrate this story, but overall it’s never been completed. I really haven’t had the free time to work on it while in school. I tried to [...]

Tutorial: A clean, reusable Web 2.0 shine

May 14th, 2008 | Design | No Comments

I came up with this technique when I was creating Photoshop templates at work which called for all sorts of different colored buttons. Typically before this, I created buttons the usual way, combining transparencies with gradients and other elements, and that worked out fine for a few different buttons, but what if you had to [...]

Portfolio Night

May 13th, 2008 | Miscellaneous | 3 Comments

So this past Thursday was Portfolio Night in Boston. It was basically a seminar that takes place simultaneously all over the world where designers get to meet with some of the top agencies around the area. The creative directors from roughly twenty or so of these companies critiques your portfolio. My friend [...]

One bad Apple

April 28th, 2008 | Apple | 1 Comment

I love working in design. Sometimes I wonder if I’d appreciate it it so much had I not worked other jobs before hand. Before this, I did what a lot of people my age do. I took up jobs in retail. My first retail job was at Circuit City. I [...]