Much has been written about AOL’s new logo, debuting December 10th. Just weeks away, this Internet dinosaur will attempt its third re-branding. Common wisdom has it that the first logo…
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We’re well into Movember and I’m honored to be working alongside some very hairy, big hearted — and creative — guys. It seems the creative community embraces the opportunity for…
Pre-production began nearly a year ago. Principal photography, for all intents and purposes, wrapped in early August 2009. And after many interviews, presentations, reasoned arguments and irrational fears, a team…
A recent project put me, once again, into a mobile frame of mind. The design challenges that come with a mobile initiative can be daunting, but the opportunities to rethink…
While friends and family might disagree, I have to say that all the “stuff” that I collect could be catalogued under the heading “Design Inspiration.” From the 1975 Sanrio Kitty…
Nice piece on Pandora, the Oakland-based online radio service, in Sunday’s New York Times’ Magazine. The Song Decoders, written by Rob Walker, reveals the dot-com start-up’s hungry beginnings, the president’s…
Much has passed since Chicago’s failed bid for the 2016 Summer Games, but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to pass along this invaluable resource and blow-by-blow description of…
I was recently asked to “update the seo” on an existing web site. The concern was that we had, perhaps, been using “old keywords and phrases.” In a nutshell: The…
Monopoly City Streets, promoted as “you versus the world in the biggest live game of Monopoly in history,” is the love-child of Hasbro and Google. A gargantuan MMORPG (massively multiplayer…
Webtrends, the granddaddy of web analytics apps, launched Webtrends Open Campaign. According to their mid-August press release, Open Campaign is “a transparent look at digital marketing today through the execution…