March, 2007

Becoming A Design Vigilante

At this year’s SXSW, Jason and Rob led a great panel on finding and maintaining inspiration in everyday life.
Citing Kevin Cornell, they suggested becoming a design vigilante. “If you love design, take it back!”

This idea really resonated with me. I’ve always believed that design should be used for good in everyday life. And the […]

MultiVisions Panelist Information

I just received my panelist information for MultiVisions.
New Media: Interactive Design for a Digital Era

Travis Isaacs- Tel ’02, Senior. Web Designer, Sabre Holdings, Grapevine, TX
Brian Bird- Tel/Span ’04, Freelance Interactive Producer/New Media Developer, New York City
Christina Anderson- Tel MS’05, Director of Web Strategy, National Cable & […]

The Funny Things Developers Say

“Developers watch, Designers see.”
An interesting perspective from my developer colleague Jarek.

Catch me at MultiVisions 17

I’ll be heading to ol’ IU next Thursday to once again speak at MultiVisions.
I vividly remember the panic that I felt my senior year of college.
Where will I go?
Who is hiring?
Is my portfolio good?
Do I need to freelance more?
Somehow talking to the recent grads at MultiVisions made it all feel better. There are so many […]

Back from SXSWi: My favorite panels

Stephen, Jeremy, Jarek, and myself are back from SXSWi after 4 intense days of eating, drinking, and paneling.
My favorites:

Field guide to design inspiration with Jason Santa Maria and Rob Weychert
Kath Sierra keynote
Stop Designing Products with Peter Merholz
Mobile Design with Brian Fling
Ajax Kung Fu Meets Accessibility Feng Shui with Jeremy Keith and Derek Featherstone
Bullet Tooth Web […]

My SXSWi Schedule

Saturday, March 10th

10:00am
Emerging Social and Technology Trends

11:30am
Getting to Consistency: Don’t Make Your Users Think

2:00pm
Kathy Sierra Opening Remarks

3:30pm
Stop Designing Products

4:05pm

Moving on…

I suppose it’s the end of an era.
Last month I made the difficult decision to leave my position as lead (and only) designer at RadioTime. Despite the building momentum at CES and opportunities to work with companies like Cisco and Hillcrest Labs, I just was not happy any more.
I wanted something different, I […]