This Ad campaign might be brilliant

Posted on May 18, 2009 in Blog | One Comment

Unfortunately, it’s still shilling SPAM which ranks too high on my “ick” factor to qualify as a substitute good for real meat. Sorry Hormel, any product that comes with a gelatin layer of fat sitting a top a square of dyed, processed pork protein is out of the question. Technorati: Newspaper | Journalism | Blogging […]

The Gray Lady returns in 2.0?

Posted on May 6, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

Amazon has dropped its new Kindle DX with a “newspaper-friendly screen that’s 2.5x bigger than the standard Kindle.” It has some nice specs (see below), but I’m not totally sold on this device as the new newspaper savior. Evolutionarily speaking, I see the DX as a very good thing for newspapers. One more step toward […]

The 20th Century goes Digital

Posted on Nov 25, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

It’s been so long since I’ve posted, ah Twitter, how you distract me, but I did stumble upon something last week that so jogged my imagination that I couldn’t resist it. Google, through their sheer awesomeness and might, wrangled the entire Life magazine photo collection. It’s a pretty stunning database that is highly worth mining. […]

Comcast: Worst UI Design Ever?

Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Apple, Artistry, Blog, Design, media | No Comments

Just as working as a reporter ruined reading less-than perfect prose, so too has working as a User Interface designer for a few months thrashed my everyday interaction with almost all screen-based devices. If you ever find yourself behind a man or a woman at an ATM, a Self-Checkout line or a movie ticket kiosk […]

Who's Sadr's graphic designer?

Posted on Jun 13, 2008 in Blog | No Comments

Does Moktada al-Sadr have an entire graphics department churning out propaganda posters? If not, whoever does his Photoshop work deserves to be (and very well might be) punished for visual crimes against humanity. Take a look at those posters — what is with the gradient work? Jeez, it looks like someone broke out Printshop Deluxe […]