On Banishing Your Inner Critic
I don’t know about you, but I have a very loud, insistent, and mean roommate. Sometimes he’s quiet and well-behaved, and we maintain an amicable truce. Other times – most often when I am trying to produce something brilliant – he’s raucous and destructive, yelling demoralizing epithets at me and keeping me from doing the […]
The Age of Responsive Design on DesignFestival.com
When Lisa Lang formerly of Sitepoint.com (but now of Smashing Magazine) asked me to do a podcast screencast for DesignFestival.com, naturally I said “yes!”, as I love all of the great content that comes from Sitepoint and its related sites. With the latest movement towards Responsive Web Design, developed by Ethan Marcotte, and also based […]
On-Demand Inspiration at Interlink Conference
I’m into creativity these days. I’m fascinated by the creative process and all of its facets: the flow state that one falls into when working on bringing an idea out of the ether and onto the page/canvas/screen/floor/table, the sudden epiphanies that one gets in the shower or while falling asleep, the frustration that one feels […]
CSS3: Ripe and Responsive at ConvergeSE
I’m in love. Seriously! I’m in love with the ConvergeSE Conference that just happened in Columbia, SC last weekend. Why? It was a GREAT conference! There were fantastic presentations from Trent Walton, Chris Coyier, Christian Heilmann, and Ethan Marcotte on the nitty-gritty of CSS3 typography, CSS3 Selectors, HTML5 and Responsive Design, respectively. Leslie Jensen-Inman rocked […]
Offload and Outsource It (so you can be more awesome)
As creatives (and often independents) in an ever-changing field, we end up doing a lot of work and having to wear quite a few hats. Here are some tips for offloading the stuff you don’t like, or, “How to be Awesome in 4 Easy Steps”.
