For those of you that read this blog, you might be disappointed to see it’s been nearly a month since I last posted. However, if you’re also a follower of mine on Twitter, you’re likely not that surprised. Over the past few months I’ve been busying myself with freelance work, thank God, and my side/personal [...]
Near the end of 2009 I was asked to participate in the GalaxyGoo flash-a-thon themed “Particle”. I had just begun experimenting with an Orbit class and Hype and felt like I had a little something to contribute. Kristin Henry, the founder of GalaxyGoo, brought several copies of the printed book to Flashbelt. I am so [...]
You just keep getting better. In its seventh year, Flashbelt put on a great show. Dave Schroeder knows his conference and gathers together some of the best and most inspirational speakers in our community. And me. I was lucky enough to be invited to speak this year. I’d never been and now wish I’d taken [...]
Here’s the title slide from my upcoming session at Flashbelt. I am so stoked about this conference. This is my first year and I am, as always, freaked out about standing in front of people and giving my opinion. However, this is a brand-new session and I hope to give a good one. See you [...]
I don’t feel as strongly about my privacy as it seems a lot of people do. For instance, I didn’t “sign up” at Quit Facebook Day. To be fair, I’m not an up in arms kind of guy. However, I was becoming concerned with the fact that every move Facebook made to alter the privacy [...]
I am booked to speak at two events in the next few months; FlashBelt in Minneapolis and Flash on the Beach in Brighton, UK. FlashBelt is first. As in five weeks away! I’m super stoked about speaking at FlashBelt as it’s in its seventh year and I really respect what Dave Schroeder has done with [...]
After finally getting back to the gym in March and actually making an effort, I was excited to see I could get back in shape. Then FiTC. Son of a… three days of sessions and four nights of catching up sets my exercise recovery back by a month at least. I feel I can never [...]
The fine folks at OneMethod contacted me concerning their latest project for Nokia. An in-store tool for sales staff to showcase Nokia’s latest offering; the Nokia 5230 Nuron! Note: all following images are scaled at least 50% This was an interesting project for me. It included a multitude of items that needed to be coded; [...]
While the opportunity to work for a variety of companies is awesome, sometimes freelancing is a slightly harrowing experience. For instance, in one week I went from being booked on multiple projects until mid-july (awesome) to having each project pull out one at a time (harrowing). It’s not much fun, but I am spending some [...]
In February, I was fortunate to be asked to build a site for the awesome agency, Proximity Toronto. Their client is Pedigree and the site is Dentastix. Note: following images are scaled approx. 50% Welcome to the Dentastix site! There are three dentastix sizes; small, medium and large. There needed to be a way to [...]