new design for thinkinginpencil.com
Topics: designJust a short note about my new site design. Lots going on lately and it was long overdue for me to have a site that actually reflects what I'm doing these days. I've been increasingly...
View Articletopic overview for my talk on web strategy at Future of Web Design (FOWD)...
Topics: designtechnologyspeakingI’m really excited to be giving a talk in a couple weeks at FOWD. I’ve been attending this conference for a few years now and am still adjusting to the fact that I’m...
View Articlemore notes on thinkinginpencil.com redesign
Topics: designusabilitydrupaldevelopmentI wanted to add a bit more on the subject of my site redesign while it’s still fresh in my mind, and pass along some thanks to those who have provided some great...
View Articleoutline for my talk at FOWD
Topics: designspeakingI’m taking a page from @cameronmoll ‘s book and putting the outline for my talk @ #FOWD (Future of Web Design conference) up and asking for feedback. I’ve actually just finished...
View Articleinterviewed on the Unofficial Linchpin Podcast this week
Topics: designspeakingI had my first podcast interview this week, and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. My friend Stephen Cross ( @stephencross ) emailed me and this fellow Andy Traub (...
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slides for my web strategy talk at FOWD
Topics: designdevelopmentspeakingweb strategyI wanted to get these up here while it was still fresh in my mind. I can’t adequately express how humbling it was to see you all today for my talk, and my...
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Hello. I'm a web professional and I make AWESOME
Topics: designweb strategyWell, not a huge revelation here - but something that came out of my talk at #FOWD was a bit of inspiration. As web professionals we should remember that we do make AWESOME...
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hitting the big time: presented at #pvdgeeks last night [updated with video!]
Topics: designdrupaldevelopmentspeakingIf you’ve been around the Providence tech scene for any amount of time, you’ve heard about Providence Geeks. According to Jack Templin ( @jacktemplin ) and Brian...
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talking at DrupalCamp @ UMass about Web Strategy & Drupal (with slides)
Topics: designdrupaldevelopmentspeakingweb strategyI gave a talk today at DrupalCamp ( #DrupalCampWMA ) on Web Strategy and how Drupal fits in that view of the world. I have to say I was hugely...
View Articleinterviewed by Kimberley Donoghue from the Providence Business News
Topics: designspeakingweb strategyI was interviewed by Kimberley Donoghue ( @kydonoghue ) recently for the Providence Business News and it just came out today (view here). I’m really flattered -...
View ArticleSketching isn't about drawing well - it's about capturing an idea, a moment -...
Topics: designI wrote this initially as a post to my students - I’m teaching a graphic design course this semester at Rhode Island College, where I studied that subject when I was in school. Heemong,...
View Articlecatching up: DrupalCon Chicago
Topics: designdrupaldevelopmentweb strategyI guess I should be clear: this is going to be way too short a post to catch up on ALL of the past month or so - but with so much having happened and the pace...
View ArticleDesign Thinking: not a business school panacea - it's what designers do
Topics: designweb strategyDesign Thinking (DT) is a pretty big ‘buzzphrase’ these days, it’s true. Big in business education, business innovation writing and even (shockingly) in the design world. What...
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slides (and now video!) from my Design 4 Drupal session on Schoolyard
Topics: designdrupalspeakingI have a talk at #D4DBoston (http://boston2011.design4drupal.org) this past weekend, and wanted to make sure my slides are available. I was truly gratified by the audience -...
View Articlespeaking on web typography at Do It With Drupal in October!
Topics: designdrupalspeakingReally excited to announce that I’ll be giving a talk on web typography, web fonts and how to use them at Lullabot’s Do It With Drupal conference in Brooklyn, NY this...
View Articleheading back to speak @ Future of Web Design in NYC!
Topics: designdevelopmentspeakingNot much of a newsy post really, but excited to announce that I'll be speaking again this year at Future of Web Design in NYC this November! My topic this year is going...
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London Calling: Headed to #DrupalCon to Put Arial Out to Pasture
Topics: designdrupalspeakingHeading to London tonight for DrupalCon this week! I'll be giving a talk on web typography, web fonts and Drupal, and have to say I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned...
View Article90 minutes out
Topics: designdevelopmentdrupalspeakingI left for DrupalCon London last Sunday night, flying overnight and heading right into a day-long discussion about Drupal in education. The week progressed in a...
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Do It With Drupal 2011 triple-play madness
Topics: designdevelopmentdrupalspeakingweb strategySo I went to Brooklyn this week pretty excited: I’d been asked about giving a talk on web typography at Do It With Drupal ( #diwd ) - Lullabot’s...
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Slides from my talk at #FOWD
Topics: designdevelopmentspeakingweb strategyI need to write more about my experiene at #FOWD this year - because it really kinda blew my mind. It’s a rare thing indeed to go through two days of...
View Articlevideo for my web strategy talk from #FOWD NYC 2010!
Topics: designspeakingtechnologyweb strategyNow that #FOWD 2011 is come and gone I can make the video available for my talk from last year! Thanks so much to @Carsonified for permission to make it...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Topics: designdevelopmentI’m not sure if this is really a tradition quite yet, but certainly something worth doing once a year at the very least. One thing that I’ve come to recognize about my life...
View Articlelooking back, moving forward
Topics: designWell, the ball’s about to drop in NYC to ring in 2012. Looking back at 2011, I really can’t quite believe how much has happened. The year started early on with a pretty amazing...
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talking about Social Media & Mobile's impact on marketing @ Providence College
Topics: speakingweb strategyI had a great time this past week dropping in on a few collected classes’ worth of marketing students at Providence College. I was asked by good friend and former client Ed...
View Articledesigning in public, inspired by @zeldman & started with Goudy Sans
Topics: designdrupalLots of ‘new’ today. New version of Drupal (7), new host provider ( @linode ), new markup language (HTML5), new evolution of design based around Goudy Sans and built responsively...
View Articlemysqltuner.pl – a bungler's tale
Topics: drupalI’ve spent some time getting to know how to tune up MySQL a bit to speed up the Drupal sites I create, and wanted to share a bit of what I’ve learned. To start - know that this is all...
View Articleinstalling APC on CentOS Linux
Topics: drupalAPC is a caching module for PHP that can really speed up the serving of pages for logged-in users in Drupal. I found this article in setting it up and found it pretty clear and...
View ArticleCuriosity: Not just for killing cats anymore
Topics: designdrupalinnovationspeakingIt’s what drives innovation. It’s what drives the web. It’s the force behind the questions ‘Why?’ and ‘What if?’If Tim Berners-Lee was not curious, he would not...
View Articlechange
It’s time. After two years (and another previous as a consultant), it’s time to wind down my involvement with Schoolyard. While I’m sure I’ll still help from time to time, the platform is in good...
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slides for my talk on Designing for Uncertainty at #eduiconf
Topics: designspeakingusabilityweb strategy I gave a talk today the the edUi Conference in Richmond, VA. It’s been a fantastic conference so far, and worth more words than I can devote right now...
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