On SOPA/PIPA…
This being the day where the web community comes together in protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) I would like to share with you all a video that explains so clearly and...
View ArticleMission 2 “Flight to Freedom” launches TODAY!
For most of 2011 I’ve been working on Mission 2: “Flight to Freedom” and I’m so excited that it’s finally out and just in time for Black History month in February! I’m eager to hear the reception among...
View ArticleLadies Learning Code
For those of you who don’t know, Toronto has a pretty fantastic developer community! There’s a bit of a startup vibe in this city and that helps to encourage and feed the developer and designer...
View ArticleCredit to our Designers
As a hybrid developer and designer I struggled to explain to others the benefits of having a design perspective in a development team. But with the ever increasing importance of designers in the...
View ArticleGirls Learning Code
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being involved with a March break camp aimed at introducing and preparing some of our young girls to web making, as we call it. The camp was called Girls...
View ArticleInto the world of UX
There is a mind shift that needs to happen for a designer to delve into the world of user experience design. Your aesthetic design sense changes because you’re thinking not only of the visual design...
View ArticleManaging Change
I once heard someone say, “Do something that makes you uncomfortable”. I think that being uncomfortable is one of the keys to growing. Life has a way of letting you settle into your normal, your...
View ArticleFlash Tips… you heard me, Flash
I started this blog in part to help me document my learnings and although Flash is an “old” technology as far as interactive technologies go I still find out more and more about it. Flash has many...
View ArticleWordPress Tip: Get Rid of Trashed Posts
A client emailed me today and asked me why their blog post was still showing up when they had deleted them. I went into their WordPress dashboard and couldn’t find the post but there it was on the...
View ArticleA Designer-Developer’s Hidden Talent: Empathy
I consider myself primarily a designer. I am a designer first and foremost because that’s where my passion comes from and I think my development skills helps my design work. I appreciate art, I strive...
View ArticlePassion, Creativity, Fear and Burnout
Burnout seems to be some sort of rite of passage for creatives. No matter how many people warn you about it, you still experience it. When I was freelancing, it would happen. I would have a lot of work...
View ArticleDone
In art school I learned what I still consider to be a very valuable lesson: know when to stop. I’m a very indecisive person and it was extremely difficult for me to stop finicking with my drawings. I...
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If you perceive the universe as being a universe of abundance, then it will be. If you think of the universe as one of scarcity, then it will be. And I never thought of the universe as one of scarcity....
View ArticleRelationships that feed you
I came across this article on Medium by Shuna Lydon, a pastry chef in Brooklyn. The article is a piece about Gina DePalma, the renowned pastry chef of Mario Batali’s Babbo restaurant in NYC, and one of...
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