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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:49:21 -0700

Styles by Gabe

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:48:00 -0700

Styles by Gabe

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Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:43:06 -0700

Josh is getting married tomorrow

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:02:28 -0700

Josh is getting married tomorrow

I’m glad I have two.

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:32:01 -0700

I’m glad I have two.

Don't over complicate. Just make stuff.

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:30:00 -0700

I had the pleasure of speaking at The Art Institute last week. For the first time, I was forced to articulate my views on web design and what I think students need to learn. I went in under prepared, decided just to wing it. Now that I’ve had some time to think about what I said, I’ve decided to write it all down sans the rambling.

The two main topics were: the importance of personal projects and making meaningful design decisions.

Personal Projects

Starting your own projects is one of the most important things you can do as a designer or developer. If there’s one thing my own projects have taught me, it’s that ideas will evolve and lead to more ideas. Waiting around for a big idea is pointless, it will never come without some sort of effort. Start with your simple ideas and implement on a smaller scale. Try building something that is useful for you and see where it goes. The experience and contribution to the community will pay dividends.

Meaningful Design Decisions

We mustn’t forget that people visit the sites we build for a reason. They come for the content or the service it provides. Our designs should compliment the content, not steal the show. If you’re unable to explain every part of your design then you’ve stopped adding value. Everything should have a purpose. Keep it focused and don’t worry about shoe-horning in all the latest design trends. Call it minimalism, call it a trend in itself, but I promise you nobody will complain about getting what they came for as efficiently and clearly as possible.

“There is no minimalism, no maximalism. Just too much, not enough, and just enough.” - Frank Chimero

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We went down a class 5 waterfall yesterday on the White Salmon...

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:51:54 -0700

We went down a class 5 waterfall yesterday on the White Salmon River.

(view on my site if gif isn’t working)

Doing a little camping in the Gorge.

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:09:00 -0700

Doing a little camping in the Gorge.

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Waiting for David to take me camping

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:36:00 -0700

Waiting for David to take me camping

We ate at Seattle’s Best Teriyaki in Portland.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:40:00 -0700

We ate at Seattle’s Best Teriyaki in Portland.

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“Yum yum chicken!”

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:58:00 -0700

“Yum yum chicken!”

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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:57:00 -0700

Kirk Reeves: Portland’s son.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:54:00 -0700

Kirk Reeves: Portland’s son.

yay!everyday is now available on Flipboard

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:13:41 -0700

yay!everyday is now available on Flipboard

I wish tumblr post blocks had parameters

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:33:00 -0700

As more and more designers/developers make their way to tumblr; the need for advanced theming is becoming more apparent. Premium themes have shown us that tumblr can be used as a platform to host more than just a blog. And while I actually find it somewhat fun to work within the theming limitations, there’s just one thing I would love to be able to do:

{block:Photo sort="asc" tagged="projects|design" limit="10"}

Allowing us to use multiple post blocks with query parameters would open up a world of possibilities. Even if this was only available to developers or premium themes I would be happy. The potential tumblr has as a platform gets me really excited every time I think about it. I would love to hear your thoughts on this [tumblr staff] and if there is any plan to do something like this in the future.