In this age of planned obsolescence it's easy to justify purchases that we know will have a limited life span. The days of searching for the longest-lasting, most efficient or most dependable solutions to our problems have been quietly replaced by a quick glance at some best-selling or highest review metrics. If a new version comes out or a better solution comes along, we're far too quick to discard and repurchase. Regardless of whether or not this is a global trend, it's certainly true of my own purchasing history - Hello there, Apple products. In an effort to combat this tendency toward consumption and waste, I started thinking about the things I own that I wouldn't want to trade or upgrade.
I like to climb on things. Can I have a banana? Eep. Eep. I'm not really a monkey, I just play one on the internet. In real life, I'm a web designeloper. Here on my personal site, I tend to sidestep all things professional for more trivial faire. When I do write or speak about what I actually do for a living, I tend to do so elsewhere. Feel free to drop me a line if you have questions, or use that frighteningly descriptive hyperlink below to learn more.
Loving @ubuwaits' elegant showcase of Google web fonts typefaces at http://t.co/Qn5updWb 45 mins ago
A concise & personal post from @TrentWalton on what it means to design responsively.
A robotic t-rex with machine guns & a friggin' laser beam demands that you attend. 4/27-28 in Columbia, SC
Mobile email readership is skyrocketing. Time to optimize!
Colorzilla have created a pretty amazing little gradient tool. Even generates gradients from images.
If you are squeamish about choosing colors, feel uninspired by a blank browser window, or get lost trying to choose the right font, then you should check out my book.
