Benched. (does anyone do speech-to-Illustrator software?)

Today was going to be the day I wrote about my latest soapbox/speaking topic and invited commentary/argument, but I’m not exactly typing well, because of this stupid finger of mine. I’ll be here, swearing at Illustrator and my uncoordinated efforts to use it, if anyone needs me.  

Physician, heal thyself! (on redesigning a design agency)

[NB: This was originally written for the Fjord blog, and is cross-posted here by permission] As most people who’ve worked in an agency environment well know, there’s not a lot of existential reflection in what we do – we spend so much of our time working with our clients that there’s little time left for examining ourselves. This being more …

Say what? (Musings on modern-day communication)

When I was growing up, there were only 3 modes of communication in common use: face to face, synchronous (phone), and asynchronous (snail mail). Email started to pick upĀ around the time I started university, and over the next decade mostly replaced snail mail. Now, there’s a huge variety of ways to communicate, and each of us has our own private …