Jobs remembered being impressed by his father’s focus on craftsmanship. “I thought my dad’s sense of design was pretty good,” he said, “because he knew how to build anything. If we needed a cabinet, he would build it. When he built our fence, he gave me a hammer so I
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Read MoreEarlier this morning I was in a work review session here at Dell, where i’m on the Global Site Design Team, and the topic of “creating and owning a look / brand / feel that is uniquely Dell” came up. This is definetely not the first or last time we’ve…
Read MoreEarlier today I had a coworker ask me for any resources regarding good tablet interface design. Since I have just begun working on projects like this, I told him I didn’t have many, but I was happy to share what I had.
I thought maybe a few of you…
Read MoreBeing an avid mac user for the last decade, a former apple retail specialist, and overall fan of all things apple inc (i was there the day the word computer was nixed), I was quite eager to begin reading Jobs’ recent biography by Walter Isaacson. *On a side note, I…
Read MoreA few weeks ago I decided to do something brand new. I pre-ordered a hardback copy of the much anticipated Steve Jobs autobiography through Amazon. I’ve been a regular Amazon customer for a number of years, and haven’t had a single bad experience. I had never tried the pre-order method,…
Read MoreRecently I had the great opportunity to create a custom Youtube Channel for Dell. While there are some handy features in the Youtube admin tool to change out a handfull of properties (essentially CSS classes), I found it a bit time consuming creating a…
Read MoreI had a blast last year at sxsw, and i’m looking forward to an even better year in 2012. If your new to sxsw, first off welcome! secondly, you have the chance to help determine which panels / ideas / speakers will make it to the stage, through the online…
Read MoreIt’s hard for me to believe, but it’s almost time to start submitting panel ideas for the 2012 rendition of the Sxsw Interactive Festival. I got an email just last week cluing me in, so I’ve been tossing around some ideas over the last few days.
As I’ve talked…
Read Morethe past few months have brought about some big changes for myself and my family. As i’ve navigated through these transitions, a few things have been pressing on my consciousness.
I have a new office, a new team of coworkers, a new bike route, and a new schedule. at my…
Read MoreIn less than a week, I will be starting a new chapter in my life, as I join the creative team behind Dell.com , and all it’s global iterations. As I’ve started to tell a few friends over the last week, I’ve had mixed reactions to say the least. From…
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