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Vigilante Design: The Fair Trade Certified label
I tried to describe the logo my mother should look for—a half-black, half-white, double-bucketed asexual figure in front of a 3d globe—and suddenly realized how to better support the Fair Trade...
View ArticleResisting Prop 8
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which denies same-sex couples the right to marry. Reaction in San Francisco was swift and severe, if not...
View ArticleNew Year’s Intentions
Before making resolutions for 2010, I reviewed those I had made each January 1st throughout the ‘Naughties. While many had been checked off, those that remained suggested a new strategy. I’ve been...
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Why I roleplay
My darkest secret was recently revealed at a dinner party: I’m a roleplayer. When asked why, I said I had an answer but it was a long one. Here it is. It began sweetly enough. Surrounded by good...
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Going solar, pt. II
Two years since its conception, my “modular solar” project is now up-and-running. Here’s how I did it and how I’d do it differently if I started today. As a renter, dropping thousands of dollars to...
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Saying Goodbye to Superbowl Logos
The NFL has announced that this year will be the last time they redesign the Superbowl logo. After over forty years of wild mutations and embarrassing zeitgeists, it’s finally been standardized. Let’s...
View ArticleWhy I left Facebook (and you should, too)
Facebook overhauled their privacy policy yesterday in an effort to address widespread criticism. I didn’t read it. I already left three weeks ago. Here’s why. There are plenty of posts floating around...
View ArticleHow to tell if you don’t have a blog
Once upon a time, I had a blog. Now I’m not so sure. Consider the facts. I’ve been blogging off-and-on since 2002, lately more off than on. Despite a few, “I’m back!” posts over the last few years,...
View ArticleLife and Death
Steve Jobs died yesterday. He was fifty-six. Two days earlier I turned thirty-four. Twenty-two years doesn’t seem like much to have left. After wandering over to the Apple Store, and somehow getting...
View ArticleThe Clarity of Death
A few years back, I had a side-of-the-desk project illustrating the internal process by which my organization would write, review, edit, and publish blog posts. We called it the Wheel of Communication...
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