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So here’s the deal: I’m going to SXSW this year and hopefully giving a talk with my friend @unruthless. She’s the genius developer/designer and I’m the awesome designer/developer and we will hopefully be giving a talk titled: “Connecting Concept to Code: Tips for Designer/Developers”. We will be exploring the why’s of design and connecting them with the how’s of code. We’ll cover all the fun stuff like web typography, colors on screen, webpage visual hierarchy, grid systems, and making the logo bigger (it’s Texas right?). Read more about our panel over at the SXSW Panel Picker site and consider giving us a vote if the topic peaks your interest!

Thanks!

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This past week I had a chance to speak at the Front-End Design Conference down in steamy St. Petersburg Florida. I had a great weekend that included meeting tons of awesome people, lots of tasty drinks, salsa dancing and plenty of air-conditioning.

My talk was titled “Design is in the Details” and it went pretty well even though I was nervous. I made sure to include lots of good design guidelines in my talk as well as jokes and lots of plaid references. You can take a look at my slides below. Not sure if anyone got a video or audio recording of the talk.

Also just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone that helped put the conference together, the speakers and all the attendees! You guys are AWESOME!

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I’m sure we have all had experiences with P.I.T.A. clients before. These types of clients require lots of meetings, phone calls, emails, special attention and hand holding. If you aren’t prepared for the time commitment, these clients can blow through the alloted hours in a design budget faster than I can down a Red Bull. I’ve had some interesting experiences with these types of clients and have some tips and suggestions that will make the client designer relationship much smoother.

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I recently participated in Meredith Marsh’s Business card exchange and received a CRAPTON (yes thats a scientific value) of cards. I’ve picked out the cards that caught my attention and talk about the design traits that make them stand out from the crowd.

How Does Your Business Card Measure Up?

What did you do to make your business card stand out and have some impact? Post a link to your design and let me know what you did and why you did it.

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Design from different perspectives is a series of short video interviews detailing the different kinds of jobs and environments that are available to designers and the pros and cons of each situation. In this video I chat with interview Chad Engle about his experiences working as a designer at an advertising agency. Stay tuned and grab the RSS feed for more interviews with other freelancers, creative directors, in house designers & more!

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Design from different perspectives is a series of short video interviews detailing the different kinds of jobs and environments that are available to designers and the pros and cons of each situation. In this video interview Kevin from Robot Monster Ghost shares his experiences on the the good, the bad an the ugly of freelancing and running a small studio. Stay tuned and grab the RSS feed for more interviews with other freelancers, creative directors, in house designers & more!

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