(updated on June 6th, 2021 room the original February 2021 essay) “I know there’s someone out there Waiting for me There must be someone out there There just has to be” — Has To Be by Madonna I loved the 90s HBO sitcom Dream On as a kid. The main…

I think I came out of the womb singing, and my second grade teacher Mrs. Watson confirmed that when she called home to tell my mom “Freddy won’t sit at his desk and is always singing” My mom said “Well is he bothering the other students?” Mrs Watson: “Well… no..” …

The term “Dark Patterns” may sound familiar to you if you work in User Experience or web design. …

Having graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1999, I am a steely old vet of the design wars. There was only ONE web design course at the University of Iowa in the 1990s, taught by the incredible and very humble Colleen…

I was talking with a new LinkedIn connection, Cal Hall yesterday, with both of us being “veterans” of the web design/digital design/ux design sphere (I got my first job out of college in 1999 in web design) and we have reached the same conclusion: there is a lack of honesty…

It’s different strokes for different folks, right? There is no disputing the taste of people in music (or any other creative art form such as painting, cars, sculpture, architecture), but I cannot comprehend why New Order fans dislike John Robie’s remix of Subculture from the album Low Life. Peter…

The 1989 Ferrari 348, the Power Mac G4 Cube, and the Sony Betamax all have something in common. (Arguably) Well respected companies that made some dud products. The Ferrari handled horribly and finished dead last in Car & Driver magazine’s mid engine sports comparison tests. The Power Mac G4 Cube…