John Maeda: Looking for Superman
I’ve always been a fan of John Maeda’s work and ideas. If you read up on his background, he anything short of the modern day Davinci. He’s a “world-renowned artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator whose career reflects his philosophy of humanizing technology.” I first heard his name around 2001, which I started getting ...
SXSW 2011 Recap
I’m a week overdue, but I finally got some time to give a summary of SXSW. This was my fifth year attending the interactive portion, and every year it seems like I’m attending a new conference. It’s hard to find an event with such diverse talents. There’s social media strategists, designers/UX, developers, marketers, entrepreneurs, gamers, ...
SXSWi 2010 Recap
It’s a little late, but I thought I’d give a brief summary of my SXSWi experience. This is now the fourth SXSW that I’ve attended (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010), and it seems that every year there tends to be a buzz towards a specific topic or technology. In 2005, it was all about web standards. ...
FITC Mobile 2009
I’m looking forward to attending the FITC Mobile Conference in Toronto from September 12-14. I’ve tinkered around with the iPhone SDK and read up on Android a bit, but I’ve yet to create a fully working app. I’m taking both the iPhone and Android Development pre-conference workshops. The cool part about the iPhone workshop is ...
NYC Recap
I just got back from New York a couple days ago. I’ve been there several times but I’m always still amazed by it. The PAUSE conference was overall a good experience. I got to listen to a few of my favorite designers/artist (Hillman Curtis, GMUNK) and there were a couple agencies that had some incredible ...