Art

Butterfly

0 Comments 28 December 2011

I was thinking about art. And my “art” and I think I’m not so much an artist, as I am a documentarian, or a curator. I don’t make the art. I find it. Or it finds me. My attempts are to capture and preserve that moment, for other people. Hold it in place, store it, so I can [...]

Design, Marketing

What’s in a name?

0 Comments 06 December 2011

Reading Ad Week’s “40 Strangest Agency Names” story reminded me that I wanted to share how I came up with MY name, Giant Peach. Wexley School for Girls co-founder Ian Cohen had this to say to Ad Week : “Come up with something you truly love living with. I love this name. That’s the thing about [...]

Quotes

0 Comments 02 December 2011

“I am the greatest; I said that even before I knew I was.” -Muhammad Ali

Quotes, Stub

0 Comments 28 November 2011

“It’s not the load the breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” -Lena Horne

Art

Places

5 Comments 15 November 2011

I am constantly struck by the beauty of places I pass in my travels. The places that inspire me are humble. Not the soaring remote mountain peaks, or lush tropical jungles, but everyday places. A parking lot, a sidewalk broken up by weeds, a cozy green space tucked under the freeway, fading murals and old [...]

Design, Internet Culture, Marketing, Tech

Simple Help for Content Scraping

0 Comments 14 November 2011

Have you had a problem with “content scraping”? This has confused a lot of my clients. If you are noticing your blog posts showing up on other people’s blogs, you are probably experiencing “content scraping”. This is a relatively easy “black hat” way for blogs to get content, and there for search engine returns, without [...]

Art, Stub

Qi Peng – Art Cooperative

0 Comments 11 November 2011

As good as I am about promoting my self as a designer, like for hire, I’ve been remis in promoting my art. That’s right, I guess it’s time I officially call myself an artist. What “qualifies” one for that title is a debate for the ages. But since I have had a piece, published in [...]

Art, Design, Internet Culture

Icons and ages

1 Comment 10 November 2011

Thanks to twitter and @AdamWooten I came across this article discussing the localization of icons. So many stories exist about this; the stories of the Apple trash can icon that European users confused for a mailbox, and the mailbox with a red flag that confounded international users. That last example made me think…how many users in [...]

Design

How much does a website cost?

3 Comments 30 September 2011

I get this question, or some version of it, several times a week. It’s a tough question to answer and I sometimes find my self stalling. The thing is, clients don’t want to hear “that depends” or anything other than a firm number. It makes them nervous, and we’ve ALL grown up with the idea [...]

Marketing, Stub, Tech

What does bounce rate mean?

0 Comments 16 September 2011

When sharing some analytics data with a client I got a question on what “bounce rate” means. This is the explanation I shared with her, and though it might be useful for some of you. A “bounce” is when a visitor lands on a page of your site, and then leaves the site without clicking on anything [...]