Category Archives: Observations

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Are Wearables the Change We Need?

Are Wearables the Change We Need?

Random Observations – Part 10

Random Observations – Part 10

New Designers and The Moral Imperative

New Designers and The Moral Imperative

Go World?

Go World?

My Year of Failure

My Year of Failure

Random Observations – Part 9

Random Observations – Part 9

Random Observations – Part 8

Random Observations – Part 8

Kids these days

Kids these days

Random Observations – Part 7

Random Observations – Part 7

Would someone please fix the music business?

Would someone please fix the music business?

Concerning design superstars

Concerning design superstars

Epitaph for a plastic man

Epitaph for a plastic man

Random Observations – Part 6

Random Observations – Part 6

Random observations – Part 5

Random observations – Part 5

Poking the schoolyard bully in the eye

Poking the schoolyard bully in the eye

The future of the web is small

The future of the web is small

Random observations – Part 4

Random observations – Part 4

How to keep bloggers from hating you

How to keep bloggers from hating you

Why your web startup will fail

Why your web startup will fail

How to save Detroit

How to save Detroit

Applying agile principles to communication design

Applying agile principles to communication design

Twitter is going to die

Twitter is going to die

Is the sky falling?

Is the sky falling?

Random observations – Part 3

Random observations – Part 3

Microsoft ads leverage flaws in Apple’s strategy

Microsoft ads leverage flaws in Apple’s strategy

Running your own race

Running your own race

Idiots

Idiots

Aspirations, mistakes, advice and death

Aspirations, mistakes, advice and death

Random observations – Part 2

Random observations – Part 2

Random observations – Part 1

Random observations – Part 1

Blockbusting

Blockbusting

The web, community, privacy and optimism

The web, community, privacy and optimism

Tax me, baby!

Tax me, baby!

Five-Minute Celebrities

Five-Minute Celebrities

In defense of the ADC

In defense of the ADC

The culpable designer

The culpable designer

Web 2.0 is Bull, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is Bull, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Web 2.0

Branding tragedy

Branding tragedy

Is originality superfluous?

Is originality superfluous?

The value of Canadian design

The value of Canadian design

The dubious state of corporations and publicized goodwill

The dubious state of corporations and publicized goodwill

What’s up with the Adobe brand?

What’s up with the Adobe brand?

Blah, blah, blog

Blah, blah, blog
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