Design
My Fontbook Font Viewer
During these last few months I created and published an online font viewer that lets you browse through your catalog of installed fonts using only your web browser. The tool is called My Fontbook, and though it is primarily of use to designers, it is probably pretty handy for anyone trying to find an alternative [...]
Galveston Gold Mine
I am working on a design and integration project from a company that is involved in “natural resource procurement”. This firm is a start-up company and needs (among other things) staff to manage their operations and equipment. Oh, and they need big-ass trucks – lots and lots of million-dollar trucks.
One of the design challenges I [...]
The Voice that Smiles
I designed this advertisement yesterday morning for my father, who is a radio announcer in North Carolina. The process was really enjoyable for me – in part because I had total control over the finished product, including the copy. I also established my time commitment to this effort early on, so I operated entirely under [...]
Mac OSX: Why You Need ImageWell
I frequently edit images for the web and presentations. Often I am using a screen grab or modifying a photo from a website and I need to make some quick adjustments. Using Photoshop to make simple changes such as cropping, resizing, saving for web, or adding shadows and rounded edges is very time consuming and [...]
JLern Design
I am very fond of the fluid interface for this design portfolio site. The concept is simple enough: click a section to zoom to the detail level. The rotation is very intuitive, the transitions are smooth, and the layout is clean. Notice the organic animation that takes place when you hover over a section.
link: JLern [...]
