Zodomatica Bits of Tzaddi’s Life

SmartyPig looks like an interesting new service to watch. (Found it in my RSS feed from the oh-so-talented Jason Santa Maria, who designed the site with his colleagues at Happy Cog. Way to go, Cogsters!)
It’s purpose is making saving fun and easy, so you can take that dream vacation without the guilt of maxing out [...]

Posted: March 13th, 2008 under Computers & Tech, Design, Marketing.
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I recently built a new speechwriter’s site for Colin Moorhouse. Over the years I’ve helped Colin with his websites, bailing him out of trouble when things got too technical or fixing them when his WYSIWYG editor messed things up. Now that it’s in WordPress he’s updating like mad, and it’s wonderful to watch it come [...]

Posted: March 1st, 2008 under Activism, Culture Consumed, Design.
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Whether you agree with him or not, at least you can count on Jakob Nielsen to be interesting.
…on the Web, most people are bozos and not worth listening to.
A snippet from Why Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous.

Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Computers & Tech, Design, Usability & HCI.
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Recently I’ve been soul searching, reading, and seeking advice as I explore the possibilities of a brand for myself. I guess I’m living up to my name’s meanings of “meditation” and “fish-hook/drawing up from the unconscious”…
One book I’ve looked at is Bulldog: Spirit of the New Entrepreneur by Ellie Rubin. It’s dated now, and so [...]

Posted: February 14th, 2008 under Design, Marketing.
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It will be neat to see how Rosa Loves develops. The concept is fairly unique:

A personal story of need is heard, and inspires a t-shirt design.
The design is printed on the outside of the t-shirt. On the inside, next to the heart, that personal story is printed.
Proceeds from the sales go to meet that need.
All [...]

Posted: January 1st, 2008 under Activism, Art, Design.
Comments: 2