February 22, 2014
September 22, 2013
A few weeks back, I took some time off to go back to Utah and soak up some nature. Along with my two friends Gino and Paul, as well as my brothers, Rick and Tony, we proceeded to cover a lot of ground and get a taste of what Utah had to offer. We weren’t disappointed. Below are pictures from Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Dead Horse State Park, The Needles, Lake Powell, Antelope Canyon, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. Enjoy.
Continue readingAugust 10, 2013
July 9, 2013
WDS2013: When people would ask me what WDS was about, I really couldn’t tell them. I didn’t exactly know why I was going. I saw this video from WDS2012. I read the $100 Startup. I love entrepreneurship, adventure, travel, community—all the buzzwords I read on the site. But I still didn’t really know what to expect.
Continue readingOctober 5, 2012
Oh, the daily commute. Mine used to be from the bedroom . . . to the spare bedroom. Now I get to share my trip with the masses. Well, this one’s for you, fellow Austinites. There are other roads than Lamar. Please take them. But if you can’t, and you have to share the road, try not to be one of these guys.
The World thanks you.
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2012
What does your bookshelf say about you? That is in interesting question recently posed in The Guardian. That got me thinking about my collection. Could you make an accurate judgement about who I am as a person by viewing my collection of stories, biographies and visual scrapbooks? My, wouldn’t that be a cool application to create? If one is out there, do let me know.
Continue readingSeptember 3, 2012
Once upon a time a graphic designer got hired to do some work for a client. He did the work. He didn’t get paid. The end.
Sound depressingly familiar? I bet it does.
If you work long enough in the design business and you will come across a client who won’t pay. You may be halfway through the work. You may be completely done with the work. You may even have given them a discounted rate. Doesn’t matter. It will happen. Possibly more than once. What matters most is how you deal with it. And how you learn from it.
Continue readingAugust 22, 2012
August 6, 2012
July 24, 2012
We are social creatures. It’s part of who we are. Good thing, too. It has helped us survive the more unforgiving aspects of our world. It has helped us survive disasters. It helped us survive each other. It has helped us build tribes.