Blog archives
Blog posts filed under "design"
Movie review: 'A Man Named Pearl' (2006)
May 8 — No Comments
A warm and inspiring movie about Pearl Fryar -- Bishopville, South Carolina's world-renowned master of topiary.
Freelance graphic design / communications business guide
February 18 — No Comments
Want to know how to freelance? 'The Business Side of Creativity,' by Cameron S. Foote, is the bible of graphic design and communications freelancing.
About me
February 6 — 6 Comments
I'm a Web developer living with my wonderful wife Amy in Racine, Wisconsin.
WordPress CMS alternative: SilverStripe open source content management system
November 24 — 2 Comments
Until last week, WordPress was the best solution I had seen for small, owner-editable websites.
Clicky Web Analytics: Website stats in depth, in real time, with Google Maps
November 8 — 2 Comments
I still love and use Google Analytics, but I also have a shiny new toy, and its name is Clicky.
Netflix million dollar prize overlooks the obvious
September 21 — No Comments
Netflix could give much better movie recommendations if they ditched their 5-star rating system for the standard 4-star system.
GQ magazine shows Bible quotes on Rumsfeld-era Pentagon documents
May 18 — 3 Comments
Apart from the issues raised by perverting holy scripture to perfume a rotten war, some horrific graphic design decisions are on display.
Cudahy, Wisconsin yard displays Cadillac, tractor, Hamburglar, Big Boy
April 19 — 4 Comments
Rick Serocki says he is trying to make Cudahy fun again.
Garry Meier on WIND, Brendan & Pete on iTunes, Steve Dahl on Movable Type
February 23 — 1 Comment
Keeping up with the latest doings of former radio colleagues.
I'm a PC?
February 9 — 4 Comments
I never thought I would be saying this, but I want a Windows laptop.
'Animator vs. Animation', delicious cake, and 'Crayon Physics Deluxe'
February 1 — No Comments
A funny video, an Internet meme, and a clever computer game -- all employing crude line drawings.
Newspapers, magazines get small
January 13 — No Comments
While the world waits for everyone to buy a Kindle, newspapers and magazines get smaller and smaller.
Wisconsin's million-dollar Web designers depict Minneapolis skyline
December 30 — 2 Comments
Why is there a picture of the Minneapolis skyline on the Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System website?
Oprah's snow globe
December 5 — No Comments
Oprah Winfrey's incredibly self-aggrandizing snow globe has been photographed and described by the Chicago Tribune.
Y2K fake protection packing
November 20 — No Comments
Y2K fake protection packing. You just feel so much safer knowing that people somewhere are doing their best to ensure-- something or other.
My site fell asleep
October 12 — No Comments
A Web design project and some software updates have kept me too busy to blog for six weeks.
We are gardeners, and it is good
June 2 — 1 Comment
We have been reading a few gardening books, and now we're planting some things in our yard.
Labeling immigrants
May 1 — No Comments
How did CNN's graphic designers arrive at this odd choice in branding their coverage of immigrants?



















