I was awarded the 2011 MVP award from Microsoft!

I am thrilled! After years of building relationships between the UX/UI design community and Microsoft, my work has been recognized! See below: Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. […]

Good design is timeless

Great thoughts from  Dieter Rams, designer for Braun Good design does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept. Good design avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – […]

For those of us who love Type

Check out this link that discusses a new IPad application. http://printoolz.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/letterpress-on-your-ipad/ Experience the Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad LetterMpress™ will be a virtual letterpress environment—released first on the iPad—that will allow anyone to create authentic-looking letterpress designs and prints. The design process is the same as the letterpress process—you place and […]

Software developers take to design

Software developers pick up scissors and glue stick to discover design. It is fun to mix technology with good old fashion design fundamentals. I am teaching my third “Design for Developers” course and it couldn’t be going any better. Many developers are very good at what they do (developing apps) but lack the design background […]