Monthly Archives: March 2009

Cool As Buttons at SXSW

As an homage to my closing line in the great movie by Tom Crenshaw at SXSWi 08, Selena designed this button (right) of what I have heard called “the cutest little poo ever.” I also heard it called “the best button at South by” which made me very proud of my talented designer wife. I [...]

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SXSW Notebook

Over the past two SXSWi conferences I have taken copious detailed notes on the laptop, and been uninspired to do much sifting through them once I got home. (I think I made this one blog post). This year, I bought a nice new unlined notebook and pen and went the old-fashioned route of taking notes [...]

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I’m gonna find me a damn hippo

I am really sucked in by the simple marketing / brand exposure campaign from the Canadian based mortgage community company, Smart Hippo. They are setting up a Twitter-based Scavenger hunt, leaving clues on their feed to find one of these stuffed hippos (pictured). I love scavenger hunts and immediately without thinking twice set to follow [...]

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Off to SXSWi

For the next week, I’ll be making my annual pilgrimage to Austin, TX for the South by Southwest Interactive conference. This week of panels and networking is a yearly renewal of my passion for great design and reaffirmation that I want to (continue to try to) be a great web designer. To find me in [...]

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