Notebook

A categorized collection of shiny and distracting things we’ve found scattered across the internets.

April 2008

MyFamily

Design Ideas for MyFamily

Just a quick “behind the scenes” post today, as I’m busy working on another project that I should launch in a couple of weeks. I recently had the opportunity to work with myfamily.com (a sister company to Ancestry.com)... Continue Reading

January 2008

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The 411 on 313

A few weeks ago our family went to church and Heather decided to leave Lucy in the nursery for the first time. Each child is assigned a number when they check in, so that if the nursery worker needs to notify a parent that... Continue Reading

Moved Out

Man I’ve been neglecting this blog lately. You’d think finally getting an off-site office after working out of the house for 5 years would be at least worthy of a mention. I actually moved out of the house around 3... Continue Reading

September 2007

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Mobile Web Book Design

When Cameron first asked me to do the design for his upcoming book Mobile Web Design, I’ll admit that I was a tad intimidated. Even though we’ve worked together in the past, this was the first project where he would be... Continue Reading

May 2007

31Three 2007

31Three.com Redesigned

​This site has been looooong overdue for a redesign. I gave it a small refresh back in October of 2005, but the basic design has remained unchanged for the last three years. Three. Years. My business has changed a lot in... Continue Reading

April 2007

Embrace Pet Insurance

Embrace Pet Insurace Process

A few weeks ago I gave a behind the scenes look at a project called Embrace Pet Community. What I didn’t mention then was that this particular project actually involved two different websites, and also marked the first... Continue Reading

March 2007

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Grumpy Daddy

​My 3 year old little girl just drew a picture of me and titled it “Grumpy Daddy”. I was blown away when she showed it to me and blurted out, “Sadie… this is amazing! Great job! I’m going to put it on my... Continue Reading
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Redesigning the ExpressionEngine website

Years ago, I would have jumped head-first into a project like this, and started working on detailed mockups from day one. This approach forced me into making several different design decisions about layout, color,... Continue Reading

EllisLab, ExpressionEngine, CodeIgniter and EngineHosting Redesign… Whew.

Earlier today 4 of the sites that I’ve been working on for the past 5 months went live. Right now I’m extremely excited to finally be able to unveil what I’ve been working on, and extremely tired because I’ve been... Continue Reading

January 2007

Embrace Pet Community

Embrace Pet Community Process

It’s been a loooooong time since my last post, and I’ve been getting pretty eager to share some of the different projects I’ve been working on lately. The only problem is that many of the projects I want to share are... Continue Reading