The transition from working for an employer to being self-employed does not happen over night. I took the leap at the start of 2009 and the experience has been both amazing and enlightening. Over the…
Apr 21, 2009 — Advice · Freelance
Mar 23, 2009 — Design · Inspiration · Web
Rareview Raises the Bar
Today, Rareview launched the latest version of their website, boasting their signature style and impressive Flash and Javascript enhancements. The work section, in particular, was creatively organized and includes notes for certain work screenshots. The…
Mar 08, 2009 — Freelance
Creating Passive Income on the Side
Most independent contractors will agree that the ebb and flow of work can often book months at a time as well as create dry spells with no projects at all. I’ve been fortunate in being…
Feb 16, 2009 — Code · CSS · Web
How I Chose to Say Farewell to IE6
The web community has been abuzz lately with talk about dropping support for IE6 and rightfully so! I couldn’t agree more for most sites, though I’m sure there will be the occasional client who either…
Feb 15, 2009 — Freelance · Site News
New Year, New Job, New Site
The start of 2009 has already brought many changes. For starters, I am no longer full-time with Hatchling Studios and now work independently through Build Interactive (website still in progress). Working for myself has been…
CSS Type Set Featured on Smashing Magazine
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Oct 14, 2008 — Reviews
Best Seat in the House
With the topic of bean bags highlighting a number of my daily feeds, I sent the fine folks at Sumo a friendly e-mail with my curiosities. Wouldn’t you know, shortly after, a charcoal green Omni…
Web Host Survey Results
Choosing the right host can be a daunting task. I launched version one of Shifting Creations back in summer of 2004, the first site I had ever built exported from Photoshop (yikes). I spent nights…
CSS Type Set Goes Live
CSS Type Set is one of the projects I’ve been working on with friends, Travis and Tristan. The site serves as a hands-on tool for beginning designers and developers to interactively experiment with CSS in…
SitePoint CSS Reference
I often recommend w3schools to anyone interested in learning more about web languages, specifically HTML/CSS. SitePoint now offers a similar resource which is up-to-date and very easy to understand. Both sites are worth the bookmark.