Singing new songs

Singing new songs    

Did you catch Kevin and Yang in Rapid Growth? More

How I learned to stop worrying and love the cloud

How I learned to stop worrying and love the cloud    

I have always kept a database for my files, something my father taught me long ago. We number the files, name the files and write a line or two describing what is in each numbered file. That way our paper files have always been searchable. More

printfreegraphpaper.com

printfreegraphpaper.com    

I didn’t grow up with the Internet. It came after most of my learning habits had been wired in. But once I had access, I never looked back. More

Poetry Blitz

Poetry Blitz    

It’s April 1, and in our family’s world, that means the start of National Poetry Month, and the day is observed beginning at midnight, when poets paste poetry in unusual and startling places for all the world to see… So here is a poem for today by the great and small Naomi Shihab Nye, who ought to be our poet laureate. More

Dubberly’s Concept Maps

Dubberly’s Concept Maps    

Among the many lovely folks I had the chance to meet, work with, and learn from at AIGA’s Image, Space, Object camp in Denver this past August was Hugh Dubberly, a designer. His RISD, Yale, Apple, Times-Mirror, Netscape, Academic background have informed his thinky, inclusive, far-reaching mind. More

The patient is not the customer

The patient is not the customer    

I’ve been lurking in the halls of medicine lately. This time not for pay, and not for kicks. I’ve been a patient. More