Palm Tree

Palm Tree

Jun 10, 2005

Walking up to Telegraph Hill and saw this dreamy view of the bay.  Sounds silly but I’m still struck by the palm trees, the blue sky and water, the breeze, and how Northern California it all is.  Everything feels fresh with the constant Pacific and Bay winds.  The sky is so blue that I don’t ...

Don’t just make it pretty, make it strategic

Jun 10, 2005

Since I started designing websites for universities and colleges in 1996, I’ve had numerous conversations about design, both with those on the inside (administrators, marketing communications directors, admissions counselors, information technology teams, webmasters and developers, designers, vice presidents, CIOs, alumni, faculty) as well as those on the outside (students, parents, the community, business leaders, consultants, ...

The Corporation

Jun 3, 2005

I was already entirely aware that we live in a world dominated by corporate messages and influence, controlled by the unending influence of money and profit, but the documentary, The Corporation, paints a much more specific portrait.  The current paradigm of greed over humanity is spiraling out of control at a rate much faster and ...