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Giant Face Houses
Keeping Tabs
August 5, 2023
August 28, 2023
Overdesign
Design
August 2, 2023
August 2, 2023
Generative AI for Industrial Design
Projects
Talks
July 31, 2023
August 1, 2023
Exploring Emoji Prompts in Midjourney
Projects
July 16, 2023
July 18, 2023
Projects, Projects, Projects
Keeping Tabs
July 9, 2023
August 5, 2023
Redesigning MARTA’s iOS App
Projects
June 25, 2023
July 2, 2023
New Year, New Newsletter
Keeping Tabs
January 30, 2023
August 5, 2023
2022 Year in Review
Personal
January 28, 2023
June 29, 2023
A New Logo
Projects
December 26, 2022
June 29, 2023
A Children’s Story Written and Illustrated by AI
Projects
December 5, 2022
June 29, 2023
Experimenting with AI Artwork
Projects
November 25, 2022
June 29, 2023
Holly’s 30th Birthday
Photos
November 15, 2022
July 17, 2023
Code School, 10 years later
Personal
October 2, 2022
June 29, 2023
We’re Engaged
Photos
August 22, 2022
June 29, 2023
Improving Accessibility with Design Tokens
Talks
Work
July 22, 2022
June 29, 2023
The People I Met Hosting Interviews
Projects
March 31, 2022
June 29, 2023
About Signal Tower
Projects
February 15, 2022
June 29, 2023
2021 Year in Review
Personal
January 4, 2022
June 29, 2023
LEAD Capstone
Talks
December 1, 2021
June 29, 2023
Pause Cadences
Work
November 15, 2021
June 29, 2023
Salesloft Icon Fundamentals
Talks
Work
May 24, 2021
June 29, 2023
2020 Year in Review
Personal
December 31, 2020
June 29, 2023
2019 Year in Review
Personal
January 24, 2020
June 29, 2023
Better Markdown in Visual Studio Code
Projects
October 25, 2019
June 29, 2023
Sketch Shortcuts
Talks
August 21, 2019
June 29, 2023
How to Organize Your Sketch Color Palette
Design
July 8, 2019
June 29, 2023
Aerodero: A Tool to Track Cheap Flights
Projects
March 14, 2019
June 29, 2023
2018 Year in Review
Personal
January 21, 2019
June 29, 2023
A Brief History of Clip Art
Talks
November 12, 2018
June 29, 2023
How to Setup Discourse on DigitalOcean
Projects
October 2, 2018
June 29, 2023
What Can You Do?
Philosophy
August 13, 2018
June 29, 2023
Side Projects and Marketing
Business
June 24, 2018
June 29, 2023
Team Badge Design: License to Trill
Projects
June 5, 2018
June 29, 2023
Course Notes: The Skeptic’s Guide to American History
Personal
March 7, 2018
June 29, 2023
2017 Year in Review
Personal
January 19, 2018
June 29, 2023
Using Toggles in User Interfaces
Design
January 8, 2018
June 29, 2023
Book Review: 1984 by George Orwell
Personal
January 5, 2018
June 29, 2023
Review: Moto G5s Plus
Personal
October 17, 2017
June 29, 2023
Review: Breville Boss To Go Blender
Personal
July 28, 2017
June 29, 2023
The Abercrombie Farm
Photos
May 13, 2017
June 29, 2023
I’m Joining SalesLoft
Personal
March 12, 2017
June 29, 2023
Agency or Indie Band?
Business
March 5, 2017
June 29, 2023
Trustfuel Gmail Integration
Work
February 6, 2017
June 29, 2023
Trustfuel Salesforce Integration
Work
February 5, 2017
June 29, 2023
Misc Trustfuel and SidePrize Work
Work
February 4, 2017
June 29, 2023
Will Offering Discounts Keep Customers?
Business
January 21, 2017
June 29, 2023
I’m Skipping the 2016 MacBook Pro
Personal
January 18, 2017
June 29, 2023
2016 Year in Review
Personal
January 11, 2017
June 29, 2023
Ash Huang: Artist, Author & Designer
Interviews
December 12, 2016
June 29, 2023
Client Success vs. Customer Success
Business
December 9, 2016
June 29, 2023
Understanding Net Promoter Score
Business
December 7, 2016
June 29, 2023
Clark Valberg: Invision Co-Founder & CEO
Interviews
November 28, 2016
June 29, 2023
Linda Liukas: Rails Girls Founder & Author of Hello Ruby
Interviews
November 12, 2016
June 29, 2023
In Search of the Best Net Promoter Score Software
Business
November 8, 2016
June 29, 2023
Jessica Hische: Lettering Artist & Author
Interviews
October 31, 2016
June 29, 2023
Randy J. Hunt: VP of Design at Etsy
Interviews
October 17, 2016
June 29, 2023
Rachel Andrew: Developer, Speaker & Founder of Perch
Interviews
October 3, 2016
June 29, 2023
Tim Van Damme: Founder of Abstract
Interviews
September 19, 2016
June 29, 2023
Amandah Wood: Founder of Ways We Work
Interviews
September 5, 2016
June 29, 2023
Scott Belsky: Investor, Author & Founder of Behance
Interviews
August 22, 2016
June 29, 2023
Aarron Walter: VP of Design Education at InVision
Interviews
August 8, 2016
June 29, 2023
I’m Hosting The Designer News Podcast
Personal
August 7, 2016
June 29, 2023
Mikael Cho: Founder of Unsplash & Crew
Interviews
August 1, 2016
June 29, 2023
How Dashboards Become Product Feature Landfills
Design
July 2, 2016
June 29, 2023
Building a WordPress Job Board
Projects
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2023
Writing Again
Personal
June 15, 2016
June 29, 2023
What We Can’t Control
Philosophy
January 31, 2016
June 29, 2023
2015 Year in Review
Personal
January 10, 2016
June 29, 2023
Joel Califa: Product Design Lead at Digital Ocean
Interviews
December 26, 2015
June 29, 2023
William Channer: Host of DRT, Founder of Panda
Interviews
December 24, 2015
June 29, 2023
The Pink Startup
Design
November 3, 2015
June 29, 2023
Doors of Italy
Photos
July 18, 2015
June 29, 2023
A Quick Guide to Net Promoter Score
Business
July 17, 2015
June 29, 2023
Fantasy News
Projects
July 9, 2015
June 29, 2023
Truss Resume Creator
Projects
June 14, 2015
June 29, 2023
Spring Cleaning
Personal
May 22, 2015
June 29, 2023
So Long and Thanks for All the Job Jackets
Personal
April 7, 2015
June 29, 2023
Brian Lovin: Host of Design Details
Interviews
March 8, 2015
June 29, 2023
My To-Do List Framework
Business
February 21, 2015
June 29, 2023
Cap Watkins: VP of Design at Buzzfeed
Interviews
February 8, 2015
June 29, 2023
2014 Year in Review
Personal
December 31, 2014
June 29, 2023
Advertisers.io
Projects
December 20, 2014
June 29, 2023
Justin Jackson: Host of the Product People Podcast
Interviews
December 9, 2014
June 29, 2023
Chmod Calculator
Projects
November 28, 2014
June 29, 2023
Kelly Sutton: Creator of Designer News & CEO of Layervault
Interviews
November 20, 2014
June 29, 2023
Podcasting Seasons
Projects
November 9, 2014
June 29, 2023
Linda Liukas: Author of Hello Ruby, Rails Girls Founder
Interviews
October 23, 2014
June 29, 2023
Wiry: An Open Source Wireframe
Projects
October 14, 2014
June 29, 2023
All the Jobs I’ve Had (2014)
Education
October 12, 2014
June 29, 2023
Sol Orwell: Co-Founder of Examine.com
Interviews
October 9, 2014
June 29, 2023
Learn from Side Projects
Education
September 6, 2014
June 29, 2023
Murat Mutlu: Co-founder of Marvel
Interviews
September 4, 2014
June 29, 2023
Signal Tower: Longform Interviews
Projects
August 31, 2014
June 29, 2023
Icon Yard
Projects
August 27, 2014
June 29, 2023
Fletcher Richman: Managing Director of Spark Boulder
Interviews
August 12, 2014
June 29, 2023
Travis Truett: Co-founder & CEO of Ambition
Interviews
July 15, 2014
June 29, 2023
Matt Ström & Josh Gross: Founders of Planetary
Interviews
July 1, 2014
June 29, 2023
Alex Mark: Founder of Truthly
Interviews
May 29, 2014
June 29, 2023
Websites are for Humans
Design
May 26, 2014
June 29, 2023
Jason Shen: Author of Winning Isn’t Normal
Interviews
February 25, 2014
June 29, 2023
Why I’m Done with Social Media Buttons
Design
February 7, 2014
June 29, 2023
Jacob Hinmon: Director of Four + One Productions
Interviews
January 28, 2014
June 29, 2023
Jennifer Dewalt: 180 Websites in 180 Days
Interviews
January 7, 2014
June 29, 2023
Samuel Hulick: User Onboarding Champion
Interviews
December 26, 2013
June 29, 2023
Michael Fitzgerald: CEO of Submittable
Interviews
December 10, 2013
June 29, 2023
Kirill Zubovsky: Founder of Scoutzie
Interviews
November 26, 2013
June 29, 2023
Rick Knudtson: Co-Founder of Flywheel
Interviews
November 17, 2013
June 29, 2023
Mikael Cho: Founder of Ooomf
Interviews
October 29, 2013
June 29, 2023
Romain Dardour: Founder of Hull
Interviews
September 24, 2013
June 29, 2023
Jerome Choo: Founder of Whizzimo
Interviews
July 23, 2013
June 29, 2023
Adam Wexler: Founder of Insightpool
Interviews
July 16, 2013
June 29, 2023
Aswin Natarajan: Techstars Associate
Interviews
July 9, 2013
June 29, 2023
Jon Birdsong: Founder of Rivalry
Interviews
June 24, 2013
June 29, 2023
James LaCroix: Founder of LaCrox Design Co
Interviews
June 10, 2013
June 29, 2023
Rashad Abdul-Salaam: Founder of Happy Health
Interviews
May 29, 2013
June 29, 2023
The Experience Deficiency
Education
May 11, 2013
June 29, 2023
Scott Weisman: Co-Founder & President of LaunchPad Lab
Interviews
May 9, 2013
June 29, 2023
Andrew Brant: Founder of Mt. Zion Press
Interviews
May 3, 2013
June 29, 2023
How to Start a Talk Show
Business
April 30, 2013
June 29, 2023
Jenny Lustig: Starter League Mentor
Interviews
April 29, 2013
June 29, 2023
Will Richman: Co-founder of Bitmaker Labs
Interviews
April 9, 2013
June 29, 2023
The Last Two Jobs on Earth
Philosophy
March 18, 2013
June 29, 2023
Why College Graduates are Underemployed
Education
January 31, 2013
June 29, 2023
Treat Problems, Not Symptoms
Philosophy
January 30, 2013
June 29, 2023
Vaibhav Puri: Founder of Taggito
Interviews
January 28, 2013
June 29, 2023
Create When You Are Inspired
Philosophy
January 12, 2013
June 29, 2023
Mountain Metrics TSL Demo Day Launch
Projects
December 17, 2012
June 29, 2023
Why we started Mountain Metrics
Projects
December 17, 2012
June 29, 2023
Hello Mountain!
Projects
December 11, 2012
June 29, 2023
Extensions and Apps I love
Personal
November 22, 2012
June 29, 2023
The Dashboard Builder
Projects
November 13, 2012
June 29, 2023
Thoughts on Entrepreneurship with Jason Fried
Business
November 8, 2012
June 29, 2023
Week Four at The Starter League
Personal
October 31, 2012
June 29, 2023
Startup Idea Generator
Projects
October 22, 2012
June 29, 2023
Week Two at The Starter League
Personal
October 15, 2012
June 29, 2023
Week One at The Starter League
Personal
October 7, 2012
June 29, 2023
6 TED Talks About the Future of Education
Education
September 26, 2012
June 29, 2023
Drzzle: The Sound of Rain
Projects
September 6, 2012
June 29, 2023
Democratization of Knowledge and the Fall of College
Education
August 24, 2012
June 29, 2023
Mathematicians of the Roman Empire
Philosophy
April 27, 2012
June 29, 2023
8 Books That Will Change Your Life
Education
April 19, 2012
June 29, 2023
The Venture for America Essays
Education
March 12, 2012
June 29, 2023
The Architecture of Success is Failure
Philosophy
January 29, 2012
June 29, 2023
A Windows Desktop Mac Users Envy
Personal
January 26, 2012
June 29, 2023
Bison Box Performance Desktops
Projects
December 31, 2011
June 29, 2023
How to Get A Job Interview Using Facebook Ads
Personal
December 20, 2011
June 29, 2023
Burn, Beard & Stache
Projects
December 6, 2011
June 29, 2023
FRUGGL: A Successful Failure
Projects
December 3, 2011
June 29, 2023
A Few Favorite Startup Articles
Business
November 6, 2011
June 29, 2023
My Favorite Educators on Twitter
Personal
November 4, 2011
June 29, 2023
Lunch with Bobby Lowder
Personal
October 20, 2011
June 29, 2023
Promoting Ideas with Klout
Business
October 18, 2011
June 29, 2023
Please Excuse the Mess
Personal
October 4, 2011
June 29, 2023
PaperMob App Concept
Projects
October 1, 2011
June 29, 2023
Resting Clouds
Personal
September 30, 2011
June 29, 2023
Lonley Barber
Personal
September 29, 2011
June 29, 2023
Magnolia Coffee and Tea Co
Personal
September 20, 2011
June 29, 2023
Yosemite August 2011
Photos
August 23, 2011
June 29, 2023
Twitter for Classrooms
Education
June 26, 2011
June 29, 2023
ISP’s winning the fight against net neutrality
Personal
December 23, 2010
June 29, 2023
Big Gigantic
Photos
December 9, 2010
June 29, 2023
An Idea for Navigation Companies
Design
November 24, 2010
June 29, 2023
Education inflation, a new look at school
Education
October 7, 2010
June 29, 2023
Almost Genius: 1965 International Riding Lawn Mower
Personal
August 19, 2010
June 29, 2023
Ideas for the Future of Desktop Computing
Design
July 28, 2010
June 29, 2023
A Day Flying
Photos
July 16, 2010
June 29, 2023
Thoughts on Cognitive Surplus
Philosophy
July 12, 2010
June 29, 2023
Snow Day February 2010
Photos
February 14, 2010
June 29, 2023
America’s Forgotten Problem
Personal
December 3, 2009
June 29, 2023
$42,500 in Laptop Computers Stolen from Haley Center
Uncategorized
November 19, 2009
June 29, 2023
Remembering the Berlin Wall
Uncategorized
November 12, 2009
June 29, 2023
Awards Given at Photo XI Exhibition
Uncategorized
October 29, 2009
June 29, 2023
Robot Simulates Sight for Blind
Uncategorized
October 29, 2009
June 29, 2023
Asphalt May be Source of ‘Green’ Technology
Uncategorized
October 22, 2009
June 29, 2023
Premature Prize for the President
Uncategorized
October 15, 2009
June 29, 2023
Students Take Adderall Even When It’s Not Prescribed
Uncategorized
October 15, 2009
June 29, 2023
Saturn’s New Ring
Uncategorized
October 15, 2009
June 29, 2023
New Car Plant Coming to Alabama
Uncategorized
October 8, 2009
June 29, 2023
Lawmakers Meet to Discuss Distractions Facing Drivers
Uncategorized
October 5, 2009
June 29, 2023
NASA Awards Auburn University $600,000 Grant
Uncategorized
September 24, 2009
June 29, 2023
Tiger Transit Stolen Saturday
Uncategorized
September 21, 2009
June 29, 2023
SUSCC Hosts Healthcare Forum
Uncategorized
September 17, 2009
June 29, 2023
FEMA Demands Money From Baldwin County
Uncategorized
September 9, 2009
June 29, 2023
Toomer’s Ten Welcome Downtown
Uncategorized
September 3, 2009
June 29, 2023
Yosemite July 2009
Photos
July 27, 2009
June 29, 2023
Snow Day March 2009
Photos
March 1, 2009
June 29, 2023
A Place Online
Personal
January 26, 2009
June 29, 2023