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