Earlier this month I took a stab at making a geofilter for my city to see what the process was like. After about a two week review period, the filter was approved — so be sure to use this filter if you’re traveling through Portland, Maine!
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Top 10 Presidential Candidate Websites of 2016
The design norm in most past political cycles seemed to be relatively formulaic. There have traditionally been a lot of similarities between candidates’ design choices in terms of logos, colors, and layouts — which sucks.
2016 has been the first cycle in recent memory (mostly sparked by President Obama’s campaign in 2008) to really showcase the role and value design has garnered in politics.Continue Reading
Saying Goodbye to My First App
After over a year and a half of development and nearly 1 year in operation, my co-creator Leo and I are shutting down our first web app OnBase.io.Continue Reading
Rubin on Yeezus
One of my favorite displays of confidence, and a favorite story from the production of Yeezus, came from legendary producer Rick Rubin‘s story recounting the work done on the album in the 11th hour:
Kanye came over to play me what I assumed was going to be the finished album at three weeks before the last possible delivery date. We ended up listening to three hours of partially finished pieces. The raw material was very strong but hadn’t yet come into focus. Many of the vocals hadn’t been recorded yet, and many of those still didn’t have lyrics. From what he played me, it sounded like several months more work had to be done. I joined the project because after discussing what he had played for me, he asked if I would be open to taking all of the raw material on and help him finish it.
Rubin goes on…Continue Reading