RECENT BLOGS
Notes on Faux-Letterpress
There are two ways of creating a faux-letterpress effect digitally. They both look good, but one of them is easier to use in web design than the other.
Dog Portrait No. 1
A portrait of my dog, Zora. Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper.
Up With Markdown
If you’re a blogger, web writer, or content editor, maybe by now you’ve heard something about Markdown. If you’re a web developer you’ve almost certainly heard of it – but this is a tool that really deserves to be known more widely.
New York in Person
The energy, the density and concentration, the history under your feet and above your head… the electricity in the air, the feeling of excitement just crackles around you.
Letter to Nick Cave: A Story From Hyde and Ellis
This is the first of a series of letters to famous and infamous people. I don’t have Nick Cave’s address, so I mailed it to him care of Mute Records.
Robert Frank’s Focus on the Periphery
By unfocusing your lens, straying to the unexpected place, and looking to the periphery, there are all sorts of surprises to be found, and Robert Frank knew that.
Neighborhoods and Monuments – Washington, D.C.
Leaving Washington for New York this morning – it’s been a great few days checking out DC’s neighborhoods and monuments.
The Kindle, Part II: Hacking It
More impressions of the Kindle, and some simple but important ways to bend the device to your own use.