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  • Open Source UX: Hoby Van Hoose leads a conversation at Infocamp Seattle 2013

    Hoby Van Hoose (hobyvh) talked at InfoCamp 2013 about Open Source UX and the emergence of culture and community around user experience. User Experience is a budding discipline. How can we share information the way “view source” allows coders to learn from each other? The rate of innovation was faster because coders can see how a website is…

  • Designers at Hackathons: Eric Bell speaks at Infocamp Seattle 2013

    Eric Bell (ericthebell) talked at InfoCamp 2013 about Hackthons and why they are awesome! Eric Bell is a designer, formerly Seattle-based, currently lives in SF and attends hackathons. During his talk, he showed us some of his team projects at hackathons. A typical hackathon is a weekend of work, has an attendance of primarily developers. It’s sometimes sponsored by…

  • M Theory Animation

    M Theory Part 1 – YouTube. I saw this and I really liked the abstract content, but I thought the visuals could use a little update. Perhaps some kinetic typography. I’ve been dazzled by some well done typography videos recently, so I’m itching to be good at it. So, I tried it out. I started…

  • IKF Kitsap: Web Design Phase 1

    Assignment: Re-design International Karate Federation of Kitsap Phase 1 of Web Design 1. structure information with user-centered considerations (Site Map) *Research the competitors (Links) and content (html) International Karate Federation – Honolulu, Hawaii. The main organization is located in Hawaii. Karate for Women in Seattle – Feminist Karate Union  Seattle Branch   2. communicate style and function Branding (style Tile) Version…

  • Painting of Rockface

    This is  composite of images. A reference photo for a commission for a birthday present. I think most of my paintings are birthday presents.   Here’s after three hours at the canvas. I think I’m going to add a yellow wash and then a darker wash over the rockface to make it a little more…

  • Java Day Four: Method Time

    Today, I stepped back into code land. With my layout complete from my last session, I started on methods so the buttons would actually do something when clicked. Note: in the button’s description, you must add the “onClick” part, otherwise it is an inactive button. I needed to have the program to have the id…

  • New York in Nine Days Website

    I recently went to New York and I had a great time there. It was a time of thinking. The end of summer approaching. My first summer as a certified graphic designer (I just graduated in June) and I felt a little bit like I was going to a Mecca of design. I walked a…

  • Design-thinking Workshop: Designing for a Healthcare Movement: How to Get to Minimum Viable Product Now — IxDA Seattle

    Design-thinking Workshop: Designing for a Healthcare Movement: How to Get to Minimum Viable Product Now — IxDA Seattle. As part of this year’s Seattle Design Festival: Design in Health, I attended a “design-thinking” workshop. The design leaders at Substantial executed a hands-on workshop that illuminated the first step of problem-solving within the context of creating a minimum viable product (MVP)…