Walmart* just gave up one of their truly unique branding opportunities. When one typed out their initial logo, instead of a dash, most would use a star (or asterisk). Wal*Mart. It’s a truly unique position they had put themselves into, by being able to separate their brand name with an non-traditional ASCII character. Where most […]
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Creative Director for OnMilwaukee.
“So What’s New?”: Assuming Rapport
“Assume rapport” is a phrase I’ve only recently become aware of (thanks, Cowboyo), though I had already been applying it to my life (albeit for only a short time). It basically means that whenever you meet someone, you should start off by assuming they like you. Even further, you should make like you’ve been friends […]
Continue reading…Easy Rider: Cycling From Milwaukee to Madison
A friend and I may have gone out of our minds, because we decided to bike from Milwaukee to Madison, a trek more than 80 miles long. Before this trip I hadn’t biked more than twenty miles in an entire day. But when we headed out we thought positively about it. We thought we could […]
Continue reading…Google Transit: Ford the Milwaukee River
Google just recently released a useful new app called Google Transit, which takes bus information and applies it to it’s map app. This sounds infinitely more useful than anything the DOT or the Wisconsin government can throw together and is much more user friendly for those who don’t know how to use a computer. Arguably […]
Continue reading…Rebirth of the Mixtape: Mixwit & Muxtape
The mixtape has returned with a fury. Two services, launched within a day of each other offer the ability to customize and share a streaming playlist. The first was mixwit.comand the following day, muxtape.com was released. I had been tracking the word “mixtape” on Twitter for a little while when suddenly tweets about mixtapes flooded […]
Continue reading…Dali for flappers
I was recently given the opportunity to design a couple of small pins for a band called The Scarring Party. They take early jazz and old-timey music and mix it together with a punk attitude and a bit of irreverence. They describe themselves as “End-Timey” music, which is about as short and accurate a description that […]
Continue reading…A Drawing Club: Because idle hands are the devil’s playthings
I have a new idea for a new “inspirational/collaborative” project in order to have a reason to keep on drawing. I’ve been lurking on a blog called “The Drawing Club”, where a bunch of artists get together and do drawings and paintings of live models. I like this idea, and I really wish I could […]
Continue reading…A cynical mind and an idealist heart
For the first time in my voting career, I feel like I have to make a real decision in regards to whom I am casting my vote towards in the upcoming Wisconsin primary. Since the beginning of this very, very (very!) early race, my brother had pointed out what seemed to me to be a […]
Continue reading…“Merry Christmas” from Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston played a mesmerizing set and wished everybody a “Merry Christmas” at the Turner Hall Ballroom last night. It’s the middle of February, obviously, but as he pointed out, “With all this snow, you’d think it was Christmas.” That’s the kind of whimsical naïveté that points the spotlight on Johnston’s song writing abilities. John […]
Continue reading…The download card
Okay, so this site isn’t exactly in working order, but I’m gonna put something else up here, cuz I’m sick of looking at the last post. So what works? Basically everything on the right-hand column works…i.e. the links that take you out of my site (so make sure to return!). The perma-links mostly work, but […]
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