Thursday, March 29, 2007

Let your creativity flow

An interesting new site for people to post their creations on the web. Everything from poems, to design, to craftsmanship items. I think community's like these are going to be get bigger and bigger the more we bring design and life to the web. Check it out. www.openfloodgate.com.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Google gets more personalized

Well, they did it again and very clean I must say. Google launched the ability to personalize their home page with a set of 7 custom themes that you can apply through a widget or tray to your page. The tray which is presented like a widget is opened through the "Select theme" link near the "Add Stuff" link on the top of the page. They basically show/hide the widget, instead of acting like the other widgets which is good. I hope that they have a global visual design direction moving forward and if this is the sign of what is to come, they better keep photoshopping. It is nice and simple, but reminds me of the old AOL themes AOL had in their 8.0 client with background changes. AOL and Yahoo is much farther ahead in the visual design arena and probably always will be until Google hires more talent in that area.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Y! Journey begins

After 8 years designing for AOL Time Warner, I have decided to leave and begin a fresh start at Yahoo! I presented and interviewed with 8 company's in two weeks and found that the best fit for my skills and most positive direction going forward would be with Yahoo. Yahoo leads the industry with the most page views and traffic on the net and is very serious about design and standards. I hope to bring my skills to another level and keep you all posted on what I will be working on. Special thanks go out to Apple, Cisco, Source Forge, Adobe and others with the direction and accommodation they gave me when I was involved in my search.