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Latest: COMMON, SXSW

Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by in Boulder Digital Works, Client News, Personal | No Comments

Latest: COMMON, SXSW

Welcome to the FearLess Cottage. As alluded to in my last post with the Vimeo-Facebook embed form, I’ve started an internship here where I’ll be helping Alex & Ana Bogusky, Rob Schuham and some other really smart, really nice folks to launch COMMON. The concept, briefly, is to build a socially and environmentally sustainable brand that can launch any number of independent, loosely connected ventures. In the midst of getting rolling with all this, I took my maiden voyage to SXSW Interactive as part of Boulder Digital Works’ 20+-member delegation. Not surprisingly, the highlights of my trip all happened away from the throngs at the convention center.

Props for Zombies, thoughts on barcodes

Posted on 26. Dec, 2010 by in Boulder Digital Works, New Media | No Comments

Props for Zombies, thoughts on barcodes

I’m pretty stoked that my recent BDW project Zombies Vs. Hippies has been well received by ad critics and the BuddyPress community. Here’s what we actually learned in the process.

2 new releases from BDW

Posted on 01. Dec, 2010 by in Boulder Digital Works, New Media | No Comments

2 new releases from BDW

Three months ago, I came to Boulder Digital Works to learn and collaborate in new ways. This week, my first two experiments in that process were released. Zombies vs. Hippies is a mobile game developed in conjunction with Austin-based Exopolis as a pilot program for Microsoft Tag. DoYouHave5Dollars uses the mechanics of daily-deal and limited-sale websites to make it easy for people learn about issues and contribute to nonprofit organizations.

Who would win in a fight between a user and a designer?

Posted on 24. Oct, 2010 by in Boulder Digital Works, Personal | No Comments

Who would win in a fight between a user and a designer?

In the two months that I’ve spent at BDW, we’ve learned a lot about user-centric design, mostly through our work with the Interaction Design Association. But we’ve also heard from some really talented people about their personal creative processes and seen the amazing work that they’ve produced. At this point, those are the two outlooks that will drive much of what we do over the next year and possibly well beyond our time here in Boulder.

How to draw a stick figure

Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by in Boulder Digital Works, Personal | 2 Comments

How to draw a stick figure

Ahmed Riaz is awesome at drawing stick figures – and I mean that as a serious compliment. As part of one of our big projects at BDW, he came in via Skype and showed us different ways of using very simple sketches to convey nuanced designs and emotions. Here’s my sketch for the class (working title: Buddies!) and Ahmed’s presentation.