I first got a tablet because I was blown away by a friend demoing his work to me at a morning coffee meeting. I saw it as an elegant way to present work to friends, clients, coworkers and prospective employers.

Once I bought my tablet (Android-powered Asus Eee Pad Transformer - love it!), I saw the potential to use it for a little more. Luckily, the folks over at Adobe did, too.

So when I first learned Adobe was working on a suite of touch apps, I was pretty excited. Other developers who had wireframing and sketching apps in the field weren't that great (with the exception of Autodesk's SketchBook, of course), and the ability to work with my existing toolset on my desktops was simply not there. I was hoping Adobe would change that.… Read more »

I am writing in frustration. I consider my client lucky to have me involved in their project after we had launched, because I undoubtedly saved them from a painful slide in organic ranking.

After the project launched, the client got an "expert" marketing company who "specialized" in their industry to help push things along. After about a week of launching, their website had already climbed to the first page of results for relevant keywords due to my holistic strategy - this is not horn-tooting; it is fact. They were nowhere to be found before my redesign.

I know what I'm doing in the web because I do it every day. I'm a designer with a programmer's-tech savvy, a business man's strategy, and I make it my duty to know what works on the web.… Read more »

If you've been doing design for a while, you probably tend to fall into a recognizable pattern. Clients generally don't like taking creative risks and usually demand a pretty average-looking design. So, ever the Customer Pleaser, you continually churn out the designs your clients expect; the solutions they want to see. While this may be a good business move, it will inevitably hold you back from making new discoveries or tapping into new markets. It will hold you back from opening new doors. Designers need to constantly learn more and grow in order to remain competitive and successful.… Read more »