I love rummaging through old boxes of junk, and uncovering gems. Yesterday, during a particularly determined de-clutter, I found this letter from Blue Peter, the world’s longest-running children’s’ TV show.
I recently got back from a trip to Seattle, where I presented at An Event Apart for the first (and hopefully not the last) time.
Hot news! I’m now a full-time member of Fictive Kin, if you hadn’t already guessed. This is the kind of role I always dreamed about, and it feels like a perfect fit.
Today I received my first photo of Americo, a 12 year old boy from a poor village near Cusco, Peru. I’ll be sponsoring him until he’s old enough to take care of himself. It’s a wonderful feeling to suddenly have a meaningful connection with a little chap over 6,000 miles away.
The year 2010 was an important and epic one for me, so as it ended I wrote about it in some detail. In doing so, I set myself the goal of documenting each year I survive, and as 2011 was equally epic in some regards, I really want a record of it for the future me.
I learned many things at Brooklyn Beta last week, but one lesson in particular will stay with me for some time. Taking to the stage to announce our ambitious new web app capped a humbling and fear-inducing afternoon. Despite years of experience presenting to crowds, I was a mess.
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Conor O’Driscoll for his excellent One Minute With website, which is gradually blossoming into a fine little resource for delving into the heads of us designery types.
Recently, New Adventures in Web Design won the Event of the Year award at The Critters, held at the Hospital Club in That London.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been enjoying the beautifully designed mixes over at Designers.MX, curated by Blake Allen and Josh Sullivan. So, it was a pleasure to contribute a mix, although I opted for something a little more, erm… risky.
In this snippet from the forthcoming New Adventures videos, Jon Tan dedicates his presentation to his friend and Analog colleague Alan Colville, currently recovering from a very serious accident.
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