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The only way to stay up with the latest techniques and remember all the keyboard shortcuts on Photoshop is to constantly practice. I decided to work on this bird tutorial from Psdtuts+ to get better with the pen tool, and learn about character creation and shading. The tutorial walks you through almost all the steps, [...]

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Whiteboard Lessons

October 21, 2010

The Rules: If you hang out at my house enough, you have to teach a class. You can pick any topic, but it should be something you know really well. You can present your class whenever you want, as long as it’s before you leave. Sounds a lot like the TED conference, right? Here are [...]

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I just finished reading Orbiting the Giant Hairball. It’s a survival guide for creatives in a corporate environment. The book was recommended to me by friends and coworkers at NOLS. Maybe they think that I do a good job of skirting around the corporate culture or maybe they think I am on a trajectory to [...]

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In this episode of Thinking and Driving, I talk about QR code sightings at the 2010 Summer Outdoor Retailer show. But before I get too far into this post I will explain what a QR code is. A QR code (or Quick Response code) is a square barcode that can be read by smartphones using the attached [...]

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I filmed three of these segments while driving back from the 2010 Summer Outdoor Retailer Show. I had wanted to stagger their release but due to stomach issues this weekend I was unable to think up any content for the site. In this episode of Thinking and Driving, I talk about getting a few “seasoned” [...]

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My Consumer Manifesto

July 28, 2010

Hello World. I am here today to pitch you my idea, and I am going to talk to you as a consumer. The thing I never thought that I would want to be… until I realized that I could have it the way I wanted. We can change the game. Like you, I am sick [...]

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