Archive | April, 2008

What Goes On in a Resume Makeover?

Summary: I took on Leigh Householder and did a makeover of my own resume. The key lesson I learned is that you need to showcase your individual personality on paper every way you can. The incomparable Leigh Householder has been doing a series of posts on Advergirl where she takes a readers resume, and fully [...]

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MobileYouth Facts 2008

I’m working on a big post about what an “interactive design strategist” is and why every ad agency and product design firm needs them. Ya know, an “account planner” for the digital age. ‘Til then this was worth checking out — a Slideshare presentation with a bunch of young consumer factoids. Not sure where mobileYouth [...]

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Games, Community and Music = Future of the Recording Industry

Summary: GTA IV is coming so get ready. Rock Band is the future of the record industry. And it’s community is growing. (Plus, Harmonix is hiring a Web designer.) Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) is coming our way, and sales are predicted to be huge. PSFK notes that Rockstar (the makers of Grand Theft [...]

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A presentation of my past work

I created this presentation to walk you through some of my past work. You can view it as a Slideshare preso, or download a PDF of this portfolio.

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“Web3D” is coming!! … and I’m married to Feist!

There are some interesting thoughts brewing about a topic called Web 3D, a future vision of the web which resembles Second Life, rather than the 2D browsers we see today. There are lots of reasons why Web 3D could come to fruition, but I want to pose three roadblocks that might prevent that: 3D environments [...]

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RockYou Showcases Gen Y Design Practices

RockYou.com is a top site for teens, and their Facebook apps are some of the most popular. As I alluded to, I interviewed Jia Shen, CTO and co-founder of RockYou, about how he and his team target young consumers online. Jia had great insights to share, and a real knack for clearly articulating the way [...]

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