Card image cap
Fall Back

DST ends this weekend.

Read More...
Card image cap
Logo Design: Skilled Trade Up

Two unchosen iterations and the final winner.

Read More...
This Is How I Work: Jim Cantore

In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, a look at Jim Cantore and his daily routine which may or may not include summoning tropical cyclones to his current location.

Read More...
Card image cap
Visually Impaired Surf Camp

Summer is a busy time around here and fortunately a lot of that busy goes on at the beach providing photo support for the best surf school around and that’s Indo Jax. (Disclaimer: Indo Jax is a client and and friend, so, I’m biased. I’m also right) Last night wrapped up the Visually Impaired Camp […]

Read More...
New Logos for Carolina Christian Radio

New Logos shipped last week for Carolina Christian Radio.

Read More...
Card image cap
WordPress Themes

Wordpress Themes are great for a quick, inexpensive way to start your website, but there are things to consider.

Read More...
Card image cap
BK Superbowl Spot

The story goes that Andy actually preferred McDonalds.

Read More...
Instagram Hiding Posts?

I am, by no means, not a master of Instagram. However, I know a social media false info campaign when I see one…

Read More...
Card image cap
SVG Animations

I’ve been carving out time for exploration and learning new skills this year. Most of that has been spent developing my skills in Illustrator further, but I’ve been working on some coding things as well. I came across some javascript animation frameworks and settled on anime.js as the one I wanted to work with because […]

Read More...
Card image cap
Happy New Year!

There’s still some businesses that haven’t returned and a lot of those blue tarps across our neighborhoods. In Pender County there’s still people’s lives sitting in piles on the side of the road while they live in campers & trailers. We’re still not quite at 100% yet. Heck, one of the elevators in the Market […]

Read More...
Instagram, Millennials, & Blanding

I came across this article on FastCo. about why there’s a cluster of brands on Instagram that all look alike: a simple line of products with clean, clear design and branding. Detractors refer to this as “blanding”, but the prophet of good modern design, Dieter Rams, says that the best design is as little design […]

Read More...
Card image cap
Free Tool for Removing Backgrounds

remove.bg is a free online tool that removes backgrounds from your image and returns it to you in a .png format.   It works pretty well, but the maximum height or width will be a low-ish 500 pixels and the other dimension will be proportional. If you’re viewing this on a desktop or laptop, you can […]

Read More...
Card image cap
Z Rack Whiteboards

This is a great, flexible DIY solution to limited wall space. Found via Core77

Read More...
Card image cap
Hate Us On Yelp

One restaurant’s frustration with Yelp let to a creative approach.

Read More...
Card image cap
Time to Uninstall Quicktime for Windows

Engadget is reporting that Homeland security says to uninstall Quicktime and Apple has confirmed that they are no longer supporting it on Windows. link: Engadget

Read More...
Card image cap
Akira Camera?

Spotted by my friend Scott Davis somewhere in Virginia.

Read More...
Card image cap
QR Code T-Shirt

Spotted @ Trader Joe’s In Cary.

Read More...
Killing My Yellow Page Ad

I *almost* did this last year, but allowed myself to get talked out of it. This year, however, is going to be different. A lot of people tell me I’m going to lose business. Honestly, the leads I’ve gotten from the Yellow Pages have ended up being low-to-no budget, so I feel that it’s running […]

Read More...