The Depository
Detroit Wildlife
A friend linked me to this great video about Detroit’s transformation from industrial boom town to ghost city called Detroit Wildlife. Images of high rise buildings sitting vacant and desolate street corners leave you with a post-apocalyptic sensation (the shots of Michigan Central Station in particular) like something out of ...read more
Introducing Speedball. A clean and simple WordPress theme
Originally conceived as a WordPress photoblog, Speedball quickly morphed into a stripped down, type-centric design that puts content front and center. The name is a nod to my cat, Speedball. I’ve been looking for a way to immortalize him – so until I can string together enough cash to get ...read more
SXSW podcasts
Podcasts are now available from some of the panel discussions at this years SXSW. I’ve only listened to a few so far, from which I recommend this one. It’s an interesting conversation between a collection of agency owners and freelancers (Jeffrey Zeldman, Roger Black, Kristina Halvorson and Whitney Hess) about ...read more
A gentle reminder to IE6 users: please move on.
Discussions about the seemingly immortal IE6 are common on the internet these days. Visit any web development forum and you’re likely to find at least one thread full of designers complaining about IE6’s refusal to die. I for one enjoy these verbal beat-downs because they provide a place to vent ...read more