Apple, You’ve Let Me Down

If you know me, you know I love my Apple computers. I’ve been a steady Apple customer for most of my years as a designer. Between work and home, I’ve been the proud owner of an old indigo iMac, two G4 desktops, an iBook, two iPods (a fourth-gen model and a nano), a shiny new 17-inch MacBook Pro, and an iPhone (thanks, Tony!). I will always pick a Mac over a Wintel machine, and I happily suggest to my friends and family that they do the same. I’ve never had a single problem with any of my Read More >>

If It Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is

We were approached in June about doing what would have been our largest project to date. We should have just declined when we heard the words "social networking" and "non-disclosure agreement" in the same sentence because those meetings typically don’t turn into anything, but this was a referral from a friend of ours, so we felt obligated to hear these guys out. They had a good concept, seemed to know what they were talking about, and appeared to have some resources. One of them, known hereafter Read More >>

Save Money by Paying Online

Not long ago, I saw a shared image on Facebook which listed all the basic things we should do in order to keep our lives simple. We already know these—but need to be reminded sometimes of how simple life really is. While gathering all the reporting info and documents my accountant requested for last year’s taxes, I thought about that image. The simplicity of the words written in this short, sweet post rang true to me (as it had with the other 2.4K “likes”). As the paper gathering Read More >>