A couple of years ago, I ignited an firestorm within the UX community by stating in my LinkedIn Learning Course, UX Design for Non Designers: “UX is nothing more than common sense.” There was a solid reason for that assertion. Back in my College days, my Economics professor led a…

Take a look at this ad that I pulled together in about 20 minutes. It is nothing more than a promotion for the “mythical” Mountain Coffee Co. The background image, created in Photoshop, reinforces the brand and the text and coffee cup with logo, created in Artboard Studio, also supports…

I would like to tell you a story: “A couple of years ago my friends Doug, Jim and I completed a 4-kilometre hike to the Lions Head Lookout. When we reached the lookout, we stood at the edge of a sheer 500-meter cliff face which provided a spectacular view of…

Bill Maher’s Real Time on HBO is an acquired taste. My beloved detests him and I love him, especially for his monologues at the end of the show. His monologue on April 23,2022 struck home because he talked about ageism. He pointed out how disappointing Biden has been to comedians…

I first encountered Flash in a rather indirect manner. At the time I was teaching Macromedia Director at my College and, as a result, spent a lot of time on a newsgroup, Direct-L- to see what others were doing with the application that I could teach my students. One of…

We tend to define ourselves by what we do and I define myself as a “teacher”. That is what I do. Whether I am in a classroom, delivering a seminar at a College or University, doing tutorials for a couple of sites, writing a book or producing some…