Mobile web design is becoming more and more common/popular. There are numerous business who are already devoted entirely to mobile technology. It’s just a matter of time before every web designer needs mobile in their arsenal of abilities. Luckily, I have my own site I can use as a guinea pig, and I’ve been making [...]
View Full PostYou read it right: once again I’ve realigned my portfolio. I’m often criticized for my never ending design revisions and constant adjusting to my own portfolio (and other projects as well), but I don’t see the problem with that. I’m always on the lookout trying to implement interesting new features that will improve the user experience. I thought that;s what being a good designer was all about.
Normally my realignments end up telling the same old story: I’ve got some new projects to show off and a clever new way to present the different slides. This time I had a plethora of objectives.
I’ll have to admit, this last year at Moxy Media unfolded much differently than I was expecting it to when I took their offer last summer. When I interviewed, we discussed the normal graphic design stuff I expected: brand the project, design/build the website, promote and advertise it. Things sounded good…
View Full PostWhen I launched the latest version of Vectorthis.com a few weeks ago I incorporated a lot of SEO techniques we were experimenting with while I was working as the full time web designer for Hockey.com. Last night I decided to see if any of these techniques had any effect on my placement in google searches, and to my delight I found out I’m placing #2 in google for hockey.com graphic designer.
View Full PostI’ve been without a full time job since June – I wouldn’t say I’ve been unemployed, because I’ve been making just as much (just as frequently) picking up freelance contracts for the last 3 months, but things have been slowing down lately; the summer is winding down and people are finishing up their fall & winter campaigns, so I’ve decided to take a job with an old partner company of eMedia, Moxy Media. Coincidentally, the 2 Hockey.com dev leads who departed when Hockey announced its move to Oakville are running the team I will be joining, so I’ll be working along side a lot of familiar faces.
View Full PostIt’s been 2 months since Hockey.com closed down. I’ve been doing well grabbing contracts as freelance designer – I got calls the afternoon people found out about the layoff. However, I’m becoming concerned with the type of work are starting to send my way.
View Full PostWe’ve been building the site for over a year. Re-branded it, redesigned the whole look and feel of the site, rebuilt the features from the ground up, and got a community following over night. Then bought and renovated offices in Oakville, Ontario, created and filled unnecessary positions, bought $60k worth of infrastructure we didn’t need and now we have no money left and the project is dead. What a waste.
View Full PostI never got a chance to write an official blog post about it, but I’ve been working exclusively for Hockey.com as the lead graphic designer for the last 4 months and it’s been a blast. However, to make a great situation even better, this week I got my own little padewan learner.
View Full PostI’m still working on rolling out the Hockey.com careers page – should be out tomorrow – however, positions for Hockey.com have been posted on the parent company’s website: www.emedia.com.
View Full PostIt’s been about 6 months since I’ve done anything close to an update to Vectorthis.com, and I hate feeling like I’m neglecting it. I threw it together very quickly during a job hunt last summer, and I’ve been knees deep in kick ass projects since, and it hasn’t received any of the love I intended it to get.