Be Good Not Bad http://begoodnotbad.com en mrwarren@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-09T14:08:33+00:00 watchtanhttp://feedburner.google.com Xanadu http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/Eq0gHU6_H7Y/xanadu http://begoodnotbad.com/article/xanadu#When:14:08:33Z From my recent Basecamp post to the Happy Cog team: Wow, this is harder to write than I thought it would be. By now many of you know that this June, I’ll be packing up the family moving to Seattle, Washington. This was not an easy decision for us to make as a family. After all, I love my job at Happy Cog. It’s been the most fun, challenging, and exciting job I’ve ever had. But our kids are growing, and we’d love for them to do that near some of their extended family. Neither they, nor their grandparents, are getting any younger, so now is the time. Seattle’s a lovely city, and with the abundance of family we have there, it’s a good fit for us. I’ll be working with the small, extremely bright team at Onehub, in the role of Lead Designer, right in the heart of Pioneer Square in Seattle. I’m not leaving today, I’m still around for three months, so I look forward to many happy hours, and there’s lots of good work to do before June. What followed was one of the most heartwarming Basecamp comment threads filled with animated GIFs I’ve ever read. I actually got choked up. This next chapter of life is about to happen. It’s bittersweet, exciting, and a bit terrifying. I’ll miss Philadelphia. Its people, food, and personality won me over in spades. Now I’m looking forward to making my mark on Seattle, too. This will be crazy and fun. It always is. Home, Somewhere over the midwest (I think)

From my recent Basecamp post to the Happy Cog team:

Wow, this is harder to write than I thought it would be.

By now many of you know that this June, I’ll be packing up the family moving to Seattle, Washington. This was not an easy decision for us to make as a family. After all, I love my job at Happy Cog. It’s been the most fun, challenging, and exciting job I’ve ever had. But our kids are growing, and we’d love for them to do that near some of their extended family. Neither they, nor their grandparents, are getting any younger, so now is the time.

Seattle’s a lovely city, and with the abundance of family we have there, it’s a good fit for us. I’ll be working with the small, extremely bright team at Onehub, in the role of Lead Designer, right in the heart of Pioneer Square in Seattle.

I’m not leaving today, I’m still around for three months, so I look forward to many happy hours, and there’s lots of good work to do before June.

What followed was one of the most heartwarming Basecamp comment threads filled with animated GIFs I’ve ever read. I actually got choked up.

This next chapter of life is about to happen. It’s bittersweet, exciting, and a bit terrifying. I’ll miss Philadelphia. Its people, food, and personality won me over in spades. Now I’m looking forward to making my mark on Seattle, too.

This will be crazy and fun. It always is.

]]> 2012-03-09T14:08:33+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/xanadu#When:14:08:33Z Typecon Sketchnotes Featured in Communication Arts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/NYjVlYhqISw/typecon-sketchnotes-featured-in-communication-arts http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typecon-sketchnotes-featured-in-communication-arts#When:05:28:51Z What an awesome surprise to find that this month’s Communication Arts Typography Annual featured sketchnotes from our Typecon talk. These sketchnotes are the work of the extremely talented Carolyn Sewell. Typecon SketchnotesWhat an awesome surprise to find that this month’s Communication Arts Typography Annual featured sketchnotes from our Typecon talk. These sketchnotes are the work of the extremely talented Carolyn Sewell.

]]> 2012-01-23T05:28:51+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typecon-sketchnotes-featured-in-communication-arts#When:05:28:51Z New Whiskey Finds http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/V6Q5as2jUYU/new-whiskey-finds http://begoodnotbad.com/article/new-whiskey-finds#When:16:56:04Z I’ve been enjoying some unusual and delicious whiskeys lately. From the left: MacAllan Fine Oak 15 This is the spry younger brother of the 30-year-old Fine Oak that my father and I tasted in Seattle. He sent me the fifteen as a late Christmas present. Hogshead Whiskey — Edgefield Distillery Distilled by the lively, talented, and prolific McMenamins Family, just outside of Portland, Oregon. Hogshead is a delicious, exceedingly smooth whiskey that has some hints of spice and butterscotch. Anna and I picked this up at the Kennedy School while on vacation over the holidays. Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey Thanks to my good friend Derek Balmer for sending this one my way. Brekenridge dares to try to unseat my all-time favorite hometown brand, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. Derek ran across Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey during the dark days of the Stranahan’s drought of 2010. He did me a kindness in sending me a bottle for Christmas and wow, it’s fantastic. Fine Whiskeys I’ve been enjoying some unusual and delicious whiskeys lately. From the left:

MacAllan Fine Oak 15

This is the spry younger brother of the 30-year-old Fine Oak that my father and I tasted in Seattle. He sent me the fifteen as a late Christmas present.

Hogshead Whiskey — Edgefield Distillery

Distilled by the lively, talented, and prolific McMenamins Family, just outside of Portland, Oregon. Hogshead is a delicious, exceedingly smooth whiskey that has some hints of spice and butterscotch. Anna and I picked this up at the Kennedy School while on vacation over the holidays.

Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey

Thanks to my good friend Derek Balmer for sending this one my way. Brekenridge dares to try to unseat my all-time favorite hometown brand, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. Derek ran across Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey during the dark days of the Stranahan’s drought of 2010. He did me a kindness in sending me a bottle for Christmas and wow, it’s fantastic.

]]> 2012-01-18T16:56:04+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/new-whiskey-finds#When:16:56:04Z 7th Edition http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/zux9YOke9ac/7th-edition http://begoodnotbad.com/article/7th-edition#When:16:40:30Z A few months ago I had the pleasure of contributing a chapter to the latest edition of Peachpit’s HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, to be released December 27, 2011. It is a true honor and I had a lot of fun working on it. My chapter is all about one of my favorite topics of late: Web Fonts. An extra special bit of fun about this project was I was able to recruit fellow Butter Labeler Scott Boms to write a chapter about CSS3 enhancements. Design within constraints is good. It gives us limits to our work and challenges us to stretch in good ways. One chief constraint in our writing is that we were contributing to the seventh edition of this book. We had make sure that what we wrote fit in with six editions written over the course of fifteen years. Throughout those years, the book was used often as a textbook for teaching HTML and CSS, thanks to its approachable nature and step-by-step instructions. Any new content had to mesh nicely with this way of learning. This got tricky explaining @font-face properties, line-by-line, but I had fun doing it. If you know me, it doesn’t take much for me to get exciting talking about web typography. This was as much an exercise in reigning myself in as it was in articulating how stuff like web font stacks work. The other constraint we had was time. Both Scott and I had mere weeks to write our chapters. Additionally, I was right in the middle of preparing for two speaking engagements. This Fall, if you saw me tweeting in the middle of the night about writing and scolding Microsoft Word for crashing, now you know what I was up to. Nonetheless, this was an awesome experience, and I dare say Scott and I might find the opportunity to collaborate on a book project again soon. HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide will be released December 27th, 2011. If you are interested, I highly recommend picking up a copy, perhaps from Amazon or from one of those fancy stores you walk into and buy things in person. A huge measure of thanks goes out to Cliff, Robyn, and the rest of the editors at Peachpit. Also, I want to thank Elizabeth Castro for writing the first several editions, and Bruce Hyslop for taking the reigns on this one. A few months ago I had the pleasure of contributing a chapter to the latest edition of Peachpit’s HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide, to be released December 27, 2011. It is a true honor and I had a lot of fun working on it. My chapter is all about one of my favorite topics of late: Web Fonts. An extra special bit of fun about this project was I was able to recruit fellow Butter Labeler Scott Boms to write a chapter about CSS3 enhancements.

Book Cover

Design within constraints is good. It gives us limits to our work and challenges us to stretch in good ways. One chief constraint in our writing is that we were contributing to the seventh edition of this book. We had make sure that what we wrote fit in with six editions written over the course of fifteen years. Throughout those years, the book was used often as a textbook for teaching HTML and CSS, thanks to its approachable nature and step-by-step instructions. Any new content had to mesh nicely with this way of learning. This got tricky explaining @font-face properties, line-by-line, but I had fun doing it. If you know me, it doesn’t take much for me to get exciting talking about web typography. This was as much an exercise in reigning myself in as it was in articulating how stuff like web font stacks work.

The other constraint we had was time. Both Scott and I had mere weeks to write our chapters. Additionally, I was right in the middle of preparing for two speaking engagements. This Fall, if you saw me tweeting in the middle of the night about writing and scolding Microsoft Word for crashing, now you know what I was up to.

Nonetheless, this was an awesome experience, and I dare say Scott and I might find the opportunity to collaborate on a book project again soon.

HTML5 & CSS3 Visual QuickStart Guide will be released December 27th, 2011. If you are interested, I highly recommend picking up a copy, perhaps from Amazon or from one of those fancy stores you walk into and buy things in person.

A huge measure of thanks goes out to Cliff, Robyn, and the rest of the editors at Peachpit. Also, I want to thank Elizabeth Castro for writing the first several editions, and Bruce Hyslop for taking the reigns on this one.

]]> 2011-12-22T16:40:30+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/7th-edition#When:16:40:30Z EECI and AIGA Recap http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/_lljl2yJsVc/eeci-and-aiga-recap http://begoodnotbad.com/article/eeci-and-aiga-recap#When:12:37:43Z It’s been a very busy fall. I meant to jot down a few quick blog posts here and there but it just didn’t happen. This will have to do as a speedy recap: EECI I spoke at EECI in October, and that was super fun. I got to meet and catch up with lots of people, many of whom I hadn’t seen in years. It was a blast. My talk went very well and I got some great feedback. The title ended up being “Happy Clients”, and I posted the slides on Speaker Deck, and the folks there were extremely kind in listing it in their Featured Presentations. AIGA In November, I, along with my Happy Cog cohorts Chris Cashdollar, Dave DeRuchie, and Kevin Hoffman, all hopped on a train to Central Pennsylvania to speak at an AIGA event there. We were presenting as a part of a series of talks AIGA Central PA is hosting about process. Instead of walking through our process in a linear fashion, we focused our talk around the various pain points one might experience during in the normal course of a project. We collected lots of feedback and questions from the audience as they walked into the talk, which gave us a chance to bring them into the presentation a bit and ask questions along the way. There were tons of great questions and lots of discussion afterwards. We had a great time and AIGA Central PA were wonderful hosts. I posted our slides for that talk as well, so check those out on Speaker Deck, too. It’s been a very busy fall. I meant to jot down a few quick blog posts here and there but it just didn’t happen. This will have to do as a speedy recap:

EECI

I spoke at EECI in October, and that was super fun. I got to meet and catch up with lots of people, many of whom I hadn’t seen in years. It was a blast. My talk went very well and I got some great feedback. The title ended up being “Happy Clients”, and I posted the slides on Speaker Deck, and the folks there were extremely kind in listing it in their Featured Presentations.

AIGA

In November, I, along with my Happy Cog cohorts Chris Cashdollar, Dave DeRuchie, and Kevin Hoffman, all hopped on a train to Central Pennsylvania to speak at an AIGA event there. We were presenting as a part of a series of talks AIGA Central PA is hosting about process. Instead of walking through our process in a linear fashion, we focused our talk around the various pain points one might experience during in the normal course of a project. We collected lots of feedback and questions from the audience as they walked into the talk, which gave us a chance to bring them into the presentation a bit and ask questions along the way.

There were tons of great questions and lots of discussion afterwards. We had a great time and AIGA Central PA were wonderful hosts. I posted our slides for that talk as well, so check those out on Speaker Deck, too.

]]> 2011-12-20T12:37:43+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/eeci-and-aiga-recap#When:12:37:43Z Next Stop: EECI Brooklyn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/Ks3R5fyFIjY/next-stop-eeci-brooklyn http://begoodnotbad.com/article/next-stop-eeci-brooklyn#When:13:06:36Z In a few short hours I board a train for New York, where I’ll be speaking at, and attending, EECI in Brooklyn. I’ve never hung out in Brooklyn, so I’m looking forward to spending a couple days there. I’m also excited because I’ll be speaking at the conference about building client-friendly experiences in ExpressionEngine. At Happy Cog everybody has lots of interaction with our clients. We don’t hide behind account people or project managers. Everybody is heavily involved. This works great for me, and I’m sure it’s partly influenced by my former life of being a business owner (I also come from a long line of entrepreneurs). This is why I become extremely invested in how my client is experiencing using what we build. And that’s why I picked this topic for my talk at EECI. We want our clients to be happy, and we want them to feel like we got their back. So come friday, I’ll spend some time talking about that. Can’t wait. Design, Black and White of the Brooklyn Bridge

In a few short hours I board a train for New York, where I’ll be speaking at, and attending, EECI in Brooklyn.

I’ve never hung out in Brooklyn, so I’m looking forward to spending a couple days there. I’m also excited because I’ll be speaking at the conference about building client-friendly experiences in ExpressionEngine.

At Happy Cog everybody has lots of interaction with our clients. We don’t hide behind account people or project managers. Everybody is heavily involved. This works great for me, and I’m sure it’s partly influenced by my former life of being a business owner (I also come from a long line of entrepreneurs). This is why I become extremely invested in how my client is experiencing using what we build. And that’s why I picked this topic for my talk at EECI. We want our clients to be happy, and we want them to feel like we got their back. So come friday, I’ll spend some time talking about that. Can’t wait.

]]> 2011-10-18T13:06:36+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/next-stop-eeci-brooklyn#When:13:06:36Z Speaking at Typecon 2011 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/LMxsV8gcQbg/speaking-at-typecon-2011 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/speaking-at-typecon-2011#When:13:47:22Z I have the honor of joining my Butter Label cohorts, Luke and Scott in speaking at Typecon this year. The lineup of speakers is incredible, yet somehow, there we are among these fine folks. Our plan is to talk about web fonts from our perspective as web designers. If you saw that lineup list you can imagine that many who attend Typecon are type designers, foundries and the like. This makes for an awesome opportunity for us to communicate directly with those at the forefront of type design and lettering, to discuss how type on the web affects us, and perhaps share some ideas about where the world of type on the web is headed. I’m so extremely excited about this opportunity. If you are in New Orleans for Typecon I sure hope we can hang out and learn about this stuff together! to help provide some direction on where the world of type on the web is headed so we can help each other get there. Design, Typecon 2011 I have the honor of joining my Butter Label cohorts, Luke and Scott in speaking at Typecon this year. The lineup of speakers is incredible, yet somehow, there we are among these fine folks.

Our plan is to talk about web fonts from our perspective as web designers. If you saw that lineup list you can imagine that many who attend Typecon are type designers, foundries and the like. This makes for an awesome opportunity for us to communicate directly with those at the forefront of type design and lettering, to discuss how type on the web affects us, and perhaps share some ideas about where the world of type on the web is headed.

I’m so extremely excited about this opportunity. If you are in New Orleans for Typecon I sure hope we can hang out and learn about this stuff together!

to help provide some direction on where the world of type on the web is headed so we can help each other get there.

]]> 2011-05-25T13:47:22+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/speaking-at-typecon-2011#When:13:47:22Z Typography Insight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/Ne9NTHaJU4Y/typography-insight http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typography-insight#When:19:54:49Z This looks very interesting. (via Scott) [LINK] This looks very interesting. (via Scott)



[LINK] ]]> 2011-05-24T19:54:49+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typography-insight#When:19:54:49Z Typedia Type News: Mega May http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/zSC9hDWI9P4/typedia-type-news-mega-may http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typedia-type-news-mega-may#When:16:58:03Z Typedia News is well worth a read every week, and this edition has a nice mention of yours truly, linking to my Cognition article. What a nice way to end the week! [LINK] Typedia News is well worth a read every week, and this edition has a nice mention of yours truly, linking to my Cognition article. What a nice way to end the week!



[LINK] ]]> 2011-05-06T16:58:03+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/typedia-type-news-mega-may#When:16:58:03Z Cognition: The Art of Details http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/oObzXxem04g/cognition-the-art-of-details http://begoodnotbad.com/article/cognition-the-art-of-details#When:16:36:06Z Remember when I posted about getting to help build Cognition, the totally amazing blog from my cohorts at Happy Cog? My first article for Cognition went up today. It’s about all the details, both little and big, that go into our work: You have the opportunity to be very intentional about the details, whether it’s choosing a typeface or doing project management. Doing this well makes a difference. If you have a few minutes today, check it out, I’d be honored to hear what you think. Thanks! [LINK] Remember when I posted about getting to help build Cognition, the totally amazing blog from my cohorts at Happy Cog? My first article for Cognition went up today. It’s about all the details, both little and big, that go into our work:

You have the opportunity to be very intentional about the details, whether it’s choosing a typeface or doing project management. Doing this well makes a difference.

If you have a few minutes today, check it out, I’d be honored to hear what you think. Thanks!



[LINK] ]]> 2011-05-05T16:36:06+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/cognition-the-art-of-details#When:16:36:06Z Cranking http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/DUqhYTdm868/cranking1 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/cranking1#When:12:44:51Z Thing is, she screams “DAD-dy!” like the most impossibly great thing in the world has just happened. Every single morning. Right by my bed. Without a crank in sight. Every now and then I come across writing that is so beautiful and heart-wrenching that it makes me want to become a better person. Read this. You’ll be glad you did. [LINK]

Thing is, she screams “DAD-dy!” like the most impossibly great thing in the world has just happened. Every single morning. Right by my bed. Without a crank in sight.

Every now and then I come across writing that is so beautiful and heart-wrenching that it makes me want to become a better person.

Read this. You’ll be glad you did.



[LINK] ]]> 2011-04-25T12:44:51+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/cranking1#When:12:44:51Z SXSW, 2011 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/GpCvhnMEeCQ/sxsw-2011 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/sxsw-2011#When:12:48:35Z South by Southwest this year was wonderful. From the moment I stepped off the plane and felt the delightfully warm air (weather in Philly had been especially cold and gloomy), my spirits were up and I was ready for my sixth straight SXSW. Every year as SXSW prep starts, I go through a strange mixture of emotions. Usually a few months out, I start to find out who isn’t coming this year for one reason or another. I also look at the ever-growing number of sessions and extracurricular events to weed through and decide what’s worth attending. All of this usually just bums me out and I wonder why on earth I’m going again this year. Then things start looking up: I start talking to all my friends who are coming and we start to reminisce about years past, getting instantly excited about what to expect this year. More so than ever before, the truly wonderful times were had with some of my best friends on this planet, outside of any sanctioned events or schedule. I participated in the SXSW Found Type Photowalk, and I did go to two sessions, which were both fantastic. I went to one official party which was pretty lousy; and Happy Cog hosted a private party which was excellent. The rest of the time I spent doing much more important things like grabbing coffee with friends, old and new, in the morning; and pints with the same in the evening. SXSW is definitely too big for its britches. I wonder if they will ever start capping attendance and making everything a bit more manageable. I sure hope they do, because for several years now the trend to skip the conference badge and hang out has been gaining momentum. I don’t say that with any ill-will toward the people who run SXSW. Here’s what I said under the comments section when I filled out the survey this year: These days 95+% of my enjoyment of SXSW comes from non-SXSW-related activities (hanging out with my friends, going to a pub/coffeeshop/etc, shooting photos). Every year I’m less likely to get a badge because it’s too big, too overloaded, and the signal to noise ratio is getting worse. I really really want SXSW to succeed and it has a huge place in my heart as the place where I really got started in the web. I miss the days when it was all in the convention center and it was easy to bounce around and make panel attendance decisions on the fly. I hope it gets better! Friends, South by Southwest this year was wonderful. From the moment I stepped off the plane and felt the delightfully warm air (weather in Philly had been especially cold and gloomy), my spirits were up and I was ready for my sixth straight SXSW.

Every year as SXSW prep starts, I go through a strange mixture of emotions. Usually a few months out, I start to find out who isn’t coming this year for one reason or another. I also look at the ever-growing number of sessions and extracurricular events to weed through and decide what’s worth attending. All of this usually just bums me out and I wonder why on earth I’m going again this year. Then things start looking up: I start talking to all my friends who are coming and we start to reminisce about years past, getting instantly excited about what to expect this year.

More so than ever before, the truly wonderful times were had with some of my best friends on this planet, outside of any sanctioned events or schedule. I participated in the SXSW Found Type Photowalk, and I did go to two sessions, which were both fantastic. I went to one official party which was pretty lousy; and Happy Cog hosted a private party which was excellent. The rest of the time I spent doing much more important things like grabbing coffee with friends, old and new, in the morning; and pints with the same in the evening.

SXSW is definitely too big for its britches. I wonder if they will ever start capping attendance and making everything a bit more manageable. I sure hope they do, because for several years now the trend to skip the conference badge and hang out has been gaining momentum. I don’t say that with any ill-will toward the people who run SXSW. Here’s what I said under the comments section when I filled out the survey this year:

These days 95+% of my enjoyment of SXSW comes from non-SXSW-related activities (hanging out with my friends, going to a pub/coffeeshop/etc, shooting photos). Every year I’m less likely to get a badge because it’s too big, too overloaded, and the signal to noise ratio is getting worse. I really really want SXSW to succeed and it has a huge place in my heart as the place where I really got started in the web. I miss the days when it was all in the convention center and it was easy to bounce around and make panel attendance decisions on the fly. I hope it gets better!

]]> 2011-04-13T12:48:35+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/sxsw-2011#When:12:48:35Z BBC — “SXSW: Thousands invade Texas for music, film and web” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/YgwOI5oIItw/bbc-sxsw-thousands-invade-texas-for-music-film-and-web http://begoodnotbad.com/article/bbc-sxsw-thousands-invade-texas-for-music-film-and-web#When:01:28:13Z Matt Danzico from the BBC interviewed me for a piece he did for the BBC about SXSW. I am very honored to be a part of his article. I mentioned a bit about how, with SXSW’s extreme growth in sessions, attendees, and extra-curricular events, the cognitive overload can be a bit unmanageable. I hope I didn’t sound too down about SXSW. It is such an amazing, fun event that is truly like no other. [LINK] Matt Danzico from the BBC interviewed me for a piece he did for the BBC about SXSW. I am very honored to be a part of his article. I mentioned a bit about how, with SXSW’s extreme growth in sessions, attendees, and extra-curricular events, the cognitive overload can be a bit unmanageable. I hope I didn’t sound too down about SXSW. It is such an amazing, fun event that is truly like no other.



[LINK] ]]> 2011-03-16T01:28:13+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/bbc-sxsw-thousands-invade-texas-for-music-film-and-web#When:01:28:13Z Bound for Austin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/r12m_sI_P40/bound-for-austin http://begoodnotbad.com/article/bound-for-austin#When:16:39:41Z For the sixth year in a row, I am headed to Austin for SXSW Interactive. I’ve mentioned several times about how SXSW holds a special place in my heart, so I won’t go into that again. Suffice to say, I am, again, excited to be heading to Austin in mere hours to spend some quality time with other like minded web folk. Of course, again, as I’m going to have to be away from my beautiful family. This year, however, I’ll be taking a few days off after SXSW to spend with the kids and their grandparents. So, I have a lot to look forward to. This year aside from meeting up with lots of old friends, I am probably most looking forward to the yearly SXSW Found Type Photowalk. I’m hoping to find some room in my luggage to bring my Poloroid gear with me for that one. If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW and we’ve never met, I hope our paths cross. I can often be found grabbing a coffee at Halcyon, or a delicious beverage at The Ginger Man, or something delicious at my new favorite Austin place, Frank. Culture, Personal, Austin Sign

For the sixth year in a row, I am headed to Austin for SXSW Interactive. I’ve mentioned several times about how SXSW holds a special place in my heart, so I won’t go into that again. Suffice to say, I am, again, excited to be heading to Austin in mere hours to spend some quality time with other like minded web folk. Of course, again, as I’m going to have to be away from my beautiful family. This year, however, I’ll be taking a few days off after SXSW to spend with the kids and their grandparents. So, I have a lot to look forward to.

This year aside from meeting up with lots of old friends, I am probably most looking forward to the yearly SXSW Found Type Photowalk. I’m hoping to find some room in my luggage to bring my Poloroid gear with me for that one.

If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW and we’ve never met, I hope our paths cross. I can often be found grabbing a coffee at Halcyon, or a delicious beverage at The Ginger Man, or something delicious at my new favorite Austin place, Frank.

]]> 2011-03-10T16:39:41+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/bound-for-austin#When:16:39:41Z Lesson Plan Second Flight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/watchtan/~3/1i86Jth3wXM/lesson-plan-second-flight http://begoodnotbad.com/article/lesson-plan-second-flight#When:11:52:58Z My cohorts at Butter Label have been busy. Scott Boms just debuted another amazing print from our special typography projects division, Ligature Loop & Stem. This poster is silkscreened, so it’s much more affordable to print and to ship. Also, if you’re an educator, you’re in for a treat: There are 50 prints set aside just for educators, available for only the cost of shipping. You will want to act fast, though. If the past is any indication, these prints will sell out pretty quickly. [LINK] My cohorts at Butter Label have been busy. Scott Boms just debuted another amazing print from our special typography projects division, Ligature Loop & Stem. This poster is silkscreened, so it’s much more affordable to print and to ship. Also, if you’re an educator, you’re in for a treat: There are 50 prints set aside just for educators, available for only the cost of shipping. You will want to act fast, though. If the past is any indication, these prints will sell out pretty quickly.



[LINK] ]]> 2011-03-08T11:52:58+00:00 http://begoodnotbad.com/article/lesson-plan-second-flight#When:11:52:58Z