Archive for 2006

RT&E Site Launched

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

Lately, I’ve been working in-house for one of the big Wilmington ad agencies as their lead web programmer. I’ve never been a city person, and it took me a little time to get used to the world of elevator passes, rush-hour traffic, and other city life.
I’ve produced a couple of projects for them already, including [...]

Code Editors

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

I’ve never used a WYSIWYG editor like DreamWeaver or GoLive to create my sites. I started out hand-coding HTML in the mid-90’s and I’ve never seen a reason to do anything else. Having such a high-degree of control over my code has enabled me to embrace the latest web trends quicker than if I was [...]

ARD Locksmiths Identity

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

I always enjoy creating a logo for a brand-new business. Often, the entrepreneur is swimming in a sea of business plans and license forms, and having a professionally designed logo to look at really helps make the whole operation seem “open for business” – even if the build-out isn’t completed and the phones still need [...]

Fire and Steel

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

I just finished a 5-day workshop hosted and taught by steel sculptor Stan Smokler. Working outside in the foundation of an old dairy barn on the banks of Red Clay Creek during the humid summer heat, I learned how to cut, weld and grind steel into art. The physicalness of the media was intense – [...]