It’s Day Three of my 30 Days of Creativity project, and this creation combines a photo from my John Muir Trail trip and thoughtful quote from John Muir himself. This is part of a weekly meme I’ve started at SoCalHiker.net called Muir Mondays. The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. – […]
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30 Days of Creativity: Day 2
For Day Two of the 30 Days of Creativity project, I submit another photo project. My wife brought home a beautiful arrangement of flowers from a work event. The flowers are beautiful on their own, but when you look closer, there is another world of beauty revealed, rich with textures and colors. I created this […]
30 Days of Creativity: Day 1
My first creation for the 30 Days of Creativity project was simple, but it was a busy day, what with WordCamp OC and the Mile…Mile and a Half premiere. I started with a photo that I took on our Bald Mountain hike at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma, applied some text reminding everyone that […]
30 Days of Creativity
My friend Kolby (aka The Hike Guy) — trail journalist extraordinaire and all-around great guy — posted a note on Facebook about something called 30 Days of Creativity. It’s an annual event that occurs during the 30 days of June, and it’s intended to give creators a little extra motivation to make something. How? By committing to […]
TED 2012: Leap Day Highlights
Leap year comes once every four years. But what to do with an extra 24 hours? This year I had the opportunity to spend Lead Day feeding my mind at a simulcast of the 2012 TED conference. I am a big fan of TED. The conference was started in 1984 by my first year architecture professor […]
The Correct Way to Hang the Toilet Paper
Having recently moved into a new house, expanding the size (and improving the quality) of the household by 100%, this is but one of the many essential decisions that we made. Yes, it’s the quintessential question — what is the correct way to hang a roll of toilet paper. Infographic source: CurrentConfig, who also has a PDF […]
Create Amazing Infographics About Your iPhone Photos
Infographics have become a popular way to convey a lot of information in a concise form. Rich with data, they leverage graphics to provide context to the numbers. Now a clever Swedish company called Dear Future Astronaut has released a $0.99 iPhone app that will analyze your photos and produce a beautiful infographic analysis. I […]