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Kailia Postcard

marcus — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:50:05 +0000

My friend Nancy Dong was off to a trade-show for her new eco-friendly shoes – she needed a Postcard as quickly as she could. I was at SXSW, so my availability was narrow — but she already had some ideas and some usable photos that I threw into Photoshop and had my way with them.

This project turned out really nice considering the timeline, but it also helps to have a client who already knows what they like!

UserVoice.com

marcus — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:10:28 +0000

Official Announcement – I have accepted an invitation to assist in the formation of a Start-Up called UserVoice.com – a customer feedback utility built for facilitating ideas, suggestions and focus groups.

My old friend Richard White has a solid track-record of putting together great products – see kiko & SlimTimer and my new friend, Lance Ivy delivered a development solution for Ruby on Rails called Active Scaffold.

Rich & I are headed out to Austin for SXSW to pitch the product and make connections. Will report more when we get back.

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Granite Quarry – Conceptual Design

marcus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:10:51 +0000

I’ve been invited to be a part of an amazing development project. It’s a huge endeavor, one that I’m honored to play a part. As we’re putting the pieces together, I’ve been designing reports and logos to help people wrap their minds around the idea.This is one of the report covers we came up with – though we’re not going to use it, I still like how it came out. Probably many more designs to come, we shall see.

Geek Dinner – Appleton, Wisconsin

marcus — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:17:31 +0000

I attended my first “Geek Dinner” last night in Appleton, WI. There were ten people present from several different technological disciplines. As we consumed mass quantities, we discussed the state of Tech in Wisconsin, and what could be done to improve the states profile as being a world leader on this front (thirty years ago it was at the forefront of silicon processing, etc.).

There were many new concepts discussed, many of them revolving around web technologies and business – even the idea that some companies might even benefit from re-locating to the state from Silicon Valley. A lower cost of living, higher quality of life, fewer distractions – plus there’d be less attrition rates as competition for talent is not as vicious.
A very interesting idea indeed. We shall see how this idea develops.

Million Dollar Mailer

marcus — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:32:40 +0000

Creating captivating visuals for newsprint is challenging considering colors never seem to pop on newsprint like they do on paper or web. Even these web versions don’t quite capture the vivid color as these are jpegs (which are notorious for washing out color).

No matter, you’ll get the general idea – the client asked for high contrast and a distinct sunset, which is what they got, even the printer thought it had, “snap!” So, there you have it.