A PERSONAL WEBSITE
I use too much punctuation, probably wrong — with a photo journal, collected links from around the web (and some other stuff).
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Edie visits the vet
Some Places to Start
Now
Answering the question, “What are you up to right now?” Updated April 2025
The Kitchen Drawer
A bunch of lists, tidbits and miscellany strewn about this site — a sitemap for things that get lost.
How I Internet
An overview of how I approach journaling and whatnot.
Colorful
I’ve always loved colorful things. I think it might have started with The Muppets. Here’s a bunch of colorful posts.
The Chapters of Your Life
This started as a brief presentation about intent and photography that my good friend Erik turned into a short film as a birthday surprise during the pandemic.
Partial advice from my future self
I found an old selfie from 20 years ago and wrote a list of advice for him.
A few favorite things
Books, movies, video games, music and random other things all mixed together in a visual, sortable grid.
Creative Mornings Talk
This video from 2013 is long, but lays out who I am and why I think design is awesome. I was nervous as heck through the whole thing.
Treat yourself like a client
A sequel to my Creative Mornings talk from Layers Conference in 2016 where I share piecing myself back together.
Great Discontent Interview
An old conversation that fills in the blanks of my career and whatnot in an interview format. My tip of the hat to Ryan and Tina for the moment.
My old website
I refuse to throw anything away (digitally at least). Here’s my old site cobbled together with spacer gifs and tables.
Recent Links
The Art of Fauna
It totally makes sense why this puzzle app wins awards — it looks, sounds, and feels really excellent. This interview (in German) with Klemmens Strausser provides nice translatable insight about the development. / via Tyler Gaw's blog
Icelandic Dietary Guidelines
Brand New has an overview of the New Identity for Icelandic Dietary Guidelines by Aton (gated, worth it). Saving the link for two reasons. 1.) The dietary guidelines feel waaaaaay better than a meat heavy pyramid. and 2.) They're put together beautifully by Aton.
The Moylan Arrow
I'd only appreciated this indicator as to which side the fuel door is on but never thought more of it. Not the frustrating years before it existed, nor the person who came up with the notion. His name was James Moylan and recently passed. His contribution will live on as gas is replaced by other methods of propulsion that require a hookup. Excellent companion to this history? How the Moylan Arrow could provide insight to interface design.
Why I Blog
A year ago there was a blog questions challenge floating around and I inadvertently skipped answering the an important one: Who are you writing for? Chuck Gimmett shares a perspective on the value of sharing things online, and it resonated. I also post for future me, and for friends and family — but it's so very sweet when a connection comes from beyond.
Future of Journalism Meta-Trends
On the matter of NeimanLab predictions, Johannes Klingebiel crawled 14 years of data to look for long-term patterns. It's a concise bundling, easy to parse and interesting conceptually to peruse.
Predictions forJournalism 2026
The Nieman Journalism Lab asks people in digital media what they think is coming in the year ahead and shares their findings. This year the index is super pretty. I get some issues on card flips, but can appreciate it all nonetheless. The colors, simple illustrations and insights. / via Kyle Johnston
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Wired has shared a guide on how to safeguard your digital security. It's a short but solid list. Also worth reviewing: Know Your Rights (instagram carousel) and more from the Human Rights Campaign: Tips for Preparedness, Peaceful Protesting, and Safety
River Building at Grace Farms
SwissMiss shared this reel of an incredible place in New Canaan, Connecticut. Now I'm giddy exploring the Grace Farms site, programs, conference and even their tea and coffee. Adding a visit to the bucket list.
The geotagged posts of Simon Collison
Collecting inspiration and I had this tidbit from Simon filed away — a map of posts tagged with longitude and latitude metadata. It'd be a heavy lift to retroactively add such geolocation to my own site, but I can dream, and most certainly appreciate! (Somewhat related, it can take me minutes to find the map view in Apple Photos on my phone.)
