Category Archives: Business

A little UXD

Once again I’ve neglected my blog. I could, of course, outline some professional reasons for this— occupied with clients, travel, in progress with portfolio projects— but, in truth, I’ve just been lazy about it and haven’t taken the time to … Continue reading

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“Smash your brand”

After a couple intense weeks of working on pieces for the Omniture Summit, I was able to attend some of the events yesterday. It’s an interesting sensation to walk into the event venue and be surrounded by all this signage … Continue reading

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Does working at night make me a vampire?

Ah yes, it’s Halloween season and a couple weeks ago during another moonlit working session, I altered the backgrounds and colors of my website on a whim for the season. Traditionally, I think of oranges for Halloween, or fearful greens, … Continue reading

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QL Labs Logo

A couple months ago I was pleased to collaborate with Bjorn Pendleton, a former associate of mine from BYU. The project brief for QL Labs reminded me of NutraSanus– natural health supplements with an emphasis on the natural in the … Continue reading

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Random thoughts at the start of Autumn.

Yes, it’s been two months since my last blog. Although there has been plenty of work going on, there’s much that’s still in process and accordingly I’m not able to blog about those project, fun as they are. I did … Continue reading

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Atlas Capital Management Logo

The Atlas Capital Management logo is another collaboration with Michael Hancock of GoFish Creative similar to a previous piece for the Orion Management Group. I often see images of Atlas in profile, but for this one, my instincts leaned toward face-on symmetry … Continue reading

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Second month at Omniture

It’s been a busy month. Work at Omniture has been centered on Summit, a fairly intense time for them. Frequently, people have been out of the office for Summit. It was an odd feeling going in to Omniture and being … Continue reading

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Omniture

I’ve gone corporate, as Brad would say. My latest client, Omniture, invited me to work on site a couple days per week over the next couple months. I’m working in the marketing department with Steve Gustavson and Ben Child and … Continue reading

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Addy’s People’s Choice

Last night I went up to the Utah State Fairgrounds to vote at the “Night of the People” for the Utah Advertising Federation Addy’s. I’m grateful for the post about it from from the Utah Graphic Artists Forum. I’ve never … Continue reading

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Jamuse

Brief entry on what’s going on lately. I had the opportunity to collaborate with Chip Haskell at Crowell Advertising and anticipate working with Chip more often, he’s been good to associate with. I also nearly missed an invitation to join … Continue reading

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Fall freelance and opportunities

Fortunately, the past couple months have been fairly busy. From early August, I’ve had a continual stream of freelance work and other opportunities to investigate. Curtis Packer at Venafi has been a very good client to work with, (icon samples … Continue reading

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Freelance and unexpected referrals

It’s always good to have freelance. Recently I had a couple of small jobs come in from my friend Michael Hancock at GoFish Creative, including some illustration work for a logo for Devereaux Mansion in Salt Lake. I enjoy these … Continue reading

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