"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master" — Milton Glaser

Short post.

The new theme is up and running and I’ll be adding the rest of the functionality over the next few days. I’m planning to add bits of my portfolio, a store where you can order business card design and other services, and the advertising block. Yes, I’ve heard all the arguments about monetizing a blog too early (i.e. you shouldn’t) but I’m not doing this to be greedy. Using the sevices of Project Wonderful to put advertising on this site, it’ll be up to me to boost my popularity enough to earn more than their base rate—zero. Yep, you will never have to pay for ads here unless you want to pay.

Keep an eye out for things to come!

Excuse the look of the blog right now. I realized after getting this far that most of the HTML and CSS I learned in college has buried itself deep into the bog that is my memory and my old notes and textbooks are proving to be a poor shovel. But progress will come.

The goal of this blog is to showcase tools, tips, and techniques that may help you, the reader, become a better graphic designer. Lest you think me arrogant, I’m not saying I’m better than you. As I start to upload some of my portfolio that will become readily apparent. So when I say it may help, know that I am really hoping it may help me.

So, let’s get started.

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