It's summer, and with summer comes the pain of having to stay in when it's so nice out. It doesn't really matter what your position is in design - if it's this kind of weather, the office is like a jail and wifi is like a ball and chain. Excuse the hyperbole - I imagine you can probably relate unless you hate nice weather. How do you get away from the screen and what do you do?

In and amongst all the discussion at and about Design Currency - now a week and a half ago - there is one talk that stands out for me. And it is not to do with the way it was said, or its value to business, or its philosophical implications, or its parallel struggles with marketing in the corporate decision making process...

This April, ICOGRADA's Design Week is happening in Downtown Vancouver. As a sponsor, we'll be there, personning a booth and also participating in what we can. The theme is Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design. I've written a bit about design value on the Design Week website as well as the Graphic Designers of Canada website. Personally, I am hoping to go to as many talks as possible during the week...

This is a brief list of my Firefox Add-on recommendations. I use these to assist with site development, diagnostics, and so on. These add-ons increase my productivity.

Smallbox is looking to extend our issue tracking and ticketing capabilities to help us improve our own software .. the question is, what software will be doing the job with us?

I love google docs (GD). Not like google needs more publicity, but it can be easy to forget the power of collaboration and a simple spreadsheet when you've been running solo for a little while.

Ever had one of those guests whose origin was mysterious yet continued to make an impact in your every day life? At Smallbox (Oak Bay) we have. Here's a glimpse at who is keeping the water cooler company..

An overview of some alternatives to ye olde traditional FTP.

I'm at the GDC AGM in Winnipeg, getting a sense of the pulse of the organization at a national level. There's a lot of productive dialogue going on regarding communications, the web, and moving the organization forward in a sustainable way.

Some thoughts on tags and categories, how to use them, and some examples to boot.