Trend Analyst Pfeiffer on Quark's Next Move
Andreas Pfeiffer takes the long view on where Quark is coming from and where they may be headed.
They Liked My Book
I got official word yesterday that the publisher liked my proposal and outline for an Illustrator CS 2.0 (aka Illustrator 12) how-to book. So, pending my conversation with the acquisitions …
Blog Design: Watch Your Width
For a moment, I am going to dip into web design to illustrate why Deep Green Crystals is an example of extraordinarily bad blog design. More accurately, I am not dipping into web …
Tattoo Artist Claims Copyright Infringement Over Nike Ad
Both TigerLilly Tatto and Nike are local to my Beaverton, Oregon neighborhood. Tattoo artist calls foul on Wallace ad A Portland man who put a tattoo on the right arm of …
Do Not Disturb
Neat! Quiet, I’m sleeping creatively In some hotels, three-dimensional objects petition for privacy in lieu of [do not disturb] signs. Guests at Kinnaird Estate in Perthshire, Scotland, for example, place …
Busy Two Weeks
Busy, busy, busy. Man, these have been a busy two weeks. What have I been doing with myself, one might ask. Well, I might respond, let me tell you. Here’s the overview (in no particular …
Validated As A Journalist
Warning: Babble to follow. Completely by accident I stumbled across this–follow this link, about 1/3 of the way down the page. For me, this is professional validation as a journalist! As, if not …
Referrer Log Spam
I’ve been curious about this for a while, watching my referrer logs (where visitors are coming from) fill up with apparent referrals from site with obvious spammer domains–I won’t use the …
Blog Spam = Blog Success?
If the amount of comment spam a blog receives equates to the popularity and success of a blog, I Am Pariah is pretty successful. This blog ranks very high on Google for a number …
Greetings From Texas
I’m in Texas for a couple of weeks–this past week and next. I got here last Sunday, and have spent time working with some wonderful people in Dallas and Fort Worth. On this …