I’m working on getting video interviews on the blog. I think there’s immense value in what practicing designers can teach us about what we can do to become effective designers faster or advance our careers if we’re already on the road. Is there anyone you think I should interview? Message me on twitter. Big thanks [...]

Xplane is a innovative information design shop in the Pearl a mile from where I work in downtown Portland. Their Twitter description says they “take complex, messy, important ideas and make them easy to understand.” You should follow them on @xplane. Format VTS is a two-hour session, with the first hour broken up into 2-3 [...]

I call this whole teach-yourself-design thing I’m doing Design Jam because the word sums up everything I’m sharing with you. It’s not my term though. It’s Gmunk’s. G-Who? Back in 2000, in my last quarter of college, I “discovered” graphic design and decided to drop my post-college professional plans and pursue it as a career. [...]