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It seems that I wrote this previous post only yesterday; My, how things change so quickly.

As of the end of October, I am no longer the Creative Director for Nickelodeon Games Group. With the sudden and unexpected departure of our group manager five months earlier, a re-org was inevitable. This re-org did not include me, nor a sizable number of other talented designers. Oddly enough, it happened within a couple of weeks of one of our most successful product launches ever, one which I was heavily responsible for. Ah, irony.

So, if you–or anyone you know–is looking for a talented and highly skilled designer specializing in user experience design (tactically and strategically), let me know. Meanwhile, I’ll be working on some cartoons!

Great piece from Fast Co. on the value and importance of UX to brands. I’m glad they highlight the problem with gimmicks and misappropriated features. I can’t believe that this is still so hard for so many companies to understand.

Engagement is not a campaign, it’s a continuum where technology is merely an enabler for a greater vision, mission, and purpose. And as such, the attention, engagement, and outcomes that result are indeed reflective of what is both earned and deserved.

My friend Alysha hired me to draw a custom original of Puddin’ with Sophie, her mom Zinda’s cat. Normally, I try to make characters of pets to tie in better with Puddin’s style, but I didn’t think I could do Sophie justice unless I kept with a more realistic style. viagra

I recently had a book signing at a local book store, and the owner suggested offhandedly that I make a giant foam-core display of Puddin’, my character. I took him seriously and made this as he suggested. It turned out to be a great idea. Set up out in front of the store, it got quite a few people to come in and see what it was all about. It probably contributed a little to us having sold out of all the books that day.

I designed this logo and poster for the NorCal Free Flight Film Festival 2010, the first of its kind to showcase films of all manner of human flight from Bay Area skydivers, hang gliders, paragliders, and BASE jumpers.

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