Less Talk, More Do

I am a design engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, working with the Theme Team to address the design issues of millions of WordPress users.

• January 30th, 2009

  Everything You Know Is Wrong

  I was walking to the kitchen for some Golden Grahams when I accidentally stepped into an alternate dimension, and soon I was abducted by some aliens from space who kinda looked like Jamie Farr. They sucked out my internal organs and they took some Polaroids and said I was a darn good sport, and as [...]

• January 9th, 2009

  Motivational Poster: CHIN UP

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them: “CHIN UP: When things get tough, just try and keep your head above water.”

• January 8th, 2009

  Corndog bait and switch

  “Yum,” said Chris. “I love mini-corndogs! And with 60 of them in this box, it’s such a great deal!” “Oh no!” said Chris. “Someone has replaced my mini-corndogs with mini-corndogballs. This 60-count box no longer appears to be so affordable!” “These do not look like the product pictured on the box,” said Chris. “Not even [...]

• January 8th, 2009

  Motivational Poster: BELIEVE

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them:

• January 7th, 2009

  Motivational Poster: RELAXATION

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them: “RELAXATION: Sometimes you just need to stop and eat the flowers. I mean, smell the flowers.”

• January 6th, 2009

  Motivational Poster: YOU TIME

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them: “YOU TIME: Take a day off, you’ve earned it.”

• January 4th, 2009

  Motivational Poster: SPEAK UP

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them: “SPEAK UP: Mind reading is hard, so say what you feel.”

• January 3rd, 2009

  Motivational Poster: OPTIMISM

  I made a series of motivational posters for a recent project. Here is one of them: “OPTIMISM: Things could always be worse.”