Monthly archive: August, 2006

‘Alcalde’ article highlights Four Kitchens’ approach to creativity and publishing

“Original Thought”by Alcalde assistant editor Tim Taliaferro

Update: With Alcalde’s permission, I’ve posted the entire text of the article.
The Alcalde, UT-Austin’s alumni magazine, interviewed me about the formation of our company and our approach to working creatively. Wonderfully assembled by assistant editor Tim Taliaferro, the article explains Four Kitchens’ conception and philosophy (and why we’ll never […]

OpenID group on StumbleUpon

Do you Stumble? Do you like OpenID? Do you love this cheesy, anaphoric introduction?
Even if obscure rhetorical devices aren’t your bag, you can still join the brand-spanking-new OpenID StumbleUpon group. StumbleUpon, in case you’re unaware, is a social bookmarking tool and Firefox toolbar with a very strong community backbone. You can post your favorite links, […]

Why do we all possess only half a brain?

It’s an old question—if not a touch psuedo-scientific—but it points to a stark divide in human psychology: are you right-brained or left-brained?
Artists and scientists rarely share the same skin, and those who do are heralded as geniuses, eccentrics, or Renaissance Men Persons of Indeterminate Gender. This split is especially frustrating when working on the web, […]

Olive Garden, Best Buy, and Coca-Cola 2.0?

Corporate logos redesigned in Web 2.0 style
Brilliant. Kinda makes me wonder when the whole “web 2.0″ thing will burn itself out. I’m mean, haven’t we collectively satisfied the web’s considerable thirst for shiny gradients and Trebuchet MS?