Graphic Designer vs Web Designer
Recently I have gotten a lot of inquiries about designing for logo/brochure/print material. Unfortunately I am not confident enough to take on those projects. Why? I am a web designer not a graphic designer. People tend to think graphic designer can do web and web designer can do print. It is a mistake and it will cost you a fortune if you try to mix both. Graphic designer and web designer came from the same foundation. We all have to learn about composition, typography, color and layout. At the end,... Read The Rest →
The truth about corporate website design
It’s been nearly one month that I started at Canwest. In the first two weeks, I had done tons of reading of on current HGTV.ca documentation and assessment for the new one. My first major task was to redesign HGTV.ca. I had a great meeting with all the content people to find out what they want to see on the new site. I also had another meeting with our technology director to go through our existing technology that we had used on our properties. There’s few things I learned about... Read The Rest →
New adventure all over again!
Today I dropped off the job offer from Canwest Broadcasting. This is probably one of my happiest moment in my life right now. Two years ago, I had the same moment but everything fell apart after 6 months. Why did I decide to leave Torstar Digital?
How to create beautiful work in an efficient manner
‘Patty, you are such a machine!’ This is often the compliment I got from my manager and the people I work with. They are referring that I always turn over the work so quickly that I work just as fast as a machine. I am not a machine but I try to work efficiently.
The working wife and stayed home husband
Couple weeks ago, my hubby got laid off at work. It was two days before we took a 3 week trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Not sure if they purposely timed it or it’s just coincidence? Now I am the only person in the household working now. Alex had decided to complete his goal to finish his forever part time school to full time school at Ryerson for his information technology management degree. Financially, I was abit concerned. It’s not like we don’t have money saved up, in fact, we... Read The Rest →
Typography for the web
For years designing websites, I often wonder what type face or type size are most suitable for readers. Right now most of the design I did, I tried to keep it simple and flexible. Therefore I play safe with only working with system fonts. Often print designer did not understand the differences between print and web typography. Typography in web needs a consistency of sizes so that people can connect to the content. Often as web designer, part of our job was to create a “style guide”. It’s a guide... Read The Rest →
What exactly is job security these days?
This monday, one of my best buddy at work got laid off. It was just so shocking cuz I just talked to him at 9:10am!!! This is how the story begins.. I woke up late and then I realize that I had a meeting at 9:30. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it. Therefore I msg my buddy at work and ask him to tell my manager that I will be very late for it. So I rush out of my door and then try the best I... Read The Rest →
My daily scrum 04292009
Swine Flu Google Map I love technology. Now this Google Swine Flu Map will tell me where NOT to travel these days.. 10 retarded way to save money Sleep in the airport if you are cheapen out on accomodation. Not eat on monday will save you money? And make you r own Feminine Hygiene? K. I love saving money, but I am not that retarded.
web 2.0 Information Visualization
Sometimes I check out Information Aesthetics once a while just because it showcases interesting ways how some developers or application handles information visually. Currently my company is doing a revamp on our biggest news site – thestar.com. With the new design, I can see that we are trying to de-clutter our information display. However, we still can’t get away from our traditional ways of display information. When I saw this Google newsmap post from Information Aesthetics It gives the “control” to the users to “discover” the stories vs our traditional... Read The Rest →
My daily scrum 04202009
Free Coffee from McDonalds I like the fact they are using Facebook to track their Ads. This is definately very effective and accurate to know how many people have actually seen the ad. Add patterns and “wow” factor to your IKEA furnitures I was just snooping around ikeahacker and saw this product from Grippiks.com. It’s a stick on and easy to remove pattern that you can put on your IKEA furniture. It’s actually made for IKEA sizes. It’s cute and funky!
