Archive for March, 2009



Book Review: Thinking With Type

March 30th, 2009 | Books, design | Matt | No Comments

If you’ve been reading the blog, or following my tweets, you probably know that I’ve been on a design kick lately. One of the specific areas of design that’s really got me interested is typography. I’ve started reading a few typography blogs (that will be listed after the review) and am beginning to realize how [...]



Thoughts On: The Future of Newspapers

March 26th, 2009 | ideas | Matt | 4 Comments

I just read this really great piece from Clay Shirky about newspapers and “the unthinkable”. It’s a little on the longer side, but if you haven’t read it yet, you definitely should. His post got me thinking: I have to say that right now I don’t think newspapers will continue to exist. At least not [...]



The End Is Nigh

March 23rd, 2009 | ideas | Matt | No Comments

And no, I’m not talking about anything related to Watchmen. I’m talking about The End in a grow, seize the day, adapt, change, move, “Now is Gone”, type of way. Because, if we’re being honest, The End is always nigh. The End of Twitter being for early adopters. The End of your Mom not being [...]



You Think [Marketing] Is About Feeling Good?

March 20th, 2009 | Advertising | Matt | 1 Comment

I love the Phillies, Jimmy Rollins, and everything about this.



When Your Homepage Is Useless

March 11th, 2009 | design | Matt | 2 Comments

Quick thought today. There’s a lot of sites out there, ones that I visit regularly, that I don’t think I ever hit the home page. When Google tells us where to go, and bookmarks take us back there, is the homepage really what it used to be? What do you think?



Are You Really More Important?

March 11th, 2009 | Blogging | Matt | 1 Comment

I was reading Noah Brier’s blog on his site the other day (usually read it through RSS) and I realized something different/very cool about his theme. While almost every other blog in the world (including mine) has the author’s post first followed by the comments underneath, Noah has them side by side. It’s a really [...]



Some Blogging Tips

March 9th, 2009 | Blogging | Matt | 4 Comments

So I’ve been blogging for a little bit now. Here’s some of my favorite tips, in the order that I thought of them: If you don’t love it. Don’t do it. Or quit now and save yourself the trouble. Go outside your comfort zone once in a while. Put up some visuals or a video [...]



Obligatory Skittles Post

March 4th, 2009 | Uncategorized | Matt | 1 Comment

Q: Will anyone ever be able to sell more candy using social media? A: (what do you think?)