Over the years, I’ve had my hands in many things. I’ve worked as an independent designer running my own company. I’ve worked as a consultant for other companies. I’ve worked as an employee at startups. I’ve managed my personal brand online, built side projects like HappyPatron, and a few other…

Maybe you know this, Maybe you don’t. You’re still learning, I’m still learning, your boss is still learning, Educators are still learning — heck your parents and friends are still learning. Everyone’s still learning, and that’s okay. Today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow. We all have gaps. Rather than put…

Every industry has award competitions that businesses and practitioners want to win. Design is no different. Award opportunities are everywhere. At one point in my life, I felt strongly about the need to win at least one award. In fact, I succeed a few times. However, nowadays I pay little…

As a designer, I’ve always appreciated the power simplicity, and minimalism has on my designs. However, it wasn’t until recently that I began to realize how I can use minimalism to strengthen my life. Let me break down why practicing minimalism in both design and life has been so beneficial…

The other day, I started thinking about the designers that I’ve encountered throughout my career. Some of them have impacted me in ways they probably don’t realize. These people inspire(d) me with not just their work, but also by being great people and life mentors. They’re always on top of…

I’ve been designing logos and creating brands for companies for nearly a decade. In fact, much of the early work we did at Greenline Creative was focussed primarily on brand development and website creation for companies who were just breaking ground. This was the most rewarding work I’ve ever done…

One of the hardest things that you have to do as a designer is scale yourself — whether you bring on other designers as contractors to help you with your client work, or work as a design leader who’s looking to scale the team. I’ve been in a number of…

I’m a new dad. Four months ago, my daughter was introduced to Frozen, and she’s now officially hooked. For all the parents who are reading this, you know what that means. All kidding aside, I’m pretty amazed that at just 14 months’ old, she managed to catch the Frozen bug…

The Pipe (a directory of hand-picked self-published design, technology, and business ebooks) was originally created by Andy Johnson. However, late last year Andy asked if I would be willing to take The Pipe over so that he can focus the majority of his time on his other project Harpoon —…