One day I was in the kitchen cleaning up dishes from the day while my then 4 year old child was taking a bath. I could hear splashing and laughing, so I knew he was fine. It then got strangely quiet. “Aidan, you doing ok in there?” I called. No answer. In my fatherly panic [...]

I’m an avid day-dreamer. Small things in my day can spark any amount of story ideas. Obviously I can’t, and shouldn’t, start developing more stories. So, what do I do with these new future novels? Word Document What I actually do is I have a single word document saved on my DropBox account so I [...]

I use a mind mapping program at work for doing information architecture – mapping out web site navigation for organization. One day while I was slaving over one of our projects I realized .. this can be used for more than just navigation! I enjoy writing fiction. I’m not published. However, letting my mind fall [...]

I had recently been given an Android phone. I enjoy the easy communication ability. In fact, I am posting from the phone via an app. Is it better than an iphone? No idea. But I love it.

I’ve been trying to write stories for longer than I remember. When I was younger I wrote tons or … pretty lame stuff. Skate board riders with lasers on their boards, for instance. Fan fiction to obscure books no one knows. Seriously, how many people read the Endworld series other than myself? Now that I’m [...]

Some days I sit there, with a pen and paper in hand (figuratively) trying to be inspired either with design, web, music or writing and I usually walk away extremely frustrated with the lack of … inspiration. It can be so annoying! However, lately it’s been pouring inspiration and I have no idea why! But [...]

I recently stumbled on this interesting site/idea. It’s called 960Grid and is basically a handful of templates for web developers who need something to help them quickly roll out designs and keep things crisp, clean and together. It’s honestly hard to explain. The 960 Grid System is an effort to streamline web development workflow by [...]