I decided to start learning golf. My brother had been teaching me the swing lately, so I decided to try it out at the course this morning. After just one hit (which sadly sent the golf ball gently bouncing down the hill I was standing on) rain started pouring hard and fast. I’d say within 10 seconds we were…
Posted July 6th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Personal | 6 Comments »
Starting your first blog? There are a lot more to it than it seems. A lot of new bloggers don’t realize the effort that’s required and give up once they do. To avoid this, be sure you know what you’re getting into and plan everything out. Today’s post isn’t about blog designing or anything, but the three most important…
Posted July 4th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | 6 Comments »
As you might know, I left out of town on the 19th. I had scheduled 5 articles to be posted in throughout my absence, but that didn’t work. I adjusted the “publish immediately” field for each post and hit the publish button, which has worked before. Anyone know what happened?
Well, I’m back now and I’ll be publishing articles…
Posted June 30th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Personal | 6 Comments »
I’m not sure if there’s an actual term for this (please leave a comment if there is!), hence the unoriginal title, but I’m a fan of these logo types. I’m referring to logos that use modified letter forms to create another shape. This is an extremely creative way to convey the brand name and another thought at the same…
Posted June 29th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 6 Comments »
Here is another page full of doodles I have lying around. I don’t remember if I had a huge ego at the time or I just didn’t have anything else to write, but that’s my name drawn many times across the page in different forms. There’s also some abstract designs around the edges, even a maze-type pattern on the…
Posted June 27th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 2 Comments »
A while back, Abduzeedo published an article titled “A Design is Finished When… 23 Pro Designers’ Opinions.” It’s very insightful, however, for me it would be more appropriately titled “When A Drawing is Finished.”
One of my big problems with drawing is knowing when to put the pencil down. My biggest problem with drawing is knowing when to put…
Posted June 22nd, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow I’m leaving on a vacation to spend time with family. I’ll be back in a little over a week, so until then I’m putting WordPress on auto-pilot using the magical posting schedule function. This way you’ll still get articles while I’m gone. Akismet as been doing its job well, so I’ll also turn off comment moderation and hope…
Posted June 19th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Personal | 3 Comments »
Considering most of my readers are web designers who already know why to use Firefox, I don’t need to do any convincing. Firefox 2 was the best browser. Period. 15,000 improvements later, we have Firefox 3. Need I say more?
So today is Firefox Download Day, the first day that Firefox 3 is available for download. The purpose of this…
Posted June 17th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | 2 Comments »
KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) is an acronym we all know and love, but can a logo ever be too simple? Can simplicity render a logo generic or unoriginal? Uniqueness and memorability are two important characteristics of a good logo, but it seems that “too simple” can sacrifice the former for the latter. I think every logo needs some…
Posted June 15th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Art | 12 Comments »
Most of my readers know just as well or better than me how to make a website, but this will go out to all the rest, because there are plenty of people who have no idea how a website comes to be. A website development can definitely be a complex project that requires a whole lot of knowledge, time,…
Posted June 11th, 2008 by Alec Rios in Internet | 5 Comments »