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Nomenclature for the Pandemic of 2020
Before Covid - BC This is the period before Covid-19 therefore BC. During Covid - DC This is the period, during Covid-19, before a vaccine is available to the public. After Covid - AC This is the post vaccine period.
Stages of Design
A few years ago I took on a project for a client who required a memorable logo. Something unique, simple, innovative and timeless. Is it possible? That was the result. To get here was complicated. I started off with shapes. As the company was going to be called Apex at the time.
#OpenHackSTC Part 1
OpenHackSTC - With a name like that, who could possibly resist going to such an event? Gladly, I am somehow connected to some like-minded people who love to hack on things as well as pizza, coffee and games! Adam12 was hosting the event in the Co-Work Niagara space on St.Paul. We teamed up to hack together a quick prototype of a side-scroller using Phaser JS. After some strange server glitches on my computer things started to move along. ...
3D icon animation
Something like this would make a good alternative to the static icons we see on smartphones. Animation should be incorporated in the handheld OS icons - even if its only after you tap the icon. Animated GIFs serve as nice logo replacement or a subtle hint of life on any device - also creates visual competition. In practice it would be good to set a standard or specifications for timing to keep the screen from exploding. For my website, ...
Playing with Open Data – Via the Great City of Toronto
Open Data has been on my mind lately - and I'm sure on lots of others as well once legislation put through an open data initiative. Things started to get more exciting. I have been attempting to create a few examples of how to visualize and create interesting ways of analyzing what is out there. After scrubbing through different sets of data available via the City of Toronto I came to the conclusion that I should try and work on something that I ...