“No serious poster enthusiast would question San Francisco’s supremacy as the Mecca and mother lode of rock and roll art. And as the psychedelic explosion in Haight Ashbury reverberated across the country and around the world, other cities began to produce posters in homage to the original Sixties esthetic that drove the poster renaissance in San Francisco. Yet arguably, after San Francisco, no city can boast as rich a music poster tradition as Austin, Texas, where from the mid-Sixties until today a fortuitous combination of factors has spawned a mind-boggling barrage of posters and handbills.”

“There are a plethora of books dedicated to the art of negotiating — and indeed it is truly an art — but I think the graphic design business in particular is very unique to the dynamics of negotiations. Constant negotiations are simultaneously taking place regarding almost every aspect of our projects. I cannot think of any other profession that incessantly finds its peers whining more about losing the core value of their esteemed endeavors due to constant client changes, pricing, the final design-all of which become mired in our ability (or inability) to negotiate successfully.”

“No serious poster enthusiast would question San Francisco’s supremacy as the Mecca and mother lode of rock and roll art. And as the psychedelic explosion in Haight Ashbury reverberated across the country and around the world, other cities began to produce posters in homage to the original Sixties esthetic that drove the poster renaissance in San Francisco. Yet arguably, after San Francisco, no city can boast as rich a music poster tradition as Austin, Texas, where from the mid-Sixties until today a fortuitous combination of factors has spawned a mind-boggling barrage of posters and handbills.”

“A functional spec is a document detailing the client’s requirements for an application. Typically, the client has a high level view of what they want the application to do and it is the job of the Functional Spec to take that high level view and provide the details of what it does, how it is used, and what it looks like. By creating a blueprint of the application first, time and productivity are saved during the development stage.”

“From the calligraphy schools of ancient China to the explosive new forms of David Carson, it’s clear that type is more than just a vehicle for conveying information to the user. If done right, type can be one of the most powerful tools for shaping the way an audience perceives written information, written information such as these very fiery-hot words you see before you.”

“I’m starting to wonder if I’ve outgrown Blogger, or if I just have creeping featuritis. Or if I need to use software I can load on my web space like greymatter. Or if what I want is my own personal Slashdot. No, it’s featuritis all right. So here are the things that my ideal blog software package/hosting service would do…”