I arrived in Austin, Texas on Friday, March 7 for South by Southwest's (SXSW) Interactive Festival. It is an opportunity for me to be part of a professional conference geared towards people involved with designing, developing, producing, and distributing interactive media content.

Now that the majority of screen resolutions out there can handle 1024px widths, I am moving towards designing for that width rather than the 800×600 dimensions to which we used to be handcuffed. But the question remains… “What design width works best with 1024?” I read a great blog entery on this topic [...]

I watched the end of the Giants/Redskins game on Sunday. As I caught my first glimpse of the Reskins' "throwback" uniforms, I thought I was looking at something more akin to "sellout" uniforms. It seemed like McDonald's purchased the branding rights and forced Washington to field a team full of Ronald McDonald clowns.