Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 06:34PM If I had more than a dozen unique viewers in a given day, I might consider going dark. That is not the case, so I will just post this video. If you don't get what all the fuss is about, it should clear things up a bit.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 03:35PM I work in an industry where manipulation is mandatory. You must coerce people to share a desired perspective. It can be done artfully with good intentions, or maliciously with the intent to mislead.
People usually tell me that advertising has no affect on them. They believe they are too smart to buy into any of it. These are the same people who have dozens of favored brands which they hold in high regard and even use to define themselves. Some of the associations are based on truth, but many are based on a fiction that has been made believable. Regrettably, once a lie is believed with passion it is very difficult to extinguish and sometimes even becomes true over time.
Reality and our perception of reality are very separate things. Words and ideas can be twisted to our will, the truth altered until it is fiction. We have the ability to draw lines where none truly exists and to polarize ideas that needn’t be dualistic.
When we look back throughout history we find humor and horror in the naivety of many ancient ideas. We mock the nonsense and propaganda of past generations while bathing in that of our own.
Questioning the status quo has never been popular. The inquisitive will often meet with a bitter resistance. You will hear words like Tradition, Honor and Heritage. In the United States this rules our politics. Buzz words and lofty promises evoke more emotion than a realistic, logical approach. If you want to learn more about marketing, look no further than the upcoming election.
One day I would like to live in a world that encourages people to develop their own opinions and to value science over mythology.
We Americans are fortunate to have freedom of speech but if we are not careful, those rights will slip from our grasp. They will become ideas we say we believe in, but which no longer truly exist. We will grip our hands tighter around the idea, without realizing there is nothing there. It will become just one more lie we belive in.
"By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise." - Adolf Hitler
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 11:42AM It has been a tough couple weeks, but we are just about to laucn the new corporate website I have been working on. It is a big step up from what we had, with a pretty powerful CMS built on Drupal. There is still a lot of general up-leveling of the content to do, but it is exciting to have the bulk of it out there.
I realize I still have the Periphery book to print and share, but I am still waiting to gather up enough cash to get a few copies printed. There will definitely be some color correction that has to happen after the first printing. I hope to do that in early January, with the holidays out of the way.
Aside from that, I have two weeks off for the holidays so I will definitely be doing some photography and design. There should be some new work coming soon! I almost promise that.
Status Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 06:17PM I was lucky enough to see Tim Minchin live last Sunday, at the Boulder Theater. I had already heard most of his music before, so I was expecting the show to be okay but nothing special. It actually turned out to be great. Aside from being a damn good musician, Tim is also hilarious. The brief interludes between his songs were filled with laughter. I also appreciate any musician who has his audio levels set so that you can actually understand the lyrics.
Anyway, if you haven't heard of him, check out this beat poem which will give you an idea of what he's about. The graphics for this video are fantastic as well!
Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 01:13PM 
I've been working on a book of photography for a couple months I am calling Periphery. It is a compilation of photos I have taken in alleys and down back roads, of places more often ignored.
Right now I have more than 100 pages layed out. The prints will each be about a foot wide, so it will be cool to see a lot of these photos as large prints for the first time. Once I do a a few prints and get the colors and contrast right, I will look into taking orders from people.
