BarCamp Omaha, 2008

by on August 11, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Posted In: Donovan Beery

If you’re in the Omaha area this weekend (August 15-17, 2008), this is your chance to go to the best free conference of the year – BarCamp Omaha.

Nate and I first heard of these BarCamps last month (I guess they are now being hosted all over the country), and it was a bit weird trying to wrap our heads around the concept, but we listened, and we liked it. So much so that we’ve been helping out on the one in Omaha.

The idea is simple – a bunch of creatives (mostly programmers and designers) get together and decide in the morning what each of them wants to talk about. The day is then broken into thirty-minute speeches given by the attendees. It’s like going to see over a dozen people talk about their passion and projects while you speak about yours.

Nate and I will be giving the presentation we gave last month to AIGA Iowa about “Blogging, Podcasting + Design” and encouraging designers who attend to bring their portfolios (or at least a project) to share.

Bring camping gear and stay for the weekend, or just stop by for the speeches on Saturday. Meet creatives that you can relate to, it should be a blast. Registration is now online. And it’s free.

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We’ll be Back (Next Wednesday!)

by on August 7, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Posted In: Nate Voss

For everyone wondering what happened to the show, never fear! We’ll be back next Wednesday, August 13, with our special guest and friend David Kadavy to talk about networking for graphic designers. Until then, kick up your feet and enjoy the summer vacation!

Just making sure you know we’re still here,

Nate and Donovan

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The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 14: Stanley Hainsworth

by on July 16, 2008 at 7:04 am
Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show

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“Today we are joined by Stanley Hainsworth’s hair, and, by extension, Stanley Hainsworth himself.”

Stanley Hainsworth, if taken by his past works, could easily be described as a genius of design (take those stints creative-directing companies like Nike, Lego, and Starbucks for the past 20 years, for example). But when you add in his uncanny appearance, you know you must call him a mad genius! Not that he’s unpleasant, by any means. Stanley is in fact quite nice, and as it happens very forthcoming about his work.

What really makes this show shine was the interview took place about one month after Stanley Hainsworth left Starbucks to begin his own creative endeavor, Tether, which you can find out all about at www.tethercreate.com, and we kindly persuade Mr. Hainsworth to spill the proverbial beans on the project. Enjoy.

–nv–

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HOW Interactive Design Competition Deadline ‘Proaches

by on July 10, 2008 at 11:24 am
Posted In: Nate Voss

Although we’ve gotten ear-fulls about the design of our site — what I would describe as “grace beyond compare” — our friends over at HOW have informed us they are getting ready to celebrate the next crop of fantastic interactive design outside of just us. The deadline for entries is July 15. I’m not entirely sure, based on the HOW website, if they’ve done this since 2006, since that’s the last gallery of winners they have available, and it’s kind of rough to flip through, honestly. So I think I’ll take a moment to point out a similar online gallery that really excels, and leave the comparison-drawing to whom it may concern.

Read on for the official word from HOW.

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The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 13: Bernard Uy

by on July 2, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show

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Bernard Uy (of Wall to Wall Studios) is the kind of guy you can’t help but love when you meet. Charming, friendly, funny, and endlessly intelligent. And please don’t take this show’s cover illustration as a play on his ability to convince his partner to open a second office in Honolulu — and that he should staff it — the man has mad ukulele skills. We talk shop in the beginning, but this episode is really about AIGA Honolulu’s big push for sustainable design: DesignFootprint.org, which leads into our best examination yet of going green in your work. Because when your specialty paper needs to be shipped halfway across the Pacific Ocean, well, I guess you think about those kinds of things.

–nv–

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