Recent Work: mbridgetcook.com
I’ve had the great opportunity to work with Bridget Cook for the last couple of years on multiple projects. A few of those projects have been websites for the books Skinhead Confessions and Shattered Silence, which is being featured on Oprah today. In preparation for that, Bridget has decided to do a self-promotion website. I had the opportunity to design and code this site and even though it was done pretty quick, I think the results are very nice and a good start for her to showing the world what she can do.
Recent Work: Shattered Silence
Shattered Silence is a book written by Melissa Moore and Bridget Cook. It is a story about the daughter of a serial killer.
The big focus on this site was to feature the book and allow them to purchase it as easy as possible. Also, to give the visitor enough information about the book to want to learn more.
It was developed using WordPress so the client could easily manage the content on the pages as well as add in articles about the book.
Melissa Moore and her book will be featured on Oprah September 17, 2009.
Recent Work: Talking Pictures
The Talking Pictures website was redesigned to allow for more infomation to be displayed in an organized way. Tony Toscano and Rich Bonaduce are both well know in the enterainment world but the website wasn’t up to par and not getting the traffic it deserves.
This new design allows for more reviews to be easily seen as well as the video interviews. The traffic to the site is steadily climbing and there are great advertising opportunities on the website. Go to talkingpictures.tv and check it out.
This website was designed and coded by my studio, 325studio, and was built on the WordPress platform.
Do you need me to draw you a picture?
Here is a great article on visual thinking (pdf). This just proves that I’m still listening in meetings even though I’m drawing.
Ignite Salt Lake
I attended the Ignite Salt Lake 2 last night and overall I was a interesting event. There were a few things that bugged me and turned me off from it, but granted, it was probably more of my own issues than the event itself. One of my biggest issues is when events don’t start on time. If there is an agenda, I expect it to be followed.
After the “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock” tournement ended (going way to long) the speakers begun. It started out really well with Josh Awtry speaking on “Critical Hit: How to host your own role playing game”. He really did a good job and was a great start to the night. Unfortunelly all the speakers didn’t have the same energy, which I’m not complaining because I couldn’t do any better. Another entertaining speaker was Jarond Suman who spoke about “Film is not dead…yet”. This speaker was really doing well and holding the audiences attention until there was technical issues and they decided to have the intermission. Then there was a speaker that seemed like he could be outside the rules of the game and demanded a little more attention than he should have gotten.
Other than the speakers, this biggest purpose of the event is the networking opportunities. It is a great place to meet new people and expand your areas of interest. I met some people who came with the intent to find good people to help build a business and some that just wanted to have an enjoyable evening. It is great that anyone from any business or personal aspects can come and have a good time. I’m used to attending the AIGA events that focus on design related themes, which I really enjoy, but the Ignite event is not limited on who can come and enjoy themselves, plus, it’s free.
Be sure to go to the next one so you can judge for yourself, but for myself, I probably wont be going back—unless I decide to speak at it or know someone who is.
Who is Your Hero – Bible Series
While ago I posted about some Book of Mormon Posters that were simply amazing. Well, now there is a Bible series that is just as amazing. Well done Steve Nethercott. Be sure to check out the new Bible Series.
