20 Reasons to Celebrate the New Year

At the beginning of 2007, I had just started this blog, and had just begun my quest to teach myself how to create WordPress themes. It’s been a fun year, and I could never have imagined (although I really hoped) that I’d get to a point where I could quit my dayjob to pursue design full time. As we draw near to 2008, it’s time for me to speculate on how I hope the next twelve months... Read more

My 22 Best Design Tips Ever - Part Two

I was recently asked by Brian Clark over at Copyblogger to write something - if you read his post The Cosmo Headline Technique for Blogging Inspiration, you’ll understand why I’m writing this. Such a creative way to invite others to participate, and I am cordially accepting the invitation. Thanks Brian! So, here are a few more tips that I have to offer - please note that the my intent... Read more

My 22 Best Design Tips Ever - Part One

I was recently asked by Brian Clark over at Copyblogger to write something - if you read his post The Cosmo Headline Technique for Blogging Inspiration, you’ll understand why I’m writing this. Such a creative way to invite others to participate, and I am cordially accepting the invitation. Thanks Brian! So, what I’m going to do is write a two-part series on my best 22 design tips... Read more

Mad Libs Blog Style - Chapter 1

After years of being a project manager for an architectural firm, I finally decided that it wasn’t truly making me happy and I wanted to spread my wings. Although I wasn’t Dooced from my job, I knew that I had high ambitions. I wanted to be a Blogebrity, so I packed my bags and decided to give it a Whoorl. Since I was born in southern California, I knew that was the only place to go -... Read more