Thoughts about design and technology.

Even though it’s been almost three months since Microsoft’s Mix 06 conference, I finally had the time recently to go through the show’s sessions archive. Here are some things I found particularly interesting about what Microsoft is doing.
Channel 9 and Mix
The theme of the show was ‘a 72 hour discussion’ and was not only for […]

Did you know that movies originally started out in the same format as the television? But after a short time, they went to being filmed in the widescreen format we are used to today. This was due to a combination of being a more creative way to film and better for presenting to a theater […]

Who are true designers and what’s their role in the world? Referencing Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling, Luke Wroblewski of Functioning Form sums it up pretty nicely.

I’ve always worked with more than one area involved in designing/developing a website. My main focus, however, has always been on the initial design of the website. It’s what I consider the most crutial part of the process.
The design defines how the product or service is viewed on an emotional level. The […]

There quite a few beginnings here for me. The two big ones being this site’s release and my venture into the world of blogging. The other is more of a personal achievement of getting on the right track towards future goals.
This new website, DistinctiveQuality.com, will showcase some of my design work as well as […]