The American dollar problem with Hover (.com)
Being invoiced in USD from an office in Toronto is the worst.
Design
I do graphic design and communications work professionally. You can find my portfolio over at Pink Sheep Media. Here’s a few articles on design.
Equipment donation scam
All they had to do was send some money for packaging and shipping.
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens to me, I take it as evidence that I know a little something about the topic. Managing security on teams, for example, used to feel paradoxical. I wanted everyone to be able to collaborate and have access to all…
Guidelines on using a pie chart
This is a question that comes up from time to time regarding knowledge transfer in reports and presentations. When should we use pie charts? Generally, don’t. However, if you’re committed to pie charts, here’s a guide. Figure 1. How often should I be using a pie chart?
Masturbation: A Short History of a Great Taboo
Epic short film, Magical Caresses.
Style guides, notes on “jihad”
https://www.wnyc.org/story/breaking-news-consumers-handbook-islamophobia-edition/ Guardian Reuters
Want to check out this …
Want to check out this python monitoring system sometime: https://freedif.org/glances-detailed-but-intuitive-system-monitoring-tool
Design inspiration from the desk of @makingculture
Design inspiration from the desk of @makingculture aka @beckycory! #pinksheepmedia #illustration #yyjdesign
Martin Speckter, type design, and the interrobang
99% Invisible did an episode on the interrobang recently. I was interested to learn that early Greek and Roman writing didn’t have spaces! Rack that up to stuff I took for granted. Apparently an ad man in the sixties developed the interrobang…
Display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating
Our living room is full of display experiments of all the beatiful merch that @makingculture has been creating! Maybe we’ll see you tomorrow at The Q! Market at the Juan de Fuca library (noon to four). #makerculture
Bridge #ux #tech #drawbridge
A draw bridge has an interesting user experience. Both while on it, and waiting for it.
Free range, chocolate covered Saskatoons
Thanks @oliveridley for the free range, chocolate covered Saskatoons! They are… berry good. #saskatoons
Some thoughts on microblogging with self-hosted WordPress
So I’ve been experimenting with microblogging on Mastadon, micro.blog and Tumblr. I decided it’s time we have our own self-hosted WordPress microblog…
What happens when I publish …
What happens when I publish with no title? Titles are friction. http://help.micro.blog/2018/setting-up-wordpress/ But titles from the post title in the head. And title also form a meaningful permalink. This is interesting how micro.blog handles titles: https://sherwin.micro.blog/2018/02/22/check-testing-squrrk.html This makes sense to me; the first few words form the permalink and the page title. Hmm, permalinks should include year…
Fixing the HTTPS on a Knight Lab TimelineJS instance
Last year I used TimelineJS to create a nice interactive timeline of some misogynist tweets by Colby Cosh. After we added HTTPS to our website, the article never properly encrypted…
Who is your graphic designer?
GDC makes nice designs.
UX failure of the Save-On-Foods receipt
The Save-On-Foods grocery receipt has 50 bits on information, but not the information I was looking for which is incredible…
“Today in Three Panels” by Dean Mang-Wooley
In which I talk to Dean, an illustrator, and the creator of Today in Three Panels, and we discuss the thin membrane between private and public moments…
Art and the politics machine: Imagine Our Parks
In which Sherwin reflects on how artists allow us to question what is politics, what is shared space, and what is community…
Holy hell, Batman; I’ve been wrong
There are known-knowns. And then there’s all the fucked up arbitrary shit we believe, and impose on others, for no really good reason, like for example the use of quotation marks …
Port Renfrew camping
Friends, and camping, are good for me.
Victoria airport art
These giant metal flowers remind me of public art at the University of Calgary campus…
Banana slug near Botanical Beach
The west coast has mega slugs…