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10 Ways To Spot a Designer

April 11th, 2010

A certain few mannerisms have become a staple in everyday conversation between modern design consultants, professors, and students. Once you begin to notice these habits…

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Article Review: Technology First, Needs Last

April 6th, 2010

In a recent article in Interactions Magazine, Don Norman makes a bold claim that the primary function of design research has been to improve…

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Springbox

January 15th, 2010

So after my first blog post about the process of my band choosing its name, a guest commented that it had already been taken by a relatively popular Indie band from Nebraska. While I’m certainly glad that the web served its purpose for information sharing, I took no pride in…

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New Website!

October 18th, 2009

Today marks the launch of my new website! I decided to lose the old handle, enlev, because it was becoming too confusing and not representative of who I am. In a sense I am re-branding myself to lose the concept of being a solo-run design firm (Enlev Designs) and to be…

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The Mercy Rule

September 10th, 2009

Choosing a band name is surprisingly like adopting a pet. Occasionally you get lucky and it finds you, but more often you spend a while weighing your options before deciding on something that your family may still not be entirely sure about. Once you choose one, you better…

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Article Review: Creative Commons

November 18th, 2008

Creative Commons (CC) was founded in 2001 as an initiative to promote collaboration of online creative works including: websites, music, film, photography, literature, artwork, etc,. We are currently living in the information age…

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Article Review: Reducing Risks of New Products

October 7th, 2008

I found a series of article reviews that I wrote for the course, Social Web, taught by Professor Robert Kraut. This is the first of those that I’ll be uploading, which is a review of the paper: Reducing the Risks of New Product Development…

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