Archive for June, 2013
Bathroom remodeling and painting
We have recently been intensively reorganizing the contents of our house as well as remodeling the bathrooms, partly in preparation for a new baby this summer. This post is to document as many of the materials as I can remember, for my future reference, used for both bathroom upgrades during the month of May 2013. […]
Oregon tennis tournaments: Summer 2013
Summer tennis tournament season is almost here, so I’ve been checking OregonTennis.com, as usual. I try to play in at least four community tennis tournaments in the Mid-Willamette Valley each summer. However, it’s now been over nine months since I last played tennis. My most recent match was in September 2012, before my trip to […]
HOW Design 2013 in review: Part one
I am attending the HOW Design Conference 2013 in San Francisco, California. Below are my notes from the opening session I attended on Sunday. 6:30 pm-8:00 pm – Opening Keynote – 1. How to Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon, Best-Selling Author Nothing is completely original, and all creative work builds on what came […]
HOW Design 2013 in review: Part two
This is a continuation of HOW Design 2013 in review: Part one. I am attending the HOW Design Conference 2013 in San Francisco, California. Below are my notes from the sessions I attended on Monday. 9:00 am-10:15 am – 2. Play – Jessica Walsh, Partner, Sagmeister & Walsh Find out how important play is—”biologically, in […]
HOW Design 2013 in review: Part three
This is a continuation of HOW Design 2013 in review: Part two. I am attending the HOW Design Conference 2013 in San Francisco, California. Below are my notes from the sessions I attended on Tuesday. 9:00 am-10:15 am – 20. Basic Principles of Identity Design – Sagi Haviv, Partner and Designer, Chermayeff & Geismar & […]
HOW Design 2013 in review: Part four
This is a continuation of HOW Design 2013 in review: Part three. I am attending the HOW Design Conference 2013 in San Francisco, California. Below are my notes from the sessions I attended on Wednesday. 9:45 am-11:00 am – 37. How to Avoid Work – James Victore, Professor, School of Visual Arts in New York […]