Despite the fact that video games, online communities, sound design, theater, and the classical arts are what I spent four years studying at Parsons School of Design, rarely do I touch the subject on Megalongcat.  But having a best friend who is a “game critic” I’ve decided to make an end of the year gaming [...]

I understand when you’re in design school, or you’re just coming out (school just let out for the summer not too long ago) you want to work but you find most positions at design studios, corporate firms, and other venues filled with hard working (theoretically) designers. So what do you do? You freelance. [...]

For those of you following me on Twitter, you’ll notice that late one night around 2am I started freaking out. My normally calm, methodical, and placid personality was shattered when I found that four of my websites (two blogs, one of which being Megalongcat) and two personal websites were completely down with no reason [...]

The iPhone’s smooth, slick, and minimalistic design is completely devoid of being associated with either gender. Despite it’s rounded edges it doesn’t cater towards the female market nor does large viewing screen it’s abundance of technology/applications cater towards the technical male crowd.

Why would a designer or an artist take on a project where they have no idea of what they’re doing?  It would be common sense not to, but below are a list of reasons that seem to trump common sense:
 
 

The job’s payout is too good to resist
You’re fresh out of college / freelancing and are [...]

Last week I posed the question to the design community: What is it that you dislike about your peers? We all have something against those in our own field be it a difference in ethics, habits, etc, but we rarely voice them. I gave designers the chance to voice their concerns about others in the design community and here is what they had to say!

Let’s start with the things that DON’T and NEVER will make a good designer in any field:
(It’s great and productive to have -some- of these things, but God help you if you think it entitles you to some sort of designer title).
 
 

Black Rimmed Glasses. – I know for a fact they don’t give you a [...]

Web 2.0 is commonly hailed as an: “encapsulation of the idea of the proliferation of inter-connectivity and interactivity of web-delivered content in regards to global audiences” (Tim O’Reilly). Web 2.0 does not actually describe any technological improvement of how the internet functions, but instead encompasses the idea that the internet is no longer simply a platform for gaining information but instead is a platform for creation and distribution by any single person regardless of race, creed, or gender. Web 2.0 offers a way for people to interact with one another in ways they never could have previously.

The ‘State of the Internets’ is a well-thought and thoroughly researched 20 (Get it?  Web 2.0? Ha.) part essay on where the internet currently stands, and the possible futures of the World Wide Web. The first part of the essay will focus on the current web 2.0 philosophy and trends entrenched in the internet along [...]