I’ve been pretty busy this fall. Projects of late include a product introduction demo for Juniper Networks, a site design for the Travel Channel Academy, some flash banners for AT&T, a site design for an indie stock photography site, and some flash banners for State Farm. On the horizon is a design refresh of a e-commerce site, some banners for Vista and pretty big After Effects project for Microsoft.

And of the course the election… great theater but I can’t wait for it to be over. I got my mail-in ballot yesterday. Who am I voting for? That one…

Here’s a 20 minute video that’s absolutely worth watching. It neatly explains how our current model of material consumption is completely unsustainable.

Just playing with Wordle - a fun way to create and manipulate word clouds. I did the Gettysburg Address, then I did Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg.

Last Thursday I attended the Online Marketing Summit in Seattle. It was interesting, and probably most worth it for the networking possibilities. I’m definitely not a marketer, but it’s good to get a sense of what they are looking for in the ever-changing interactive space. Web 2.0 and all the flavors of social networking are very hot topics, as well as SEO/SEM. Most presenters were good. Some were not. Food was good, and happy hour was a nice touch.

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These are a few of my favorite things: a hidden gem in Snohomish | neighborhood blog | my better half.

Welcome to the Thad blog. It’s my first. I hope to be updating this like wildfire. At least more frequently than I update Saltfreak. Cheers –T