Plumbline was kicked out of the Web today.
I dont typically vent via our blog but I just have to say that I’m really really really pissed off at AT&T.
To bring you up to speed, AT&T somehow received an order from someone to shut of my DSL line.
So they just sort of went ahead and did [...]

This happens a lot actually and not just to me. Most designers I know have some of their best ideas when they are “off the clock.” My friend James and I would have great ideas at the gym, mountain biking, or most often during a sushi bender (sake is a conduit for creative thinking btw).
The [...]

And while we are on the subject of ethics…
I have to say that it is really uncool when a web firm simply links out to websites in their portfolio or client list with no explanation of their involvement (or lack thereof) in that project.
There are so many facets to website design and development - planning, [...]

Walmart has a shiny new logo! And well, not to put too fine a point on it, I think it blows.
Now I don’t want to step on any sensitive design toes here (I don’t even know who was commissioned to create this mark) but in my humble opinion it could have been better. It is [...]

Believe it or not, design firms and designers can actually choose the clients they want to work for. Although it is difficult to do in practice, it can (and should) be done.
I try to evaluate a potential project using five criteria.
If the project gets a “yes” in a majority, then I am likely to bring [...]