May 2009
10 posts
Stephen F
Now that the Blinksale news is out of the bag, I have some more news to share. Alamofire, our digital collectibles company that is going to change the world (for real), is packing up our Southlake studio and moving south to Austin. Yay! I can’t tell you how excited we are about the move. We’ll be opening our Austin studio in about a month, and we can’t wait to expand our eating...
May 28th
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Building a Better Blinksale
In 2001 I started a design company in my Illinois apartment’s second bedroom called Pure Imagination Studios. After getting married and moving to Texas, we renamed the company Firewheel. A few years into the adventure Iconmaster and Etherbrian joined the team and Firewheel’s reputation for premium quality icon and interface design grew. Little did I know we were just getting started. ...
May 26th
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May 20th
“And how can you explain a system that relies on NBA officials in their 50s and...”
– Bill Simmons: A back-and-forth with Malcolm Gladwell
May 19th
A Better American?
Earlier today Dustin Curtis posted a redesign exercise of American Airlines’ website. Like Dustin I’m not exactly a fan of American’s experience. But since I live in Dallas/Fort Worth and fly a good bit, I use the site a lot. I was definitely curious to see Dustin’s work. While the hypothetical redesign is certainly balanced, clean, and easy on the eyes, the liberty is...
May 18th
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“Let’s just understand that reslicing the pie to give the rich a smaller...”
– Geoff Colvin, Fortune
May 5th
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May 5th
“I’ll show you this link if you promise to find the beauty in everybody and...”
– Etherbrian
May 5th
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Keeg, Jon and I ponder the whereabouts of Nick Jonas.
May 5th
WatchWatch
Eva works her Easter Day magic for the Flip.
May 4th