From the Studio
Thoughts on design, process, and the work in between.
A running log of ideas, experiments, and lessons learned — from freelance life and code deep dives to design thinking and the occasional creative block. Written in real time, mostly for myself, but maybe useful to you too.
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5/27/2026
I Found My 1990s Design Portfolio on a Zip Disc
A stack of Verbatim CD-Rs, a pile of Zip discs, and a spiral-bound printed portfolio from design school. Getting 25-year-old files off vintage media is its own project — here's how it went.
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4/27/2026
What I Learned Rebuilding My Portfolio from a Logo Grid to Case Studies
A logo grid wasn't telling the right story. What happened when I rebuilt from scratch. For years, my portfolio homepage was a clean grid of client logos. No context. No story. Just names — and the assumption that visitors would connect the dots between a recognizable brand and what I actually did for them.
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2026
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6/1/2026
LifeNotes from the Studio
The Ball Is Smaller Now: Grief, the Brain, and the Work That Comes After
Live 6/1/2026
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5/29/2026
LifeNotes from the Studio
Two Years Without My Soul/Heart Cat, Vinz Clortho
Live 5/29/2026
5/27/2026
I Found My 1990s Design Portfolio on a Zip Disc
Getting 25-year-old files off vintage Zip discs — a hardware adventure and the start of a time capsule series.
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5/21/2026
The PDXWIT Website Rebrand & Website Refresh
Some projects find you. Others you find yourself coming back to — not because you have to, but because the work mattered enough the first time that walking away from the second chapter wasn't really an option.
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4/27/2026
What I Learned Rebuilding My Portfolio from a Logo Grid to Case Studies
A logo grid wasn't telling the right story. What happened when I rebuilt from scratch. For years, my portfolio homepage was a clean grid of client logos. No context. No story. Just names — and the assumption that visitors would connect the dots between a recognizable brand and what I actually did for them.
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Earlier
I Found My 1990s Design Portfolio on a couple Zip Discs
Somewhere in my attic storage, in a plastic storage box, in jewel cases, were a stack of 100mb and 250mb Zip discs I burned in the late 1990s. And in a separate wooden box, some CD-Rs also burned in the 1990s. I knew they existed. I just hadn't thought about what was actually on them — until now.