A Trip to the U.K.

24 Aug 2013

I just got back from a 9-day trip to England and Wales. I traveled with two of my coworkers for a design and development conference in Cardiff and was lucky enough to spend extra days to see the sights. Here are some photos of the trip. It was amazing!

South Kensington neighborhood Buckingham Palace London Dave and Anthony at HybridConf Cardiff St. Mary’s Church in Bristol M Shed Museum, Bristol Gromit statue in Bristol Harbourside Bristol London neighborhood Tower of London Tower Bridge Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey Big Ben National Gallery mosaic floor says “Wonder” Millennium Bridge St. Paul’s Cathedral London tilt-shift

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WhyAZ

06 Aug 2013

WhyAZ

A project I’ve been working on with meltmedia launched yesterday. It’s called WhyAZ and shares the many reasons we love living and working in Arizona.

The site was incredibly fun to make. It was designed entirely in the browser and all the graphical elements are drawn with CSS. You can view the site at why.az and read more about the process on my website: Why WhyAZ?

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Summer Films So Far

19 Jul 2013

I absolutely love summer. Warm weather, swimming pools, and summer movies. Some were just ok and some were exceptional.

Brad Pitt holding an axe

World War Z One of the better zombie movies I’ve seen. Exciting and well-paced, it shows a zombie apocalypse from a global perspective. Like Contagion but with scary fast zombies. And it once again proves Brad Pitt is the ultimate movie star.

Jesse Eisenberg holding a fanned deck of cards

Now You See Me A movie about magic tricks. It’s a little cheesy at times and Isla Fisher’s performance is painful, but it’s seriously fun to watch. It features great talent like Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson, and especially charming is French-accented Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds). Plus, the ending will make you want to see it again immediately.

minions celebrating

Despicable Me 2 Ugh, the cuteness. The lovable minions are back and funnier than ever: the epitome of physical comedy. Agnes, Edith, and Margo are still charming and the new characters are hilarious. It’s sillier than the first one and just as wonderful.

Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel screaming

This Is the End There’s not much better than actors poking fun at themselves. This movie takes it to the extreme and it’s awesome. There’s plenty of raunchy humor to go around too, including some truly memorable cameos. Michael Cera’s few minutes are worth the price of the ticket.

Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer

The Lone Ranger This movie was 45 minutes too long, and truthfully, the last 15 minutes are what the first 90 should have been. I wanted to love Johnny Depp, but no thank you. The landscapes are beautiful and the train scenes exciting, but overall it’s pretty dull.

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