This is a very recent memory of a visit I made in Princeton, to a space that absolutely overtook me, both visually and emotionally. It’s amazing what can happen in the hands of a skilled architect.
tags: Princeton, NJ, architecture, treehouse, visit, art, space, light, Inkscape, design, open source, creative commons, sharism
I love Burger King fast food as much as the next person, but with every bite, I know I’m killing myself just a bit faster.
tags: fast food, death, Burger King, McDonald’s, KFC, excess, saturated fat, calories, diabetes, cardio, exercise, health, concerns, Inkscape, design, creative commons, open source, adbusting, fear
I’ve watched this great documentary called Circus on the Big Apple Circus on PBS. The amazing performers on the show inspired me to do this sketch. If you get a chance to check it out, please do.
pbs, circus, balance, performance, show, inkscape, design, open source, creative commons, sharism, lemasney, illustration
My mother believed in having the lights on. She would seem to revel in the presence of television and radio background noise, several lamps on at once, and fans and air conditioners working together in the summer. She was not an environmentalist, but she did like being comfortable and illuminated. Despite my green views, I find it hard to fault her when it gave her such pleasure but I cringe a little at her former carbon footprint.
tags: mom, lights, electricity, light switch, environment, environmentalism, conservation, sustainability, drawing, wacom, Inkscape, open source, creative commons
Lately I’ve been remembering my mother by sketching objects in Inkscape that remind me of her. My mom worked on a heavy duty sewing machine quite a lot when I was a kid. She always had a fine set of scissors that I would use from time to time for really horrible-for-scissors tasks, like cutting wires, and she would get really upset. Now that I have fine tools of my own, it makes perfect sense why she was so upset. In this and many other ways she taught me to appreciate delicate instruments of creation and work. Thanks, Mom!
tags: mom, memory, scissors, cutting, respect, tools, Inkscape, drawing, 365, wacom, open source, creative commons, freedom
There have been many times in my life when I’ve been tempted to build from scratch. Especially in web based projects, I’m often told that no preexisting solution or framework will be able to help me to solve a given problem. I stopped taking that advice and learned a very long time ago that we have several beautiful and continuously improved interfaces for searching the depths of recorded history, that every problem I’ve encountered has likely been long solved by someone else, and that they more often than not have written about their experience, sometimes going as far as to document the solutions with illustrated steps. Building from scratch may do something for your ego, but does very little for your productivity. And I’ve yet to find someone who cares significantly about the extra work you did to get up to speed with a better solution that was already out there.
tags: history, google, originality, productivity, intentions, Inkscape, typography, type, words, 365, open source, creative commons
The Beginner’s Guide to Inkscape
