December 5, 2011 – 10:24 pm
Last week we launched the CNET iPad App to the Apple App store and we feel strongly that it is the most elegant, simple and intuitive way to consume CNET content yet. This was one of the first projects we embarked upon as I took over the reigns of CNET design. While we worked on [...]
December 3, 2011 – 9:36 am
After spending the past 6 months in perpetual motion with work, it was great to split after thanksgiving to get some needed rest & relaxation with my family. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico is a short 3 hour flight from San Francisco. While the party town of San Lucas is not my thing, the slower pace [...]
November 9, 2011 – 3:42 pm
With some early efforts to CNET in progress – this week was a great opportunity to visit with folks in the NYC office. I had not been to the big apple since I was a little boy, so it was both an immersive trip with my east coast design team, as well as an impressive [...]
I am looking to find an inspired & immensely talented Art Director for the CBS Interactive News & CNET group. This will be a key role on the team. The successful candidate will report to the Creative Director and lead a team of 4-6 designers. It will require both a conceptual and technical understanding of [...]
There seem to be some changes brewing here at CBS Interactive. This week our “No longer the new guy” sitting in the corner office announced Food Truck Fridays for the month of June. Only in San Francisco can you find such gourmet food delivered via an ultra styled food truck! At first glance, most folks [...]
It was an exciting week for us to be able to launch our newly completed iPhone and Android apps into the the marketplace. While this first release is not as feature rich as I would like them to be, I feel good about being able to create an app framework for both platforms that we [...]
March 28, 2011 – 11:32 pm
The use of common navigational GUIs are key in showing users how to quickly learn your App. Apple’s iPhone SDK and visual language are very well defined which makes it that much easier to create effective navigation / user flows. Given this, I typically use a standard base level tab style. However, a recent project [...]
January 10, 2011 – 8:34 am
On Sunday, the family hoped to enjoy “25 years of Pixar Animation” – an exhibit at the Oakland museum which had been extended through the weekend due to popular demand. We had only learned it was there on Saturday, so we had felt fortunate to have found out in time to make it to the [...]
January 5, 2011 – 9:06 am
A perk to my new year’s quest to re wire my internal clock, is in being able to watch the sunrise. Historically, I have done much of my best work between 10pm – 2am. (I enjoy the silence) However, so far I feel pretty creative in the early morning hours and attribute a bit of [...]
December 15, 2010 – 7:19 pm
The CBS Interactive Business / Technology group is looking for talented Jr – mid level designer (s). Someone who is looking for a chance to step up and get to work doing his or her best stuff yet. This person is a team player that lives and breathe new media and the interactive space – [...]