It only took two years.
I have been wanting to start a blog for over two years. My initial hesitation was that I didn’t have anything worthwhile to share. The wise Ben Callahan convinced me otherwise. As soon as he did...
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Vintage typography and packaging
One of the things I like most about having an iPhone is that I have a camera with me at all times. Having the ability to catch inspiration whenever I find it is a huge benefit as a designer—and finding...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the XLVII Super Bowl Commercials
Ever since getting into design, I began to look at the advertising world differently. Before I could watch TV and simply enjoy a good commercial as simply an advertisement for a product or service....
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Year One
It is hard to believe that one year ago today I took the plunge and began freelance full-time. I’d been doing freelance work for quite a while before that and had even setup Pautler Design officially...
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Switching to a Standing Desk
My new standing desk setup As you can probably tell from reading previous posts, it sometimes takes me a long time to actually do something I’ve set my mind to. That’s how it was with a standing desk....
View ArticleI love the web design community.
I recently returned from the An Event Apart conference in Austin. An Event Apart is—in their words—the design conference for people who make websites. They bring in some of the biggest people in the...
View ArticleWorking With a Pattern Library
The use of pattern libraries (or style guides) is becoming more and more popular these days (if you’ve never heard of a pattern library before, I have some great articles about them listed at the...
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My Two Computer Setup
For the last three and a half years of freelancing, I have used my 15” Retina MacBook Pro as my primary work machine. I had an external 24” monitor when I worked at my home office, but the majority of...
View ArticleSVG Summit 2016
I attended my first online conference last week with Environments for Humans’ SVG Summit 2016. It was a great conference with some solid talks that taught me a lot about SVG. Below are some takeaways...
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