When my employer asked that I investigate how to theme and style a Simile timeline for an upcoming project, I was really excited to jump right in. Before I got started, I reviewed the available live examples showcased on the Simile website, which as a web designer I would describe as interesting content, with less than inspiring presentation.

I'm working on a website that will feature sound clips from old movies. Here are a few examples from the movies 1) Which Way Is Up, 2) Car Wash and 3) The Wiz respectively.

This tutorial will show you how to use digital photos and Photoshop shapes to make a personalized baby mobile. This idea comes from an office card that I made for a collegue who recently had a baby boy.This tutorial is written for intermediate users of Adobe Photoshop.

I plan on using Swift 3D in an upcoming Flash project that will feature a few simple 3D animations. This particular 3D application is especially appealing because it claims to be "the industry-leading tool for quickly and easily creating high quality 3D vector and raster animations for Flash". But what's the learning curve for a designer like me? Well, It turns out that it actually isn't so bad.

Three years ago this month I moved from Boston, USA to Bonn, Germany. The move required substantial preparation and was stressful in many ways. Prior to the move, language was the least of my concerns, although I had begun classes at the Goethe Institute in Boston. The challenge at the time was deciding on an international moving company.

The German Consulate at Copley Place provided me with a list of credible firms to choose from. They also, however, disclosed the Consulate’s preferred moving company for its own employees. That company is Deutsche Möbelspedition (DMS) and it is the company I ultimately chose. They weren’t cheap. I spent €5.250 which at the time equaled well over $6,000. So what did I receive for this amount of money? DMS international moving services includes basically 3 things: