10 Reasons Your Videos Suck

10 Reasons Your Videos Suck

So many videos suck. Whatever kind of video — Youtube, Facebook, event videos, training videos, movies — there are lots of reasons so many videos are unwatchable. The good news is that most of them are easily solved. Here are 10 reasons your videos suck. You’re...
Today I Tried: Making Hot Sauce

Today I Tried: Making Hot Sauce

One of the presents I got on my 40th birthday was a make-your-own hot sauce kit. My family knows me well—I slather the stuff on just about everything I eat. My go-to hot sauce is Frank’s Red Hot, but I also have an extensive collection of other good stuff. Up to...
Vlog 002: More Stuff

Vlog 002: More Stuff

The freelance ball is rolling, and things are slowly happening. The new podcast is in production, and there are more videos are on the way. Despite extreme pressure, I haven’t shaved off my beard...
Adobe Illustrator is Making Me Lose My Mind

Adobe Illustrator is Making Me Lose My Mind

So here’s what I want to do: I want to take a gradient, and extract each color node as a swatch. Just grab the color and add it to my Swatches panel. Sounds easy, right? You fool! It’s not as easy as just dragging the color into the Swatches panel. Why...