Yes. I blog. About all things digital. About my experiences living and teaching around the world. About great and not-so-great virtual and physical User Experiences. But, most importantly, I blog for you. You are, without a doubt, my favorite blog reader.
Interview with Ed Benguiat
Back in 1999, while in New York, I had the pleasure of studying Typeface Design at the School of Visual Arts with Edward Benguiat, a design legend and a true character. A few months after the class, my colleague and friend, Trudy Schnitzler and I interviewed him for Box, an Argentinian design magazine.
Ed Benguiat passed away on October 15th 2020 aged 92. He was a great influence on me as a person, as a designer and, years later, as a teacher. His classes were an incredible mix of design and personal stories. He was bright, funny, humble and accessible. We met twice for the interview at a pub (Bull's Head Tavern?) near SVA and he was just as passionate as he was in class. A very generous person who shared his immense knowledge in a practical and fun way. Thank you Ed. It was an honour meeting you. And thank you for the xmas card!
A first hands-on Squarespace training in Ekaterinburg, Russia
My first hands-on training was as a Squarespace Authorized Trainer for the LOYS PR team in Yekaterinburg, Russia. We covered Squarespace basics and then we moved to the specifics of their websites, both in Russian and English and made with Squarespace.
Way before Responsive was a thing…
Kenyon and I landed at JFK on June 6th, 1995, took the bus to Norwalk and met Brendan. A short trip to CompUSA to buy the national bestseller “Teach Yourself Web Publishing With Html in a Week” and we were web designers already. Netscape 1.1 was THE browser at the moment, which included background images. It was a happy time; Internet Explorer wasn’t born yet. We started to work in beautiful downtown Norwalk, doing several demos and learning by copying code from other sites.