Design Coding.

It has to be shared. No questions asked. Unless you’re not a coder …

My Starbucks Idea.

Starbucks has launched a new social site. No, it’s not another site launched that urges you to create a profile and find your friends. This site has a purpose … if you’re a fellow addict.”My Starbucks Idea” was designed to take their customers’ (and employees’) suggestions on how to improve customer service. This is a [...]

Cowdrey Goes Disney.

My first couple of days at Yellow Shoes has been great! Young crowd, creative ideas pouring out in the hallways and a Starbucks nearby. The agency world is a big change for me, but a change I know I’ll enjoy. Yellow Shoes comes equipped with a reference library filled with lots of my favorite Rockport Books, photographers, ping [...]

Labs.

I’ve decided to launch a “Labs” section of the site that houses some experiments I do from here on out. Don’t hold me accountable to keeping this fresh! But - I will do my best!
It’ll be a place for new AS3 projects that I’m currently teaching myself, graphic elements and layouts. If you have any [...]

Goodbye Austin.

Today wraps up the Interactive portion of the conference and all of our geeky-ness comes to an end. Until next year.
I took a lot away from this conference as far as social networking on how to build it, market it and gear the content towards the right users. And of course, I got to witness [...]

Sarah Lacy Post-Interview.

I’ve spent most of the morning reading the strong aftermath of the Keynote. From what I gather, everyone is still fuming about her Twitter response and what a poor job she did on the interview process.
She was interviewed at the conference in response to the interview. It’s interesting to see what she had to say [...]

Mark Zuckerberg/Sarah Lacy Keynote.

Wow. Which is a word that many people who witnessed this 2008 Keynote at SXSW will use to describe this interview between Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder) and Sarah Lacy (BusinessWeek Columnist).
The interview started off like any other normal interview with the introductions of one another. Then it quickly went downhill from there.
Sarah focussed more on [...]

SXSW Update II - Day 2.

Day two here in Austin. I’ve attended a list of panels focussed on social networking. I’ve heard speakers talk about the do’s and don’ts, successful design and overall best practices. I took away a lot from yesterday’s first panel of “What Teens Want Online and On Their Phones”. The panel consisted of one speaker and about [...]

SXSW Update.

Only 2 more days before I hop on the plane and fly “home” to visit the family and more importantly, attend the SXSW conference.
This will be my second time attending and here’s how my schedule is mapped out so far:
Saturday:

10:00 am · What Teens Want Online & On Their Phones - since my [...]

An Empty Apartment.

Yep, I moved all of the belongings (sans a futon mattress, computer, wireless router, toilet paper and clothes) back up to Orlando this weekend.
As some of you may know, I accepted a job as an Interactive Art Director for Disney’s Yellow Shoes Creative Group. My last day in Miami will be March 14th. And until [...]