About this logo How oblivious can one be? I moved to Denver in 2008 or thereabouts, and have been awash in local news ever since. Yet not until recently during a sportscast did I notice an odd spot of black in the logo of the Colorado Avalanche (NHL team). Boy did I feel stupid when … Continue reading Now you see it … or not
After some weeks of contemplation, I’ve decided to change themes. It’s a huge decision this time, because there will be no going back. Beacon, the theme you’ve been seeing for a number of years, has been retired by WordPress. If I change my mind about the new one, there will be lots of others to … Continue reading Fair warning
I have long been attracted to unusual architecture and am the first to ooh and ahh when I see it. To date, most such structures have appeared in other countries, but now, it seems Denver is getting one. Meet One River North, a building with a giant crack in it. Is this wild, or what? … Continue reading One River North is one cool building
I know you’ve been waiting breathlessly for Pantone’s announcement of its Color of the Year 2022. So I won’t prolong the suspense: Their About Pantone Color of the Year paragraph says something about technology and doesn’t even begin to explain their image of purple fur and bubbles. But true to form, their appropriately purple prose … Continue reading Pantone’s done it again
(Reprinted from August 13, 2008) I go on Wordle binges, playing with word clouds for sometimes hours at a time. It’s probably of no interest to anyone else, but I decided I’d try to sum up my 35 or so working years in a Wordle. This is what I came up with — my career-in-a-box: … Continue reading My career-in-a-box
No doubt you’ve heard that Comic Sans, a font that’s been with us for 25 years, is to be despised. I think that’s a bit of an exaggeration. True, it is very informal, even childlike, but it was meant to be. It was designed to be used in the speech bubbles of cartoons. And for … Continue reading Comic Sans, the font you love to hate
