thoughts on pixels

I'm not sure if this is really a tradition quite yet, but certainly something worth doing once a year at the very least. One thing that I've come to recognize about my life thus far is that it's been a very fortunate one. Not that it's been all easy, that I want for nothing or anything of that sort. It's been fortunate in the sense that even the challenges that I've faced, both internal and externally imposed, have brought me to a point in life where I can honestly say I'm profoundly happy.

I need to write more about my experiene at #FOWD this year - because it really kinda blew my mind. It's a rare thing indeed to go through two days of sessions at a conference and have not a single dud. Seriously - and I could easily have sent a clone to a few more. Just an amazing bunch of speakers who all clearly spent a TON of time on their presentations and were as generous with their time and knowledge off the stage as on it. It's truly an honor to have taken part, and I'm humbled by the response in person and on Twitter to my session.

I left for DrupalCon London last Sunday night, flying overnight and heading right into a day-long discussion about Drupal in education. The week progressed in a similar fashion: I gave my talk on web typography on Tuesday and the days and evenings were full. I had some amazing discussions, went to informative and inspiring sessions, a bit of revelry and work on projects filling up the late night and inter-session nooks and crannies. Now I'm sitting on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Heathrow to Boston, where my darling wife Ellen and Phoebe and Trevor will be waiting.

Not much of a newsy post really, but excited to announce that I'll be speaking again this year at Future of Web Design in NYC this November! My topic this year is going to be centered around the future of the CMS and how it can (and should!) be a part of every designer's toolbox and workflow. I'll post more about the talk as it develops.