The (Mountain) Lion Sleeps Tonight

By David McCrindle - February 20, 2012

In 2010, Steve Jobs famously said: “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.” Pretty ironic, given the liberties Apple has been known to take over the years by “borrowing” ideas from other products (the original Macintosh was inspired heavily by the Xerox PARC). Last …

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10.8: Mountain Due

By David McCrindle - February 16, 2012

Just 7 short months since the release OSX 10.7, Apple has announced 10.8, dubbed Mountain Lion. Unlike the upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard – which was mostly a system-wide architecture re-write – Mountain Lion is a huge leap forward, boasting several new features and further emphasizing Apple’s intent on unifying the OSX and iOS …

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#kerning and the #nbalockout

By Mark Schumacher - November 29, 2011

  The confidence in my own design sensibilities and aesthetics were temporarily shattered recently as a result of checking Twitter more often then I should. An omnipresent vortex of time wasting links. The following is a synopsis of my Twitter related thoughts throughout the workday: “Hmmm, I’m not sure if that gradient is the best …

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Embracing E-parenting

By Alicia Schimke - October 27, 2011

From the moment that precious bundle arrives, we’re fearful (yet appreciative!) of the technologies that assist us in parenting our babies.  And the advice is full of contradictions.  Don’t let them watch any TV before they turn two, but make sure you utilize those Baby Einstein videos as soon as they are born (they need …

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Unity Dance Day

By Alicia Schimke -

At Ackmann & Dickenson, when we are involved in a project for a company or organization, we like to really get to know what that organization is about. With PACER Center, that has been an easy task. They are proud of what they do (as they should be)! One of their big initiatives takes place …

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