Secure Mac Email - Part 2 | 02/28/07

I wrote before about using a secure connection to retrieve your email, using OS X’s Mail.app. The biggest problem was properly importing the secure certificate. Well, it worked faithfully for me, right up until this evening. The certificate expired today,… (continue reading...)

Winter | 02/27/07

I miss winter. Winter in places where it’s really winter, anyway. Winter should be snow in drifts you could lose small people in. Winter should be bone-chilling winds that the best coats and hats can’t keep out. Winter should mean… (continue reading...)

Man in the Mirror | 02/27/07

Yeah, I know. It’s a pretty cheesy mirror shot. But it felt right. Five months ago, I tried pretty much the same thing. But I couldn’t lift one arm, and the other was shaking. And within a couple day’s… (continue reading...)

definition of success | 02/26/07

I read a definition of success recently that I really like: Success is when opportunity meets readiness I think the original quote is about Hollywood, but it’s pretty universal, in my opinion. And it’s been very true about my own… (continue reading...)

How to get a good copy of a logo | 02/17/07

There are a few tricks to getting a good logo. In this case, when I say “good”, I am strictly referring to the technical nature of the digital artwork, and not the artistic merit nor communication capabilities of it. The… (continue reading...)

Design Tip #35768 - Keep a Logo Archive | 02/14/07

As a designer, you tend to be involved with many logos over time, both your own and others. Everyone and their sister’s lesbian roommate’s cousin has a logo, and you will eventually probably use them in some project. And if… (continue reading...)

scars | 02/11/07

As I’m sitting here, I found a scar that I’d forgotten I had. It took me a while to even remember where it came from. It’s right at the joint, so I don’t normally even notice it among the normal… (continue reading...)

HPV | 02/07/07

I saw an article a couple weeks ago, about the ‘new’ HPV vaccine. And there was a blurb in the very last paragraph that really bothered me. But it felt like just that: a little incendiary bit with little actual… (continue reading...)

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about me

Patrick Calder grew up in central NY and moved to Washington, DC in 1997, where he now lives with his attack cat Pixel.

Patrick is the founder and proprietor of The Design Foundry, a graphic design studio that produces brochures, websites, reports, logos, and more for a wide range of clients in every public and private sector.

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Winter | February 27, 2007 01:54 PM

Man in the Mirror | February 27, 2007 12:45 AM

definition of success | February 26, 2007 12:37 PM

How to get a good copy of a logo | February 17, 2007 07:43 PM

Design Tip #35768 - Keep a Logo Archive | February 14, 2007 07:01 PM