My Personal Love Letter to Mykita

with love,

how to design like Apple

A Love Letter To Syracuse

the five years i spent in this city are some of the best and some of the worst. whenever i see syracuse in a headline i pause and wonder, "what would anyone have to say about this place?" now, don't get me wrong, i loved going to undergrad there and wouldn't trade it, but i'm certainly never headed back.

today as i was skimming some blogs i came across this one: A Love Letter To Syracuse

I paused. And clicked.

Stephen Powers and his crew of painters have come to Syracuse to transform what has been a colossal barrier between two very disparate neighborhoods into a point of interest, a gathering spot, and a conversation.

no, i'm not mesmerized. but i'm happy to see someone taking at least one step towards revitalizing Syracuse (or at least bringing a little attention to it).

Wishlist: Wacom Cintiq & New MacBook Pro

Please Please Please? I'll make you something pretty if you buy me one of these.
















....and while you're at it, my laptop is seriously failing. might as well add one of these:

Playful Typeface: Hannah

Portfolio Site Redesign

it took me long enough, i know. i hadn't updated the content on kateshay.com in over three years. well, until now that is. i've adopted a whole new layout and moved from flash to a sort of portfolio-blog. twitter and facebook have been integrated (you can "like" projects at the detailed view level).

no more static layouts, never-ending loading bars, and re-learning flash every time i want to update. this way i'll get to share projects big and small, link to this here lovely blog, and really just make a more fresh and dynamic UX.

have a look around. i hope you like it.

Drywell ETSY shop

this artist has some seriously strange and awesome prints. i just bought two myself, i'm really excited about the "SF is for carnivores" poster, although i think i got the last one available at the moment. Go check out Drywell's store.

street dog at the office

i have Maybe do my expenses for me.

Baby Carrots: The New Junk Food

Think they can pull it off? Read the article on psfk.

Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.