image credit: digitaltribes At SXSW, Clay Shirky told a comical anecdote about how, in a last ditch effort to save the profession of the scribe from the faster, more efficient, less expensive invention of mechanical movable type introduced Gutenberg, an elegantly crafted argument was drafted, copied, and printed… using, not the scribes, but the very technology the argument was crafted against. It is not hard to imagine why the argument failed… Today and a similar...

The Early Years: As I reflected on the moments that brought me to my sentence, it became evident that I've already lived a lifetime influenced by design. Though it may have been called other things at the time, the pieces that played into my passion, my drive, and my success for what I was doing can all be traced back to design. Every. Single. Time.

What does it mean to be blind? Physically it means lack of eyesight, but that’s not all. It also means relying on, adapting to, and utilizing other senses. When a person loses their vision it is well known that they adapt to use their other senses fill in the gap. They fine tune, key in, become more aware of how they touch, interact with, and perceive the world around