Author Archives: Hamish

MontrealPython Logo

Check out the logo I made for the local MontrealPython group.
Can you guess the font?

New York and BarCampNYC3

This post is somewhat delayed. Mostly because I’ve been procrastinating it for a week or so now.
Anyway, about a week ago I returned home from my first trip to NYC. It was fantastic. I went down with my buddy Erik Wright for BarCampNYC3, meeting lots of great people in the industry. I also stayed an […]

Design Challenge #2: Time Machine Icon

If you’ve ever used a new Mac (perhaps you own one), then you’ve probably seen the many beautiful icons that the OS has in it’s repertoire. And likewise, the many amazing icons created for various 3rd party applications.
One of my favorites is the Time Machine icon. representing Apple’s newly released backup solution.
For this issue of Design […]

The Typography of Code

As a self proclaimed programmer/designer I enjoy not only the logical and practical things in life, but also the beautiful and well designed. And I find the greatest pleasure when these things converge to produce something extraordinary.
One such thing is Typography. Typography is the art of language, the visualization of the spoken word. A medium by […]

I Love Typography (and Braveheart)

I’ve been a happy follower of the I Love Typography blog for several months now, and out of the 150+ blogs that I follow, it’s one of the few that I really enjoy reading. I found the site at the perfect time, I was just starting to evolve my style so to speak, and typography […]