Baltimore Sun newsroom awards and updates
Besides being used to film the Washington Herald scenes for the Netflix series “House of Cards,” a lot has happened at The Sun since my last journal update on this site. First I wanted to mention how proud I am to have received The Baltimore Sun newsroom award again, but this time as part of ...
Gay means happy, as far as 353,564 Americans and I are concerned
I just read the article “The Happiest US State Is …” on Yahoo News. With a quick double-checking of Wikipedia’s “Same-sex marriage in the United States,” I jammed out this happy little infographic. Enjoy! From the article: “The results are based on telephone interviews conducted from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, with a random ...
Outstanding Newsroom Performer for March
Before my time on the “Outstanding Newsroom Performers” wall is up, I thought I’d better get this posted. Winning the newsroom award for the month of March was certainly a shock and an exciting way to kick off the summer at The Sun! — From the announcement: Our newsroom award winner for the month of ...
Twitter needs a grammar check
I’m categorizing this post under “Inspiration” to remind myself that children are the future. Man, I really need to start mentoring or tutoring or something because our future is looking pretty smelly.
Color choices are VERY important
So when did web designers start manipulating their viewers by sending subliminal messages through hex colors? Did I miss that day in studio?
A URL by any other name…
Please learn from these idiots. And don’t be like the Blackberry people and search for future employees on rim.jobs. Oh, and don’t visit any of these failed sites. I think one or more of them are now what the mistakenly say they are.
Super bowl = Capital “O”
I love designer humor. If you don’t get the headline of this post, then you don’t love typography.
Mama Tann’s Homemade Sugar Cookies (Now Web Safe)
This is going to be the first time ever that I’ve spent Christmas away from my Iowa family. Luckily, my sister and brother-in-law only live a short 7 1/2 hours away, so we’ll be spending it with them. To bring a little bit of Iowa with us, I attempted to make my mom’s amazing sugar ...
It’s Always Sunny in Baltimore
I’ll be starting off 2012 with a ray of sunshine because I just accepted a position at The Baltimore Sun! As the Design and Technology Manager, I’ll be working in the newsroom on the many great digital platforms The Sun Media Group has to offer. I am extremely excited and if you want to get ...
Until I get another message… from myself
Going through old totes and unpacking from our big more, I came across a letter that I had written in 8th grade for my freshly high school graduated self. It made me think of one of my favorite scenes from Best in Show. The letter wasn’t terribly revealing but I guess I had higher hopes ...
Bare in Baltimore
I’m currently sitting on one of the two pieces of furniture that Kory and I crammed into our cars, along with the animals, for a long drive to Baltimore yesterday morning. Here’s how this all played out: Because the moving people assured us that the truck with all our worldly possessions would roll up in ...
Relax, Stove.
While preparing for our big move to the east coast, I sometimes feel like things aren’t happening fast enough. At times like these, I have to tell that bitchy flight attendant in my head to just chill out. Change can take a good chunk of time. I mean, it’s the 90′s. Civil rights! On a ...
Sperm Shoes?
I love SkyMall for all the ridiculous stuff you can buy to fix all your first world problems. Now, running shoes seem far too reasonable of a product to have in SkyMall. However, who thought THIS was a good logo for them? Swimming caps, maybe…
New Web Site, New Coast!
The affects of major life changes manifest themselves in many different ways. A big move, like what we’re about to do this Thanksgiving, definitely counts as one of them. So as we set our sights on Baltimore, I wanted to make a major virtual change as well, hence the new nicktann.com! On way this big ...
