New Year

New Year

by | Jan 17, 2017 | News

After a year or so off of any blogging, I’ve decided to get back to it again. It’s a new year and I am feeling a good bit of momentum behind the vision for Merriam Creative right now. Things have never been more active with the company and my client list...
Step Back

Step Back

by | Sep 4, 2014 | Design

Do you ever take a step back and look at your desk and say, wow, I’ve got a lot going on right now? As I was packing up the other day to go home from the office, I looked around my desk and noticed all of the different pieces that I have in production at the...

Why I’m Switching Back

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Design

I’ve been an Apple freak since 1983 when my dad bought us an Apple IIe and learned how to write my first code on that thing when I was in the 4th grade. Flash-forward 30+ years and I still use Apple products every day. But, after some serious back and forth in...

Toughest Marathon

by | Aug 22, 2014 | Video

For the past 6 weeks, I’ve been directing a heartfelt video of my dad’s continuing battle with cholangiocarcinoma. I’m so excited to see it all come together and get it out to the world. It’s a story of hope and about taking life day by day,...

@font-face in your Face

by | Jan 13, 2014 | Code, Drupal

I got this jewel of an error this morning while checking a site in IE10 that I hadn’t run across before. CSS3117: @font-face failed cross-origin request error Of course, it was glaringly obvious that the site hadn’t loaded the fonts I intended for it to...

Launching in 3, 2, 1

by | Jan 10, 2014 | Wordpress

After building and launching websites now since 1998 (yeah, I’m old), I thought I’d break down the essential checklist for that exciting yet nerve-wracking event called go-live. These are just my standard checks and are tailored for a WordPress installation so...