Just because I didn’t know what the hell a barista is, apparently I am an uncontrollable moron. I mean, how the hell was I supposed to know that a barista is a master espresso maker? And furthermore, how the hell was I supposed to know that apparently this term applies to all of the McCoffeebucks [...]
Does anyone else find this just a tad disturbing?
I can’t stand the Daily News any more than I can the NY Post, but today takes the cake. People were handing out free copies of the News in Times Square this morning – in fact three people in our office showed up with copies. The headline appears to be about the new portability for [...]
My firm has decided to switch to InDesign from Quark worldwide and I’ve been lucky enough to get the software early to test the system and get a head start on learning the package. The firm has decided to roll out InDesign to all of the the creative services departments worldwide sometime in January.
I’ve [...]
I’ve decided to learn how to do some coding, mainly CSS. Seeing as I have almost no raw html knowledge I have to pretty much start from the beginning and work my way up. I’m going to refresh the design of my site and do it the right way–I would love to stop using the [...]
Ok, so I’ve decided to move into the future by using an actual blogger thingy to post the blog portion of Exhibit 5a. I was posting everything manually, which was becoming a hassle and since my programming and html skills are in their infancy, I thought this would be a better plan. Please bear with [...]
A Brief History of Exhibit 5a and Thoughts on Maintaining Creativity In A Corporate Environment
When someone asks you where you work, you shouldn’t have to be embarrassed. However these days with the unemployment rates skyrocketing, especially here in New York, you find yourself being thankful of your stodgy corporate job, even if you don’t want [...]
Jonathan Gayman is a corporate photographer and design consultant in New York City. He also likes to talk a lot of smack here on Exhibit 5a.