Welcome to Pomomusings.com! If you are coming here for the first time today – it’s probably because we connected at WordCamp SF. Hopefully we got a chance to chat a bit, but if not, let me introduce myself. My name is Adam Walker Cleaveland. I’m a full-time minister and a part-time web/graphic designer. I design [...]
Design
I first wrote about Chris Pearson’s Thesis theme here after I started using it last October. However, I have since come to understand that it’s much more than just another premium WordPress theme. If you’ve worked with Thesis at all, you know it takes a little while to get used to because of its powerful [...]
I have great hope for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Why, you ask? Is it because Bruce Reyes-Chow is our current moderator? Nope. I mean, that’s great, but – that doesn’t truly give me hope. Is it because Presbymergent is helping church leaders around the United States think creatively about the future of the church? Nope. [...]
I watched Helvetica the other day, at the recommendation of my good friend Adam. It’s a documentary about the typeface, Helvetica – one that is familiar to all computer users (Mac & PC) and everyone else in the world. Helvetica has always been a font I’ve avoided using because it looks so boring. However, it [...]
I haven’t been doing as much web design recently, partially because other things have been taking priority and partially because I just needed a break. But I’ve been able to finish up a few projects in the past week, and that’s felt good. I recently completed redesigns for Peachtree Baptist Church (Atlanta), the Kentucky Baptist [...]
Why is it so hard to design logos? A friend suggested the “cleaver” to play around with the “Cleave” aspect of Cleave Design. But…I don’t think this is working. Anyone have any suggestions for a new logo? This looks more like a logo for a cooking show than a design business.
I’ve mentioned it before, but January is my month off. I’m trying to pick up a few more hours at SBL, but other than that, I have some web design & development reading I want to do, as well as plenty of actual web design & development. I’m currently working on two sites, and I’m [...]
There are some very badly designed church websites out there. So, I thought we’d take see what site out there could be dubbed the “Worst Church Website.” Here are some potential nominees: Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church Broadmoor Presbyterian Church Covington Presbyterian Church Christ Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church of Las Vegas Mountain View Presbyterian Church [...]
I was browsing through some old college documents and ran across this graphic from my Design 1 class. Pretty basic stuff, but it was an awesome course – taught by Scott Kolbo – his personal site is Existential Ape. This collage was part of my Beauty project. We were told to create something and explain [...]
