Another birthday gone…not just any birthday but it was the big FOUR ZERO. As a student put it recently, “Oh I didn’t know you were so OLD!” It’s one of those benchmark years where you have to look back and evaluate life a little bit. Well, as it turned out, today passed uneventfully. We took Kingston to the park and then...
Read MoreAdvice for my son
I ran into a former student last week who was graduating and heading off to an art academy in the Mainland. She was a little nervous about it. I offered her some encouragement to reach for the stars. It got me thinking about what advice I’d like to give Kingston one day as he starts encountering issues in his lifetime. I guess God willing, I’ll...
Read MoreFull circle
Here I am a few days away from turning 40…Kingston is napping and I’m hungry. There’s nothing in our refrigerator. I realize I’ve come full circle. In my college days I’d be too lazy to cook with nothing in my fridge. So I’d have a cup noodle. Now, I’m married, have a kid…too lazy to cook. Nothing in my fridge. So...
Read MoreHow Loading Time affects your Bottom Line
Another infographic demonstrating how your site’s loading time can affect your bottom line. It’s definitely food for thought. I mean, reducing a site’s load time has been something web designers have been doing since forever, but I did personally notice that around 2003 – 2006 that agenda seemed to have been temporarily brushed...
Read MoreDidn’t go down
No I didn’t get hacked or anything…some of you may have noticed some odd behavior landing here on my site these past few hours. It’s a long story. Suffice to say I’ve been shuffling my own site(s) along with those of some of my clients over to my new server. My own site here, is a convoluted web of stuff. I got domains pointing this way...
Read MoreWhy you don’t like changes to your design
Another, oh-so-true comic strip from The Oatmeal, “Why you don’t like changes to your design” This is another trap even I fall into once in a while. I can count maybe 4 or 5 major projects I’ve had in my career so far where I really put everything I had into the work. I loved everything about the projects, I liked working with the...
Read MoreAbout Me
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.