So far I’m enjoying my new role as webmaster for the Community College. Yes, it’s challenging…not because of the actual technical work (because I’ve done web production many many times), but more so because of the way the academic environment works and how long it takes to get things decided. But there are a lot of not-so-obvious...
Read MoreHigh need low expectations
It’s been increasingly difficult to post regularly here on my blog sorry. Couple things going on here. First, I’ve split up my teaching material from my business website here, so I created another site and blog rather than mix everything all up on this site. I haven’t exactly worked out how I’d manage two blogs. The one on the class...
Read More10 things every creative person must learn
Photography celebrity Chase Jarvis offered a great artcile “10 things every creative person must learn” today which I though was spot-on. He did a good job of summarizing lessons I had to struggle to learn myself. If you’re a new photographer or designer, I definitely suggest giving this article some thought and putting it to heart. If...
Read MoreStill here…still working
It’s been about 5 days since my wife took my little boy with her to Hong Kong to visit his maternal grandparents. I keep getting comments from my friends, “OH you must LOVE it! Some alone time for you!” Yeah no doubt it’s been pretty sweet. I’m not close to hosting a wild party at my place…let’s face it, my party...
Read MoreScrolling websites
I’ve been having this discussion with my brother recently about usability in web design. I know…a bit of a geeky conversation, but since my brother and I have overlapped in some areas of our careers, it was just another thing that we talked about. It all started out when he sent me a pretty cool collection of CSS scrolling websites. This type...
Read More10th anniversary
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since September 11th, 2001. I hadn’t blogged or kept any record of my experiences back then…but if I had, I clearly would have had difficulty expressing my thoughts on that day. All I remember was waking up early that day getting ready for work and then having my mom call and ask me to turn on the TV....
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.