Anita Hart :: Art + Design Portfolio + Musings

Every year, I’m amazed at the great music indie rock and electronic artists produce. It’s sad how bland and repetitive commercial radio continues to be. These songs have great melodies, you can sing along to, dance to, rock out to, or savor the lush electronic sounds.

A bunch of free indie rock and dance mp3s with Halloween-themed content.

The artist, the designer, the musician, the craftsperson — the person who makes things is never bored. Your conflict is not making something. You are driven by the need to express yourself.

Art with some song lyrics from the late Michael Hutchence (INXS).

I visually played around with the brilliant lyrics “Heavy words are so lightly thrown” from the Smiths song “What difference does it make?” Grab some tunes in honor of Morrissey’s Birthday as well.

I attended Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 for a few hours this year. My sketchnotes from the session “Hit It (Hard) with the Pretty Stick” from Jenny Lam, as well as some photos.

HTML email coding tips checklist and huge list of resources and templates.

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in technology and science. I chose to profile Mary Spio with a portrait.

We’ve moved beyond the early days of the web, and it’s time to give readers more credit for understanding call to actions. Linking action words provides people with the context of your message.

Indie/alternative rock and pop fused with electronica, musical brain candy. Songs you can dance to, sing along with, and sounds with feeling and emotion. Song streams and free mp3s.