Not enough bits in this byte. A place for Gary Owen to write down some stuff and then it goes on the interweb. Thursday, March 20, 2008. Check out this screenshot from office 2007. Most user interface designers know that you can give the user a sense of progress by giving them some kind of motion on the screen. A little spinning disk, an hourglass that rotates every few seconds, or a never-ending progress bar. Wednesday, February 06, 2008.

Follow me on Tumblr and Twitter! What can I say. Tuesday, 22 March 2011. Big relief to finally have it sorted, should have been up months ago! .

Owen is a Creative Director and entrepreneur with experience in both the design and start-up world. He is an alum of ArtCenter College of Design and brand incubator Ferroconcrete. Owen has served as Co-Founder and CEO of Commodity. While at Commodity, Owen led the creative team to build a lifestyle brand that combined accessibility with understated luxury. The Commodity team challenged tradition and helped create a movement that brought niche fragrances to a new market.