About
My name is Nicholas Petersen. I'm a designer & developer, building brand identities, websites and communication strategies. I love working with teams who are passionate about their products, like I am.
I live in Omaha with my beautiful wife, Janell and our dog, Pepper. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Dribbble and Rdio.
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Making A Songbook, or Designing in the Browser: Part I
In December, I had the idea to record a few Christmas Songs for my family and send to them as an EP called the “Petersen Family Christmas Songbook.” I wanted the songs to feel like a special little package with… Read More
Why I Love Secret Penguin
Years ago, I bought a teeshirt from Dave Nelson (@secretpenguin) – partly because I liked the shirt – mostly because I wanted to have an excuse to say ‘hi’. In my early days of learning design, Dave was someone I… Read More
Pecha Kucha
I recently spoke at Pecha Kucha, an event where each speaker gets 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide. The speaker has no control over the slide changes and is given a total of 6:40 to speak. I shared about the… Read More
I Used to Play Music
I used to play music. That is to say, I used to write songs, play in coffee shops, rehearse and sometimes perform with various bands and regularly lead worship for church services and summer camps. Although the time I spent… Read More
Collective Public Problem Solving
Today something amazing happened. I launched a new site! But that’s not all. The homepage of both NicholasPetersen.is and less.is features some fancy little javascript that acts like a typewriter. On NicholasPetersen.is, I used a series of short messages on a… Read More