Miscellaneous
Welcome to one2love.co.za ver2!
This is the first major rehash of our portfolio and blog site in a bunch of years. We specifically concentrated on presenting our portfolio pieces in a better way whilst not ignoring the blogging and social part of the site. Hopefully you will find what you are looking for more intuitively.
Approximately 50% of the current portfolio content have been uploaded with more to come over the coming weeks.
Enjoy.
One2love.co.za will be rebooted in the coming days. New design, new content and a cleaner approach. I have for now removed all my client and portfolio pages.
What is google wave and is it better than email? The guys at EpipheoStudios.com attempt to answer this questions.
Not Exactly new news… but with a 100 000 invites going out at the end of September I can no longer contain my excitement. @ Google, “pick me!”
No secret that I love living in Plettenberg Bay / The Garden Route. “Handmade” wrote a great post about the realities of living and working in the Garden Route of South Africa (excerpt > head on over there to read the whole thing):
The Garden Route is in my opinion the best place to live in South Africa. Its a mind shift once you move down. Its almost as if the big city, after 6 months becomes this other planet where you used to live, but never had a life and for the life of you, you can’t imagine why and how you were fooled by the illusion that success is a big house, a car and a high paying job.
via South Africa Garden Route Forum – Want to buy a business.
Done and dusted… the new site is up (as you can see). Still need to load a mountain of work to the porfolio section though.
I was a bit quick to decide I support Jon Engle in his battle against the Stock Art site that claimed he was using their art on some of his client logos (previous post). It is apparently not so clear as to who is in the wrong -> see this excellent post by The Logo Factor – The Jon Engle vs. Stockart.com story – an anti-spec work parable?
Moral of the story; however this playes out, it serves as another nod towards the wrongs of Spec Work and the negative effects it has on the Graphic Design industry.
THIS SATURDAY 28 MARCH AT 8.30PM YOU CAN VOTE EARTH BY SWITCHING OFF YOUR LIGHTS FOR ONE HOUR – EARTH HOUR.
My day to day, cant live or work without Web App and Software:
(in no particular order)
I am always interested in giving new applications / software a test drive… please leave a comment if you have any suggestions of better or new apps that can help make my life easier / more productive.
- EVERNOTE
Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Did we mention that it’s free?
- REMEMBER THE MILK
Managing tasks is generally not a fun way to spend your time. We created Remember The Milk so that you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience.
- YOUSENDIT
Send, receive and track large and important files.
- SKYPE
Founded in 2003, Skype is revolutionizing the way people communicate around the world. Every day, millions of people use Skype to communicate for free through voice and video calls as well as instant messages. Many people also use Skype to call landline and mobiles with pay as you go Skype Credit or a monthly subscription.
- FIREFOX
The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features, including the smart location bar, one-click bookmarking and blindingly fast performance.
(I use a host of addons for Firefox as well)
- GOOGLE APPS
Software-as-a-service for business email, information sharing and security. Whether your business is moving everything to the cloud, just wants an affordable email solution or struggles to give employees access to critical information, Google Apps will help you stretch resources and work smarter.
- GOOGLE SERVICES (Other)
Google Reader Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won’t miss a thing.
Google Analytics Google Analytics offers a host of compelling features and benefits for everyone from senior executives and advertising and marketing professionals to site owners and content developers.
Google Desktop Google Desktop makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. It’s a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, web pages that you’ve viewed, and more. By making your computer searchable, Desktop puts your information easily within your reach and frees you from having to manually organize your files, emails and bookmarks.
Picasa The easy way to find, edit, and share your photos
- ITUNES
iTunes is a free application for Mac and PC. It plays all your digital music and video. It syncs content to your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV. And it’s an entertainment superstore that stays open 24/7.
- WORDPRESS
WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.
- ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design. Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Design Premium software is the ultimate toolkit for today’s designer. Express yourself in exciting new ways and deliver rich creative experiences across print, web, and mobile media.
- WINDOWS XP
Windows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers.
- FACEBOOK
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
- TWITTER
Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time.
- ADOBE AIR
The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating …
I use a bunch of Air apps in my day to day…
- FILEZILLA
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
- STUDIOMETRY
Store information about clients, contacts, projects, to-dos, payments, timers, invoices, reports, employees, and more! Features networking, multiple employee support (with permissions and hour tracking), simultaneous search of all data, multiple currencies (with automatic exchange rate updating), multiple contacts per client, project and client statuses and categories, modifiable taxes, and many more features!
- FLICKR
Flickr – almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.
- ISTOCK
iStockphoto is the internet’s original member-generated image and design community. Find your inspiration on the world’s leading royalty-free stock destination. Search for over 4 million photographs, vector illustrations, video footage, audio tracks and Flash files. Buy stock or sell stock — or both.
- KULER
Adobe Kuler is a web-hosted application for generating color themes that can inspire any project. Whether creating websites, interior designs, scrapbooks…
- COLOURLOVERS
COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color – whether for ad campaigns, product design, or in architectural specification – a place to check out a world of color, compare color palettes, submit news and comments, and read color related articles and interviews.
I have had to take a break from doing updates to my web home (you are looking at it). Not that I have been that active to start with anyway…
I spent the last couple of months working rather hard, a good start to the year and I hope it will continue (economic downturn and all). I promise to add new work soon 
