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Big Book of Awesome
Some time ago I had ordered The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration from the publisher and it finally arrived. Normally I wouldn't write about a getting a new book except that some of my work is featured on its pages! Yes, on pages 195, 198 and 200 you can clearly see a few of my illustrations. The book is also full of amazing work by some very talented folks including illustrators Si Scott and Nik Ainley.
About 6 moths ago the author of the book, Martin Dawber, contacted me about putting some of my illustration work in a new book he was putting together. Of course I said "yes" and I gathered some high-quality examples and sent them off. Six months later, here we are with the book being released earlier this month. The pieces published exist on this site already, here, here and here. Continue reading…
Vote and Get a Sticker
Early voting in Florida took place this last week until Saturday so I put aside some time to do my patriotic duty. After all, I just had to walk a block away. And I'm grateful I did early voting on Saturday even though waiting in line took over 2 hours. It was my very first time voting too, since during the last election I was still technically a Michigan resident, but this time around I was ready, having registered early.
I never would have thought voting would be such a gratifying experience, but it was. And the free sticker didn't hurt things...
Interactive Expedition Launches
Last week I finished work on the Wordpress site for Interactive Expeditions. It was my most complex design to date and it turned out great. Wordpress made this site buildout quicker than the typical website plus its a great CMS for that clients who need a simple CMS for easy updating.
Interactive Expeditions offers a revolutionary means of experiential teaching and learning through an immersive, real-time, interactive platform that links geographically remote expedition teams with any web-connected student/participant worldwide.
Simply it links teachers with students. But the cool part is that the teacher is is Bermuda... in a cave... 400 feet underground. The realtime video application that NFi Studios helped to create works to connect students with the experts while they are in the field.
To learn more about Interactive Expeditions and find out about their current trip to Bermuda, check out this Orlando Sentinel article. Also check out interactiveexpedition.com.
BarCampOrlando Recap
Wow. What a weekend. Tech, geeks, alcohol and conversation mixed this weekend in an awesome event called BarCamp. If you don't already know what its about, find out here.
The weekend started a lot earlier than normal for me. I usually roll out of bed about 1pm on Saturday so I had to get up a bit earlier than usually to get there but the registration time of 10am. And I had a talk so I wanted to get there even earlier. I headed to our (NFi's) office to prep my note cards (which I didn't even use) for my 11.30am talk time. I caught a couple talks then I was up. I thought it went well. Altogether, a good time. Here's my presentation.
A lot of good talks. To mention just a few that stood out: Dan Kinchen on Creating a Central Florida Tech Association, Erik Hersman on Using Social Media in a Time of Crisis, Gregg Pollack's Rant on the Community and Greg Rollett's Music, Media, & Money.
The Izea after party on Dev Day was also a blast. Open bar, music and enough video games to keep someone busy for days. I met a lot of great people and had a great time.
Media Day was also just as fun as the first day, although it had a smaller turnout. Many of the presentations centered around social media, blogging and new media. I also did an impromptu talk on my blog, Helpmepaymyloans.com.
Big thanks to everyone of who helped put on BarCamp and all the sponsors (including NFi). It was a great time and I will definitely be attending the next.
BarCamp Orlando One Week Away!
BarCamp is set to take over Wall St. in downtown Orlando next weekend. This time the community tech event will be spaced out over 2 days: April 5th, Dev Day and April 6th Media Day.
BarCampOrlando is a community building event which happens twice a year to brings together people from different backgrounds to share and learn from each other. There will be people who know Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, and other technologies coming together for Dev Day, and there will be people who know film, music, photography, graphic design, podcasting, and even other new Media coming together for Media Day
I'm looking forward to the weekend. I'll be attending both days where I'm sure I'll hear some great talks. My company, NFi Studios, will be sponsoring the event along with the community's top technology businesses. Check out the BarCamp Orlando website for more info.
BarCamp and FOWA Miami Recap
This past weekend I attended BarCamp and the Future of Web Apps conference, both in Miami. I had a blast to say the least. Here is a recap of the weekend. Continue reading…
Helpmepaymyloans.com Blog Launch
So I finally launched the Helpmepaymyloans.com blog! So far it has gotten some press in its short few days of existence. I'm excited about starting a blog with so much potential behind it. To sum it up: Helpmepaymyloans.com is dedicated to to bringing you news, resources and statistics about student loans, colleges and general finance management. Continue reading…
New Blog Design Coming Soon…
Originally, before this blog was launched, I did a mockup, much like start of every site that I work on. It was a great design but sadly, it never has seen the light of day due to my lack of time and understanding of WordPress and PHP.
Updates to Portfolio!
I finally got around to updating my 'folio and just in time for the new year. Check it out here. Continue reading…
Metal Fans Unite for Florida Death Metal!
Awhile ago I had a conversation with my buddy Cory. It seems he's into Death Metal (who knew!). So after a conversation over lunch we struck a deal. I'll be working to help him start up FloridaDeathMetal.com by doing his branding and website design. Continue reading…
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