lifeoutside the lines

“You can not bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You can not keep out of trouble by spending more than you [...]

The iPhone touch screen made it cool, but it was the ability for customers to download and and install third party ‘applications’ that created the revolution. This genius decision turned a phone into an information swiss army knife, and created a digital ‘gold rush’ that is turning independent developers into millionaires.
Here are just a [...]

‘Dude, WTF? Your last blog update was almost a year ago’. Said a friend of mine. ‘Yeah. I know.’ ‘Why did you stop?’  ’I had to return some video tapes. But I get your point…’
I actually enjoyed writing my blog, I enjoy writing in general… but I keep getting told that [...]

What an absolutely epic day.
It started at 12.30am when our guide Wayan and Mudi picked Roger, Darshana, Lorin, Theresa and myself up from Vision Villas then took us for a two hour drive into the middle of nowhere before coming to a silent stop in a pitch black car park.
What happened over the next 8 [...]

Imagine Pop Idol for entrepreneurs…
That’s where I just spent the last week. It’s pretty wild. Its called Entrepreneurs Business School (EBS) and basically 150 entrepreneurs from 25 countries descend on Bali to battle ‘it’ out, because in the words of Highlander “There can be only ONE!”. 5 mentors judge the submitted business [...]

“Your test is when?” asked my instructor as he almost choked on his coke.
The end of the week, I repeated.
“And you have never ridden a motorbike before?”
“Never” I replied, growing increasingly insecure.
“Good luck.” was all he said. I got the sense he thought I would need it.

After hassles with logotournament’s servers, I decided to extend the competition for an extra 5 days.
These have been two significant deviations from the theme.
What do you think?

This is a quick update of what has been going on in my world since my departure from Triumphant Events, almost one month ago. It’s about what is inspiring me right now, and where I see myself heading next. It’s also the result of my first play with Final Cut Express… so excuse the effects, [...]

On my last Blog there were some impassioned comments posted about the quality and ethics of using a service like logotournament.com, and the possibility of design cartels [my imaginative spin].

(No. 1)
The primary standpoint of the conversation, aside from the ethical quagmire presented, was that the submissions were shortsighted, had not taken into account my long [...]

The amount of logo submission just jumped from 15 to 28 in a matter of hours. It’s really cool, after passing on your feedback, here is what the graphic gladiators came back with. Waddayareckon?
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Click to checkout another 8 designs…