:( … Hayfever … alright not that serious! just weak … very weak … Oi can’t think about going to work tomorrow

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{1} Hello! what’s this! Don’t mean to brag but I had stayed up till 3am to completely redesign DannieG.com, muwhahahaha! I’m the greatest! - LOL alright not nearly. So what’s new?! nothing really, just a paint of fresherrrr colour and a new blogging direction.

{2} Due to a massive work overload, my overlord has giving me the chance to hop on the ‘workfromhome’ wagon {Pardon Moi: when you work for a Norwegian company can’t help to think of the vikings LOL might be just me :p}. The best part of working from home is the 0 commute time wasted so I was able to finish a great amount of work during the day. still home tomorrow, woohoo I can get use to this!

{3} The top 10 social networking annoyances - While we are on the topic of Norwegians, check out an article on social networks. Before everyone jumps to FriendConnect let’s sit back and breath, is transparency really the solution to EVERYTHING?! (also noticing that nothing else on that site is in English, just that one post. Did someone come in to the office one morning just decided to run one post completely in English? heehee I smell a dare!) Anyways, I think there should be a Graduation date setting on Facebook and just auto delete anyone’s account once they are out of school, okay FINE I don’t use Facebook so I don’t know how ‘good’ it is, but when someone in their 40s runs a pickup line of ‘do you have a facebook account?’ … hum … not sexy … not sexy at all!

{4} For some very sweet patterns on hard solid concrete check out Materialicio’s blog post on Concrete art floors by transparent house

{5} Intelligent Travel posted a very chilling article about the original tales of Mike the headless chicken oh what a no brainier, which reminds me of one of Carlos Mencia’s jokes about people eating stupid/slow animals, hahaha it’s very funny I wish I can find a clip to link to, so far no luck :(

{6} Why Freelancers should watch their backs, Let’s get the word outsourcing right: I’ve had some idiot asking me if outsourcing means hiring non-Americans? If he is getting paid by or close to the rates on Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines then it’s not outsourcing NO MATTER WHAT COUNTRY HE LIVES IN! When someone is getting paid much lower for the same task, $10/hr vs $20/hr then that’s outsourcing. Do I believe in outsourcing designers (I can’t speak for other fields), NO! as easy as it seems, design is a very hard topic, COLOR is even a harder one. How can one expect a perfect harmony in both design + color when your designer is a world apart and surrounded by an utterly different environment. That been said, as a designer + Illustrator i don’t see there’s any reason to worry or be stressed about our clients outsourcing creative talents, there are A WHOLE WIDE WORLD OUT THERE, freelancers - don’t get stuck in one box, if your client decides to go abroad (he’s only gambling with his own money, designers have nothing to loose) just get off your lazy butt - find another client. In time your clients will get tired of these ‘lost in translation’ phone calls/email. Recently I’ve had a client calling me back to asking me retaking on the redesign + maintenance of his website ‘it’s stressful, I don’t know if he understands what I want and every time I call him I can’t find him’ that’s his story for coming back to me after trying outsourcing a web design project with a freelancer in China. The internet has developed into it’s most advanced form - we can’t/couldn’t cover up cheaper labors with a blanket, all we can do is stand by our quality and continue to do what we do the best - DESIGN!

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