Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Free to use Twitter icon illustration
Here is a transparent PNG version for you:
http://www.matthamm.com/images/twitter_bird_01.png
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Update Your Facebook Status With Twitter
Did you know that you can update your Facebook status with Twitter? I know is sounds bizzare but for me it’s a really, really cool thing. I don’t log-in to facebook that often and never update my status, but since I’ve set-up tweeting into facebook, it’s opened up some great new social media activities. I have a set of friends on Facebook who never use Twitter, It’s mainly just more geeky friends (sorry if I’ve offended anyone). So I tweet and I now may get an email from Facebook saying that somebody has replied to my Facebook status and it sparks up a conversation there, which normally I would never of had.
I also like the fact that it filters out @tweets so people are confused when not in the loop. It would be nice though to decide which tweets are posted on facebook, maybe by using a a Facebook tag or something. I can see how it could get a little annoying for other people on Facebook as it may clog up the status feed. There are a few improvements which could be made, but it all seems like that one step closer to intergrating different online social communities.
Just go here and sign up: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2231777543
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Pedro app logo design
Kyan are developing a web application that does the donkey work for you. I can’t say anymore it’s highly confidential. I designed the logo for the Pedro app. Aptly named after Piers (AKA Pedro) a Director at Kyan.
In my mind, Pedro had to be a Mexican donkey. Et volia!
Supereight Studio business cards
Our first business cards for Supereight Studio have arrived direct from moo.com. They do such a great job! Woo look I’m a Creative Director.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
I’ve left Kyan to start a new business
It’s never the right time to start your own business. It’s something I’ve been dreaming of doing for many years now. So, I’ve saved a bit of money as a cushion, not much though, just enough to get me through the first few months.
Sometime in October 2008 Pete Orme, another web designer at Kyan, and I started chatting one evening about how cool it would be to have our own web design agency. I’d finally found someone to go into business with with 
. Eventually after many discussions, We both decided to hand in our notices in the first week back in January after the Christmas Holidays and give about 2 months notice so that Kyan would have time to replace their whole design department!
The timing could have been better, really. Helen was about to have our first baby, and our tenants in our rented flat in Brighton were not paying the rent and messing us around. The 1st of March was agreed as the first day of the now named Supereight Studio Ltd.
Starting a new business is so exciting, I’m working day and night at the moment with a big smile on my face. Although I’m sad to leave kyanmedia because it is such a cool company and great place to work, nothing can beat the feeling of working for yourself. I’ve freelanced before in the past on and off, working from home etc. But this time it’s different, that’s what so good about having a business partner. We are looking at offices at the moment, and once we are in there it should feel a bit more realistic.
I think we have just won our first web project. So at least we have started the ball rolling. We are just in the process of designing the logo and the website, so when that all offically launches, it should give us a bit of a kick start.
Anyway, I’ll keep you updated on business ups and downs over the next couple of years, (I hope).