Speaking at WordCamp Toronto 2009
Apr 24, 2009 860 Comments
To all Toronto WordPress fans, I have a good news for you. BackSpaceStudios and PHUG are hosting a WordCamp conference in Toronto between May 8 – 10th 2009. I will be speaking at the conference on how you can use WordPress as a CMS for almost any type of websites. I will use my projects as examples: Best Web Gallery = gallery site, Web Designer Wall = blog, and IconDock = eCommerce. So, be sure to attend if you want to know how I setup my WordPress sites. I have five tickets to giveaway, head over to Web Designer Wall to join the contest for a chance to win a free ticket.
IconDock Shop Launched
Feb 21, 2009 8 Comments
After two years of selling stock icons on N.Design Studio, I’ve decided to create a new site, IconDock, that is dedicated for icons. It is a icon shop where I offer stock icons and free icons. As you may have noticed, all icon-related content on this site have moved to IconDock. With the new site launch, I also released a new set of icon called HiGloss. Now, you can buy icons individually starting at a dollar or save by buying the entire set. Please check out the site and let me know your feedbacks. Thanks.
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Slides: Finding Inspiration From Your Environment
Jan 15, 2009 150 Comments
In Novemenber 2008, I spoke at the Future of Web Design conference in New York City about Finding Inspiration From Your Environment. The conference went very well and I had a lot of fun during my stay in New York. Thanks to those who provied me with valuable feedbacks at the after party. If you’ve missed the event and are interested in viewing the presentation slides, you can see the embedded slides in this post (you can also download the slides via SlideShare). The conference video is available at the Carsonified website.
About The Presentation Slides
At the beginning, I showed two of my new illustrations and the process of making them (from sketch to final). Then I talked about where I find inpiration and how I keep my work/ideas fresh. At the end, I presented two examples on how you can create original work from various inspiring sources. If you’ve visited the conference and saw my presentation, please post your comments and feedbacks in this post.
Speaking at FOWD NYC 2008
Sep 25, 2008 4 Comments
I’m happy to announce that I will be speaking at Future of Web Design – New York 2008, a web design event hosted by Carsonified. In the past, I’ve attended many design conferences, but this is my first time speaking. I will be presenting about “Finding Inspiration From Your Environment”. If you plan to attend the conference, enter the coupon code FOWD/WDW for a 15% discount. Hurry! Because this code is only valid for the first 50 person who purchase the passes to the conference. I also have a FREE conference pass to giveaway, head over to Web Design Wall for details (contest ends at October 9, 2008).
New Project: Design Jobs on the Wall
Sep 08, 2008 6 Comments
Finally, the job board (Design Jobs on the Wall) that I’ve been working on is launched. It is a very simple job board where you can post or find design jobs. If you have a job opening, please post a job and let me know your thoughts on the workflow. You can post a full-time job for only $75 or a freelance job for $50. Opening special: enter coupon code “promo” to get a 50% discount on your first job listing. Lastly, I would like to thank Justin from Scheetz Designs, for his excellent job on coding the back-end of the job board. Justin is also the guy behind the web design gallery, Design Snack.
Facebook App for WIRED Science
Mar 25, 2008 2,030 Comments
The Facebook app that I designed for WIRED Science is officially launched. The app is called “WIRED SCIENCE: What Element Are You?” It is basically a fun app that lets you take a short quiz to find out what element you are from the periodic table. Then you can combine your element with your friends and it will tell you the relationship between the two of you. If you are interested in adding me to your network, here is my Facebook profile (I rarely update though).
It was a great pleasure working Liz Burr (project coordinator) and Pure Inc. (Facebook app developer). The project was successfully done. I did the design and front-end CSS coding. It was a fun project for me because I had full creative control and I got to do some illustration and icon work (my favorites). Here are the screenshots:
Best Web Gallery Rebuilt
Oct 11, 2007 4 Comments
Best Web Gallery
After several weeks of hard work, I finally completed rebuilding one of my projects, Best Web Gallery. Note, it is a rebuild, not redesign. I literally went to every single site in the gallery and re-captured the screenshots. Now Best Web Gallery is powered by the latest release of WordPress 2.3. Beside of the WordPress upgrade, I also added many new features such as image tooltip, different display modes (thumbnails, full image, and detailed mode), open external link options, and tag cloud. Check out the gallery now and let me know your feedbacks.
Site Launch: Web Designer Wall
Jul 30, 2007 3 Comments
As most of you already know that I’m launching a new site and thank you for being supportive checking on my blog every day. Finally, the site is done and I’m very proud to announce the launch. The new site is called Web Designer Wall. It is my new blog on design related stuffs such as design trends, CSS, Photoshop tutorials, technology, etc. Some of you might ask: “Why do you another site? What about N.Design Studio?” Well, the difference is I want to make Web Designer Wall a multi-author blog and I will keep N.Design as my portfolio site. The existing content on this site will not be changed. I will still provide WordPress themes, Illustrator tutorials, icons, and freebies. Check out my new site and let me know your thoughts.
