Holstee, a New York based company which sells eco-friendly clothing wrote this inspiring mission statement to remind themselves why the started the company.
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You can order the Holstee Manifesto Poster for $25,00 here.
From the moment we open our eyes it fuels our existence. At Skillshare.com they’re on a mission to remind everyone to never lose your sense of curiosity or wonder.
TweetShueti heeft voor Kersvers deze visual gemaakt. As always weet hij te verbazen met dit prachtige kunstwerk.
Je kunt het shirt (v-hals) bestellen voor € 24,95. Just give us a hollar
De visual heeft een resolutie van 300 dpi en de hoeveelheid detail is prachtig. Ik heb er voor eigen gebruik een wallpaper van gemaakt. Download wallpaper (1920 x 1200).
We spelen met de gedachte dit kunstwerk op canvas aan te bieden..
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
- Lawrence of Arabia
I thought it might be fun to do a series of short posts about applications we use at Kersvers.
This time: Cage app.
Cage app is a free collaboration tool that allows agencies, designers and freelancers to share and present their work for review. We use it almost on a daily basis to show concepts or design proposals to our clients. It works great and clients like it too. (Fun fact, back in 2010 we were actually building something like this for our own use.)
It works as follows. Create a new project, upload your design and send your client a link. Clients can draw rectangles on top of your work and give feedback where it makes sense. You in return can reply and clarify or explain your choices. This way you can see the entire conversation between each party, all centered around the work and thereby eliminating lengthy emails and meetings.
Bitconfused is working on a new version of their product which will have new features like revisions (*uch* WANT! *uch*).
Harvest is a time-tracking tool which allows us to see how much time is spent on a project. It gives us a valuable insight in our business. Keeping track of the hours ensures we stay on schedule and within budget. It also makes sure our future project estimates are more accurate and if needed provides great reference for clients.
In this screenshot you see an example of one of our smaller projects. It shows we came up 10 hours short and exceeded the original estimate by 21%. It also shows that there’s no way you can design, even a small website, in less than 16 hours. Not a very good estimate. ;) Lesson learned.
We were pretty much spot on with front-end development. Which in my opinion is a difficult one to get right considering the design choices and different browsers. The task ‘Content Management Systeem’ represents the implementation and tweaking of WordPress.
Most of the time we work on a project basis. This means we give out an estimate of how many hours are needed on the different parts of the project (interaction design, design itself.) and it’s our responsibility to deliver within budget. Keeping track of the hours spent in Harvest helps against kitchen sink syndrome. It forces you to be realistic.
You can use Harvest in your browser, as a desktop widget ...
Time tracking using harvestAt Adobe User Group ‘London Calling’ The Mill showcased their Mill Touch, an interactive multi-touch, smart glass display showcasing the Mill’s body of work. It’s a great way to show off their work.
TweetMark Zuckerberg has gone from his Harvard college dorm to running a business with 800 million users, and a possible value of $100 billion. BBC reports on life inside Facebook.
“One of the fundamental differences between the UX developer and the traditional developer is the focus of each discipline. Both are concerned with whether or not the application works. It is in how they define “works” where this fundamental difference in focus is found.”
