If you want to make a website, go to wordpress.com and set one up for free. It’s easy. If you’ve done that and want greater flexibility, buy some web-hosting from bluehost and upload your own template. There are 100s and 1000s of free templates available for wordpress. Some a pretty average. The best way to [...]
Last month I failed to post any design related gear. Not this month. The following are 3 videos that are well-made and if you’re a creative, they might give you some inspiration. Or not. Two stop animations, then a film clip. 1) The PEN Story (h/t ragamuffin soul): 2) PEN Giant:
On my way home from Tamworth, based on my brother’s strong endorsement, I stopped in at Cafe Telegraph. It’s at the north-western end of the small town Murrurundi. It’s a beautiful cafe, but the only time it’s open is for a limited window on Saturday and Sunday. My brother has been there once, but every [...]
Church By The Bridge and Petersham Evening Church are both running impressive events and corresponding websites aimed directly at their local community using the ‘I heart…’ motif. If you’ve stumbled here via google and you’re from Kirribilli or Petersham, you should check them out. If you’re a Christian involved in loving your community, you should [...]
A friend asked me how I learnt to do ‘design stuff’. The truth is, I didn’t one day sit down and plan on learning design stuff. I just gradually got better at making youth group flyers. Quite a functional way to learn! Below is my response to my friend. Just have a go. If you [...]
Next week is Moore College mission. We’ve just set up a team blog that will have updates from each of the teams. Get the word out. Let me know if you want to write. ALSO – if you’re a tweeter, use the hashtag #MooreMission when tweeting about mission. Follow all the MooreMission tweets here. Check [...]
Scott Petty and Nicky Baker are my favourite Youth Pastors. They’re doing great work with Christ Church Youth in St Ives, Sydney. The current series they are teaching is from 1 Corinthians, Don’t Want to be a Corinthian Idiot. Check out the intro video below: Check out the podcast. Subscribe in iTunes. Check out their [...]
Bandcamp is a killer website that enables bands to get their music online. I’ve just set up a site for a friend, Steph Lentz. Bandcamp was really easy to use and the only cost is a small cut to Paypal for any cash transactions. Steph’s demo EP is called The First One. The 5 tracks [...]
If you answered “yes”, you must go and check out the new 8Bit Network. I’ve been a long time fan of John Saddington and his site ChurchCrunch. ChurchCrunch has now been massively beefed up into a whole network of sites aiming to “resource the church with timely, relevant, practical, and exceptionally valuable content.” It includes [...]
Been on holidays. We’re back. Sweet break. Here are 3 photos of a rusty caravan in Bellingen (west of Coffs Harbour, NSW). 3photos is a new irregular photo post series. two more below
Steve Kryger has a big long list. Worth a read. Worth putting into practise. Do one thing at a time. Do important tasks first. Do unpleasant tasks first. Set short-term time goals. Turn off your email. Turn off Facebook. Tidy your workspace. Allocate times to exercise. Plan ahead. Unsubscribe or filter unnecessary email newsletters. Keep [...]
For the past couple of years I’ve downloaded a free desktop calendar each month from Smashing Magazine. This year, I’m going to try and design one each month. If I do it on time, and it’s up-to-scratch, I may even submit some for the monthly gallery. We’ll see. Here’s my first attempt. It’s called: X [...]
Best of 2009 round 1: Albums. Round 2: iPhone Apps. I’ve had an iPhone for about 4 months. It really has been a handy productivity tool, and it also makes phone calls! The following are Applications that I use most days. Trip View Lite – super smart and super useful train (and bus + ferry) [...]
Sometimes being deliberately lame is just lame. But sometimes when someone is deliberately lame – it only adds to their rating on the coolnessometer. Dunlop Volleys have nailed it with their website Dunlop Valley Warehouse (their main site is good too) and their viral videos. I like Volleys – I’ve been a long time wearer. [...]
I recently started experimenting with Posterous. I use it as a way of sharing twitter pictures and videos. It’s really quick & easy to use and it’s a tidy & attractive spot to store things. Here’s my posterous account: davemiers.posterous.com Having now used it for a couple of weeks, I think it’s much more than [...]
Microsoft have some sweet deals on software for students. They now have their new operation system, Windows 7, available as an upgrade for only $49.95. Check out www.itsnotcheating.com.au for some action. (It’s called www.theultimatesteal.com in the US and it’s $29.99US – click on the icon in the top right corner for other countries) I’m currently [...]
Just updated my portfolio with a screen grab of some work I did for Lighthouse Church. They are a local church in Sydney. The site includes sermon podcast, pastor’s blog, calendar integration, and can be easily edited by the church. I’m currently hooking up design work for the summer holidays. Check out my portfolio, see [...]
I was asked after a recent sermon where I got the graphics from the PowerPoint and sermon handout. Here’s my answer that I emailed to the staff and leaders at Willoughby. Copied below for your convenience. www.creativemyk.com – some of the gear on here is a little bit cheesy, but there’s plenty of good stuff. [...]
New screen grab added to my design portfolio for an ongoing project: onthevoddy.com This is a customisation of a WordPress template. The site includes: twitter integration; live video streaming; vodcast video and graphic design. I’m currently lining up summer design work for December 09 through to February 2010… let me know if you want in! [...]
I’ve just added a screenshot to my design portfolio for work I did for kirkyouth.net Kirkyouth is the youth ministry of Kirkplace Church. This website is hosted for free at www.wordpress.com and is a basic customisation of one of their free templates. See the full screen shot and other work samples in my portfolio.