A cinemagraph is essentially an animated GIF produced from video. It's nothing new but what do we label a GIF and what do we label a cinemagraph? Many people will argue the differences between the two but for me, it's…
awesomerobNovember 10, 2014
A very interesting TED talk addressing some of today's social interactions in the work place and highlighting the fact that we can't make everyone work in an environment that is deemed to suit all. Perhaps this is another contributing factor of the…
awesomerobAugust 29, 2014
Here's what we can do to change the world, right now...take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
Ever since discovering Mr Heldens back in December 2013 on Youtube with his track "Gecko", I still haven't had enough of this 19 year old's sounds. This mix in particular get's an almost daily play! Out of the 296,719 plays…
awesomerobJuly 17, 2014
I recently came across this awesome service called 4Clip. What they offer is a service to handle the task that most designers despise about image editing - cutting out! Those dreaded clipping paths. It's time consuming, laborious and quite frankly,…
awesomerobJuly 16, 2014
Recently I experienced a slow-connection speed to my server which hosts all my current projects. There are always intermittent slow tmes but this was particularly noticeable because I had a deadline to meet and not enough time to meet it!…
awesomerobJuly 7, 2014
Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces - all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top. It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says; if you have to ask, you will never understand.
In May of 2014 I decided to take a leap of faith in search of creativity. I was in a well-paid and secure day job working as the Studio Manager and Creative Lead for a sports insurance company in Manchester.…
awesomerobJune 25, 2014