The Ratio - Web & Graphic Design

Quick Update

If you haven’t noticed I have OCD really bad and changed up the website about 8 times in 3 days. It looks like I’m happy (for now).

I have updated the following items; top image, navigational menu, left column background, and I have taken new pictures of all items under portfolio. Take a look around and let me know if you find some errors!

Twitter What?

Does anyone out there actually use Twitter? I mean, I barely even get a thank you for grocery shopping at kroger as it is.

Okay, so for those of you who do not know what Twitter is, it’s a website that lets you post what you’re doing. Once your “status update” is posted it’s sent to everyone else who has Twitter and even emailed and text messaged to people’s phones.

Answer this for me…
WHY NOT CALL THEM OR TEXT MESSAGE THEM ANYWAY?!

Who cares if you’re “Eating dinner!”, “Thinking about throwing away that old baggy t-shirt from that team building exercise.”, or “Typing hello to a random person on AOL!” I don’t care about those things. It’s like putting an away message on your life.

DEAR EVERYONE,

STOP EMBARRASSING ME.

THANKS,
ME.

PS- I updated the site a little bit today, look up!

Business Is Blooming.

My apologies go out to my friend Mike for not posting enough lately, even though I know he was only mocking me. Mike didn’t update his blog for about a month and I had to make fun of him for it. I guess I’m a bigger dork than I thought.

Well, the reason for not updating has been mostly due to all the freelance work I’ve been getting. Something has to be in the air, other than pollen. I’ve talked to a few other people and they have also said they’re getting tons of extra business lately. It’s definitely a good thing though, I need the extra cash and I like to stay busy so it’s a win-win.

I’m currently designing a website for Endure Equity Advisors, LLC so be on the look out for that. I recently designed their company logo, which can be viewed here. I also designed their business card, but this hasn’t made it to my portfolio yet. I’m also working on a website design for Reinventing Profits, LLC.

Other than those designs, I have also created about 2 or 3 mock-designs (as I like to call them) of random websites and other things. This lets me have some designs on file that I can pull out if someone wants a website in the future. It saves me time and work, since I’ve already made it.

Oh and be on the lookout for some more illustrations. I took that section of the site down since my friend Jonathan Brooks did all the old illustrations here. Since this site is just me now though, I thought they wouldn’t fit so I took them down. It’s a little ironic though, I take that section down and then I start getting into illustrations and what not myself. That’s mostly due to all the inspiration I get from my friend Chris Sandlin, you can check out all of his work on this website SOCKMONKEE.

SITE UPDATE: I finally updated the FLICKR image plug-in on the about page. It pulls the most recently added images from my flickr account and puts them on my website, so be sure to check that out often. I’ll probably be taking more pictures now that I have a phone that works.

Okay Mike, was this one long enough for ya? LOL.

I'm Such A Good Follower.

iPhone

I was sitting around this weekend looking at my Razr phone and watching it tell me to “Insert SIM Card” over and over, I realized I needed a new phone. It got to the point where I’d close the flip phone and the pressure of closing it would make the phone say “Insert SIM Card.” It was driving me crazy. This phone was handed down to me from a friend and with our combined usage it probably lasted about 4 years. I hear from current and previous Razr owners that if my phone lasted this long I deserve a medal.

Anyway, yesterday I woke up and went to the At&t Wireless dealer in Mt. Zion. After walking around for 15 minutes I realized I was supposed to fill out a sign-in sheet. Then about 20 minutes later they called my name. After the wait I got my phone, paid for it, and was out of there in 5 minutes. It only took about 30 minutes to get to that point.

After waiting for the phone to charge up for 2 hours or so… I activated it and began setting up all of my contacts. I used Address Book on my Mac to sync all of my contacts thanks to a good tip from a friend of mine and I used Garageband / iTunes to make a ringtone. I still haven’t made or found a decent wallpaper yet for it. Anyone have any recommendations?

Let me know!

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