Stephen Mitchell

First thing to say is this: I get my best ideas in the shower after a long nights sleep. While the hot water is flowing down the back of my neck, I find my mind open to all that I’ve dreamed throughout the night coalesces to form an actuality.

I am an entrepreneur, a dreamer, an ideas-man. I am constantly thinking of ways to improve my ‘lot in life’, about the actions I am required to perform my day-job, about ways to shoot a photograph (particularly composition and lighting), and forever devising new ways to improve on existing conditions or locations. That’s me in a nutshell. Not many people realise this, mostly because I normally get things done before other’s realised there was a problem to be fixed. I realise that actions require preparation, and the best preparation is sometimes a good sleep.

Thus, we end this paragraph where it started, yet we move onto why I said all that.

This morning I awoke, suddenly and quickly, with two thoughts.

... 1. My redbubble group paragraph is too busy and difficult to read.
... 2. I don’t know which groups my artwork is in. That’s not good.

Two micro seconds later, the answer arrived from a combination of a lot of thoughts that must have been flowing all night long. In conjunction with the image displayed below, here is my answer for Redbubble to implement if they wish.

While I know not how, I do know it’s possible.

Basically, Redbubble is one HUGE database of binary-code (that we see as text and images). Everything has a category. These categories can be used to report on any query requested. Just as long as it has a defined layer, anything in this database can be requested. With the right query (in the same way that MS Access works), all of our information can be boxed up for viewing.

So, the answer is as simple as the image I created:

( 1 ) This links to a page of ALL my art that has been put within ALL the group I am a member.

( 2 ) This links to a page of all my art that is within that group. The ‘A’ could be either a symbol or a number representing the total number of works in that group. I prefer the latter.

Admittedly, there is one fault with this idea:

Some people are members of so many groups. Maybe redbubble can limit the groups listed in this mini-database are only those where submissions/contributions are added. Therefore, if you are a member of a group but have not yet added an artwork, it will not show up.

But this is just an idea.
I’ll let the powers at RB decide what they wish to do next. I’m going back to photographing coffee .

All artwork is© Stephen Mitchell, All Rights Reserved.
^{The Redbubble coders are welcome to manipulate and modify the embedded image within this article without asking my consent. Heck, I encourage them!}

^{NOTE: Yes, I dream about Redbubble. What’s your problem?}