photo course
Just spent all day on a Focus10 photography course here in Melbourne. Not only was it good fun, but I learned heaps about how to actually use my camera properly. Previously I’d really just left it in auto mode and tried to do some OK composition, but now I’m starting to get the hang of aperture control, exposure metering, white balance and all that good stuff.
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Growin' a Mo for Movember
As many of you know, the month of November is being replaced with its hirsute cousin Movember. Blokes everywhere will be growing a Mo to help raise money for men’s health, in particular to tackle prostate cancer and depression.
If you’d like to sponsor my Mo, simply click here to donate online …
update
Thanks to all those who wished me well in my next move after RedBubble. I’m still taking some time out and waiting for our baby to arrive (any day now!) but I have made a start on a new business called Latent Future.
Check out www.latentfuture.com for my new website.
The plan is to share some of my thoughts on strategy and marketing, especially with regard…
Arrivederci
Well, the time has come for me to leave my role at RedBubble. From Tuesday next week (21st), I will no longer work here.
It’s been an interesting journey, and I’ve learned a lot from the experience. I feel proud (and amazed) at how quickly the site has grown, and what a diverse and talented bunch of creative folk are now part of the community. It’s been a real pleasure getting to know so ma…
visiting queenscliff
Recently headed down to Queenscliff with Kath, Ed and James. Main reason was to dream up ways to make RedBubble even better, but naturally we took the opportunity to get out and take some photos.
Not having a fancy camera of my own, I snapped a few shots with Ed’s D8…
Writers selling stuff?
As a little experiment, I uploaded an image version of my Ode to Nothing poem and bought it on white and black greeting cards. Worked quite well.
This might be a way for writers on RedBubble to participate in selling
Simply create a greeting card re…
More writing challenges underway
Thanks to all the talented folk who contributed stories, poems and other writing to the journey writing challenge. Many of you also had ideas for future writing challenges.
So, here are a couple of new challenges to stretch your writing muscles…
*Shadow...
RBNews: First story published
Thanks to Darren Stones for contributing a sensitive and well-written story about Joe Mortelliti
http://www.redbubble.com/people/dgstones/journal/show/71755
This is the first story we’ve selected to publish under our RBNews...
Subtlety vs sales
We like to think of RedBubble as an online art gallery with a non-stop launch party. But how obvious should the price stickers on the artwork be?
Our tendency has been to err on the side of being subtle with pricing and product information, in an effort to enhance the visual experience.
But have we overdone this? Is it clear enough you can actually buy the great artwork on display?
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Make your fellow bubblers famous
We’ve been bouncing around an idea to raise the profile of interesting artists and members, help writers get some spending money, and build awareness for RedBubble:
How about people write articles about other RedBubble members or collaborations? RedBubble could select the very best, and pay the writer in return for letting the articles be published on the PR newswires
So, let’s talk sp…