I can handle it (really!)

February 12th, 2010 • 3 comments Blog, Web, design
Tags: fun, humour, ui, videos, Web

Am I the only one tired with websites and videos asking me my age in order to show content?  It’s a game trailer, how bad can it be?

I mean, I understand the need for it but maybe it’s time to make the process more easy and fun.

My suggestion:

PS: I know there’s laws involved for this. Handle with humour.

First week at COWORK Lisboa

February 6th, 2010 • 2 comments Blog, Events, Programming, Web, design
Tags: cowork lisboa, coworking, lx factory, shift, thinkorange

What a good way to start the year.

I’ve been very busy since the start of the new year with all the work happening at Think Orange and participating in the SHiFT organization (more on that later).

Last week the Think Orange website received some very good buzz and appreciation, which is very nice. I love sites that follow a minimal style and I’m happy it served as inspiration and got recognized. I wish some clients would realize cramming more stuff into a site doesn’t necessarily make it better.

Also, we’ve got our projects planned for the upcoming months, setup goals for this year and moved to a new working space.

The COWORK Lisboa, located inside the LX Factory will be our home for the next season and is a cool place to work. Lisbon needed more coworking offers and this is one solid one. The location is very good with a public transportation interface nearby and lot’s of local commerce around.

Best of all, we’re in a room full of interesting, creative and entrepreneur people. I hope in the coming weeks we get to know them better and share some interesting stories/knowledge over some coffee. If you’re in the area feel free to visit us and have a chat. :)

On the subject of SHiFT, if you didn’t already know, it’s an international conference happening on the 16-17th of April in Lisbon on the subject this year of  Do It Yourself.

SHiFT 2010 will bring together the leaders and newbies of the communities which have serviced in the past 2 editions, with a single purpose: to empower you, so that you can empower others.
It’s a fantastic event where leaders and participants from all walks of life discuss on how technology impacts and changes our life, this year there’s already these great speakers enrolled:

Upcoming project: Roadie

October 23rd, 2009 • 4 comments Blog, Programming, Web, design

In the last weeks, we’ve been working on a little experiment at Think Orange. We love music and we’re pretty busy fellows, so we wanted a solution to keep us informed on new album releases from our favorite bands.

Thus with a little time on our hands and the help of Bruno Afonso with his incredible design skills, we created Roadie.

Roadie is a free service where you pick the artists or band that interest you and we’ll generate a customized RSS Feed or iCal with their recently released or brand new albuns which you can subscribe.
That way, you’ll always know when a new album is coming.

We’re putting the finishing touches and gathering feedback from friends and testers. It should be out very soon.

New Think Orange Moo Cards on the way

February 17th, 2009 • 2 comments Blog, design
Tags: cards, contest, moo, survey, survs, think orange

Last week, I asked for some help on choosing our new cards from Moo. I presented several designs and used Survs to create a quick survey where the crowd could vote on their favourite card and leave a comment if it was rubbish. I also offered 20 Survs licences for the basic 6 month account. So cheers to everyone who contributed.

Thankfully, Survs also has a powerful analysis tool, so we read all your suggestions, looked at the statistics and ordered the following cards. Don’t forget to ask me one when you see me on the next conference/geek event/pub/whatever. ;)