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Calouste Gulbenkian on Flickr
Posted on July 30, 2008, by psousa, under Blog, Web, design.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has published an enormous set of photos from it’s art collection on Flickr.
A very nice surprise, I urge everyone to take a look at the collections, there’s some pretty amazing pictures from Portugal’s past and present.
You can look at the collections in Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian’s photostream.
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Wordle
Posted on July 28, 2008, by psousa, under Blog, Programming, Web, design.
Have you tried Wordle?
You can use any text, a rss feed or a del.icio.us username to create a “word cloud”, after that it’s possible to tweak colours, size, number of words and a bunch of other options.
It’s also possible to see the “word clouds” from other people. Great idea! Brilliant execution.
Here’s an example from my blog feed:
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creativity in the workplace
Posted on July 16, 2008, by psousa, under Blog, Programming, Web, design.
In my old job I worked in a very ordinary office, it was open space, with a dark green carpet, beige desks with green chairs too and everyone wore a suit and tie every day looking uncomfortable.
The office didn’t have anything that stood out, the view outside was great but you couldn’t differentiate one room from another except for the people in it (and their personal items) .
It was pretty boring and without surprise, creativity didn’t have a strong presence. Some may say “it wasn’t needed, anyway.” but the thing is, your working environment has a direct influence on your state of mood, your happiness and your productivity. Check for example, Carson’s ideas for their office.
Fortunately there are a lot of places in Lisbon to get inspired, the sun is most of the time shiny with nice weather, there’s outdoor cafes, some parks, nice museums (with free collections to watch) and the riverside is very nice to walk.
Sometimes the best way to get an idea or solve a problem is just getting out of the office for a while and comeback fresh.
