You have your way. I have my way.

As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Being a final year student Multimedia Design student means one thing… portfolio time.

One of my subjects this semester is purely dedicated to helping us get our portfolios together. I already have a show reel. I also already have a portfolio website in the making. I think I’d like something pretty, shiny & printed that I can actually show prospective clients. Something tangible they can actually hold and flip through. That said, over 50% of my work is animated or moves in some way. So, if I do choose to do a printed folio it is going to be a very interesting challenge in communication.

Am I totally insane (as a Multimedia/Web designer) to be thinking about a print folio?

So, maybe I’ve spend the day doing what I do best… surfing the internet and looking at all the pretty and shiny stuff on Etsy I would buy if I had the money.

I call this research. I’m pretty sure the boyfriend calls it procrastination… ;)

1. Apple Green Everyday Purse. I love handbags. More specifically? I love really really big handbags. I also love the colour green. Something like this would be awesome for carting stuff to and from uni & work.
2. Beaujolais Necklace. I adore the colours in this necklace!
3. Red Dots on Red Frame Pouch. I’ve been hunting for a cute coin purse! I want something bright and easily accessible so I stop throwing all my loose change into the bottom of my handbag. My current wallet wasn’t designed with mass amounts of coin-age in mind.
4. Vintage Lemon Lime Chunky Bracelet. I love chunky bracelets and I now have quite a large collection! However, I don’t have anything in cool rectangles like this one!
5. Timeless Treasures Padded iPhone/MP3/Camera Case. Cute iPhone case!! I really like the material.
6. A Stroll in the Forest Resin Bangle. Another funky bangle/bracelet.
7. Abstract Layers Glass Pendant. The colours in this pendant are so rich! Gorgeous.
8. Shiny Rounded Rectangle Steampunk Ring. How cool is this ring? It’s made out of the insides of a watch.
9. Grape Strudel Hand Painted Heels. These heels aren’t even my size and I still want them! I wish I had the patience (and artistic skill) to brighten up old shoes with hand painting! You should check out the designer’s store! She’s selling so many fantastic and unique looking shoes!
10. Snow White’s Revenge. Most definately the coolest looking decal I’ve seen around for the Macbook Pros. This decal makes me want to go out and buy a MBP. Right now.
11. Pac-Man Retro Messenger Bag. My love & adoration of Pacman is stronger than ever. ♥

This is a re-post from my old archives. I’ve had a few people ask me rececntly about how I sync my iPhone to Outlook! I’m still using this method and it’s still working well! This was originally posted on March the 7th, 2009.

Because I tend to forget things, recently I’ve ditched my traditional pen and paper diary & started using Outlook on my work PC to organise my entire schedule, not just my work schedule.

I decided I didn’t particularly want to sync my iPhone to my work PC because… (wait for it…) I’m kind of lazy. Well I’m not just kind of lazy. I’m ridiculously lazy. Even if I could be bothered syncing my phone with my work computer, I’m quite likely to forget to actually do so. That said, I need my schedule with me wherever I am. I like knowing where I’m supposed to be and what I’m supposed to be doing.

After mucking around for a bit I finally found a solution! I’ve been using this successfully for a month or so now with no problems, and thought it may be handy to share!

Let me introduce you to “Nadine’s very ad-hoc way of syncing an Outlook Calender to an iPhone”, It requires absolutley no manual intervention and no actually plugging of said iPhone into a computer.

Everyone knows I’m a huge iPhone advocate. There’s only one thing that really annoys me about my iPhone. The 2MP camera. It makes me rather sad when I see something that would make an awesome picture only to realise my iPhone is the only image capturing device in easy reach. Yes. I do carry a digital camera but I forget to recharge its batteries most of the time. That and it’s often at the very bottom of my oversized handbag.

Jasmin recently posted on her weblog about ShakeItPhoto & CameraBag. CameraBag offers a whole range of different filters/effects to play with and ShakeItPhoto does a really lovely faux Polaroid type effect. I’ve always loved Polaroids but film for my Polaroid camera is expensive!

I didn’t realise my dodgy iPhone camera could produce somewhat pretty pictures! I’m now just that little bit less annoyed. :)