Airpress

This is the first sensible AIR application release that I have found so far and to be honest, it is quite simply amazing! Previously when AIR was news of the week I didn’t really get it or understand its importance. Being a very visual person I really need a live working example of the sorts of applications it could produce and here it is. Airpress is basically a small application that can be linked to your wordpress blog account on either a MAC or WIN. This then allows you to upload,change/edit previous blogs all from within your desktop. /www.airpress.org/ layout and design of airpress is pretty intuitive and works really well. I am in fact using it right now to produce this entry. I would definitely recommend Airpress to anyone with a wordpress account. here is a link for you to download it… AIRPRESS

KISS principle

The KISS principle is an interesting and valuable principle that I will be sure to think about from now on while producing work. K.I.S.S (Keep It Simple Stupid) is, as it suggests, about keeping things clean and simple. This can apply to any number of things from animations, web design, graphic design even personal planning.

I wish I had come across this phrase before I approached my last motion graphics project as I can confirm that I effetely did not apply even a hint of KISS to the entire project. It was all over the place, very complex, series of mix-and-mash which resulted in a piece of work I am truly unsatisfied. I feel that if I had approached it with KISS in mind the final out come would have been dramatically different. It is strange how I needed up with such a mess of a project because I would like to think that although I have only recently come across this principle, my previous work has some reference to it.

Although the project was a total disaster in terms of the out come, I am very thankfully for the existence and guidance it taught me. I learnt that I should stick to what comes naturally to me. Although it is a good idea to occasionally step out of your comfort zone in order to progress, and I would defiantly encourage it, it dose pay homage to stick to what your good at. In my case I believe that it is taking a basic idea and presenting it in an interesting, stylistic and minimal way. My last project consisted of me taking a basic idea and completely overhauling and complicating it, completely out of my character.

I am glad this stern and rather revealing lesson happened to me now rather then in the future as I am sure it would not be of any benefit to a future client or employee. So as of this day forward KISS is the word and a word truly worth remembering when producing work, or in fact general life.

Contribute

Contribute is simply amazing!! I am currently doing this through the program itself. Its so simple and intuitive is a surprised I have never heard of it until today. For keeping this blog up to date I will be sure t use this wonderful application from Adobe.