So, just as an update, I sort of fell off the blog wagon and had to devote all time to working. I haven’t even had a chance to update my portfolio. I’m hoping to get back on it in the new year as we get ready for a new site and project over here.
In the meantime, I’ve found Twitter so you can follow me there, if you so desire :)
Those of you who have stumbled upon my site in the last week found it was down. I’ve got the site back up now and I switched to a new host (Dreamhost to be exact) I highly recommend them and you can even tell them I sent you by entering my email (erikagreco@gmail.com) when you sign up.
Aside from all that, I thank you for your patience as I get the site back into working order. As you can see, all the image links in the blog posts are broken. The heart and soul of the site (the portfolio) is alive and well though so you can take a look at what I do while I bring the blog back from the dead.
I apologise for the inconvenience as I transition to my new host.
Thank you!
In repentance for my recent lack of blog entries, or for that matter, my lack of free time, I’ve compiled a small photo documentary on todays encounter with some Italian, Disney version of a Kinder Surprise. Levin was recently in Italy and was nice enough to bring me back one of these delightful treats. Little did he know how I used to love those Nestle Wonder Balls until some stupid kid choked on the toy inside (duh!). Apparently they still exist, except now they have candy inside which is infinitely less cool. Take a look at the opening ceremonies and then gawk at the hand painted glory of my tiny toy Pumba. (Those little pills really are difficult to open.)
Unfortunately, I haven’t had much time to blog recently. Plenty to blog about, just not enough free time. I’ve got quite a few projects going right now and more lined up, so I’ll have some great new portfolio work soon enough. Don’t be a stranger, new content is on the way!
(Continued from “Basecampers, Beware“)
I’ve been doing freelance work for a little over a year now and I think one of the most important practices is carefully tracking your time. I went through a few different solutions before finally hearing Cameron Moll reference Tick at a speaking engagement at Valencia. I went home, signed up and have been using it ever since.
Now for the selling point. You’ve heard me make mention of my affinity for widgets before, so again, it has a widget. Sold.
It also has Basecamp integration! Something, I would no longer recommend!
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If you use Basecamp to track your project hours, you may want to read this article. I’ve discovered a fairly serious problem with the time tracking feature in Basecamp. I’ve also got just the program to make sure it never happens again.
I’ve been using Basecamp, a very useful project management tool, for a while, on various different projects at different jobs and with different freelance clients. The longest running project, being Key Ingredient.
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I recently created a logo and business cards for some friends of mine over at Rails Envy. If you’re at all into Ruby on Rails, it’s a very useful blog. It’s run by Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer, both of which are great programmers that I work with on a regular basis. The logo is kind of a nerdy one. I was trying to convey a “rails is greater than all” type of message so, obviously we can represent that very minimally with code. I went with a green colour scheme to go along with “envy”, as you may have guessed. I think the mint green shade and avoidance of black gives the cards (and logo) a clean, retro-esque feel. As always, I invite you give me some feedback.
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