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Random Objects: Glass ball

This glass ball isn't exactly mine. Toni got it as a Christmas gift from the work. It's designed and made by glass studio Bianco Blu at Fiskars, Finland. We haven't found an actual place for it yet.

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3 replies | January 6, 2013 - 19:04 |

I've gotta learn to take notes

I constantly have great blog post ideas. Like an entry about why I liked this and that movie. Or why you should target women in with your social media (marketing) stuff. Oh and of course what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism. These ideas rumble through my head usually when I have a shower or when I'm supposed to sleep. Or any other inconvenient moment.

I have the whole post typed in my head. The witty side remarks and all.

But when I get to my laptop and start to actually write the thing I all of a sudden don't have much anything. Only vague outlines of what I was going to write. And then it comes out all wrong. No witty remarks, no grande ideas.

Taking notes in shower is pretty impossible. Perhaps right after it then. And when I'm half asleep... Wouldn't I just wake myself completely if I tried to start writing it down?

Does anyone else have this same problem? If you do, how do YOU handle it?

Suomeksi (In Finnish):

Minulla on jatkuvasti loistavia bloggausideoita. Leffa-arvosteluita, syitä miksi kohdentaa some-juttuja (ja markkinointia) naisille ja ero rakentavan ja tuhoavan kritiikin välillä. Nämä ideat valuvat mieleeni yleensä suihkussa tai kun minun olisi tarkoitus nukkua. Koko teksti saattaa olla kirjoitettuna valmiiksi päässäni. Nokkeline sivuhuomautuksineen. Mutta kun pääsen koneelleni ja alan kirjoittaa sitä uudestaan, mieleni tyhjenee yllättäen. Vain epämääräinen kehys on jäänyt jäljelle. Ja sitten koko teksti muodostuu ihan väärin. Ei nokkelia huomautuksia, eikä isoja ajatuksia. Muistiinpanojen tekeminen suihkussa on melko mahdotonta. Ehkäpä heti sen jälkeen sitten. Ja kun olen puoliksi unessa... Enkö vain herätä itseni kokonaan, jos alan kirjoittamaan ajatuksiani ylös? Onko kenelläkään muulla samanlaisia ongelmia? Jos on, miten SINÄ hoidat tilanteen?

4 replies | April 9, 2012 - 02:02 |

Random Objects: Silver earrings

My sister brought these silver earrings from her travellings. They are handmade, very delicate and simple. And pretty.

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0 replies | March 5, 2012 - 17:52 |

Platform of creativity

Internet means a platform of creativity for me. It does mean other stuff too, like source of information and a way of connecting with people everywhere. But what mainly interests me personally about the net is how easy it is to create and share the creations on it.

I started to make websites pretty early on as I got to use net (and web obviously). This happened in high school late 90's, since Internet wasn't very common thing in Finnish countryside back then. I loved the fact I could create something and share it instantly with the whole world. Besides of creating a website I was able to also add photos and texts, such as my poems, on it.

Nowadays one of the interesting ways of using the net as a platform of creation for me is Second Life. Socializing can be fun too. Mostly I'm interested in designing and building things. Creating.

Photo by Giorgio Verdiani.

0 replies | June 12, 2011 - 00:08 |

The site of Tuesday #35

Instant no Button!

This post is part of The site of Tuesday series of inspirational (hehe) websites.

0 replies | June 7, 2011 - 22:09 |

The site of Tuesday #34

The site of Tuesday #34: Girl Startup on tasselflower blog

Girl Startup is a blog by a 30-year old girl who has several different little things going on. In this blog she writes about business and entrepreneurship from a female point of view. Well, at least she wrote about the said things.

Unfortunately the blog has been quiet since January. But the older posts are still interesting. And the design of the site is still cool and simple and airy. I like.

This post is part of The site of Tuesday series of inspirational websites.

0 replies | June 1, 2011 - 03:34 |

The site of Tuesday #33

The site of Tuesday #33: OK Great on tasselflower blog

OK Great is a showcase of art, design and culture. All brought together in a pile of bright and colorful.

This post is part of The site of Tuesday series of inspirational websites.

0 replies | May 24, 2011 - 23:35 |

The site of Tuesday #32

The site of Tuesday #32: Power To The Poster on tasselflower blog

Do you have space for a cool looking and a statement making poster? And a decent printer? Head to Power To The Poster and print away a bunch of awesome posters. As many as you like. If you don't have the space or the printer, have a look at the posters anyways. Oh, and I do like the sites layout. Fresh colors, simple graphics and an overall look to compliment the posters.

Power To The Poster defines itself as a graphic design democracy project. Apparently the project had started with the question: "As a global citizen, what moves you?" The contributing designers have answered this question with the posters. And the the rest have answered with printing the posters and posting them to their surroundings.

This post is part of The site of Tuesday series of inspirational websites.

0 replies | May 18, 2011 - 01:57 |

The site of Tuesday #31

The site of Tuesday #31: Creative Nerds on tasselflower blog

A quick entry this week: Check out Creative Nerds if you need design inspiration and tutorials from nerds to nerds. Freebies included.

This post is part of The site of Tuesday series of inspirational websites.

0 replies | May 10, 2011 - 23:25 |

Thinking too much

I think way too much. It's not something I brag about. Quite the opposite. Often too much thinking just blocks my mind. When I get my mind settled, when I get the storm of thoughts to calm down I can come up with fresh ideas. I can think straight. The complete silence can help with it. Or a pressure-free environment, a moment when I'm not expected to be efficient. Then I can organize my head.

This thought was inspired by Aki B's note about how we might not be thinking enough (in Finnish). I agree with him: We get so much information, so much input from all around it's hard to process all of it. But maybe it's not that we don't think enough. Maybe it's that we have too much to think about. Does not compute, right?

Photo by peasap.

0 replies | May 8, 2011 - 03:29 |

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