Archive for category Inspiration
“Clear the smoke” – Competition Winner!
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in General, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Web Design on April 12, 2010
A while ago, I entered Kerrang Radios competition “clear the smoke” (see http://ianwheeler.co.uk/2010/02/clear-the-smoke-entry/) and I got an email from them today saying I WON! /woot!
Anyway, I will be updating the portfolio accordingly – once I have done the site / page. Just thought you’d all like to know….
thanks all at Kerrang and all the people involved! 
I look forward to doing the page now
can social media have a dark side?
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in General, Inspiration, Web Design on January 15, 2010
Facebook, twitter, myspace… these are now household names. Just last night at dinner, my fiancée’s family and I were discussing Facebook status updates (from my fiancée’s mum through to her 14 year old cousin). It is a wonderful tool enabling us keep in contact with friends, colleagues and family (both near and far) and to share our opinion with the world (even if it doesn’t want to hear it) but, it also has its bad side.
The news has been full of stories where university students have faced consequences for what has been posted on Facebook, and people posting slander about their bosses and colleagues… Read the rest of this entry »
wedding website / ruubikCMS
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in Art, Inspiration, Web Design on January 7, 2010
So me and Beth have decided to have a website to help up with our wedding… http://wedding.vivilanco.com/
I know a few people are “what’s the point of that?”…
Well… a wedding website enables us to capture RSVP emails, also make announcements about the wedding to friends and relatives (and is also a great source of advertising for me as well as a potential route to market later)…
It’s a great way to let those nearby or abroad know about your wedding date and details, who will be in the wedding, and what to expect. We can post our piccys on there from events and, stag / hen parties as well as the big day. It’s just a great tool within the arsenal of our planning… Read the rest of this entry »
The Wonder of Ice…
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in General, Inspiration on December 18, 2009
These are a couple of pictures from our pond in the garden (ice has formed on the net).
The ice was so solid, i was able to turn the net upside down and the ice stayed there. (more pics below)
Useful and Productive wordpress plugins…
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in General, Inspiration, Web Design on December 8, 2009
After almost a year with wordpress and its platform, I have found the plugins that are right for me. This isn’t going to be one of those “10 must have wordpress plugins….” bla bla bla, it’s just some friendly advice / wording on what I have found useful (both currently and in the past), so here goes.
Websites that I couldn’t do without
Posted by Ian "vivilanco" Wheeler in Inspiration, Web Design on November 28, 2009
When I first came to the internet I was a late bloomer. All my friends had been on it for years and it took me to move out from my parents’ house to get it.
I soon became fascinated with two things… online Gaming (FPS gaming, not poker…) and Design. As it became apparent that I wasn’t very good at online gaming, I stuck with the design and made the websites for whatever team I was with that season. This escalated when I went to university when I ended up quitting gaming all together and focusing on my degree (Animation).
From here I started freelancing for web-design parallel to my degree, but I couldn’t have got to where I am today without the aid of some of these websites.
Now I feel I should pass my “design bible” on to the masses…
