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not a model

Sammy Jones — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:07:41 +0000

Not the model, models are great to look at in ad’s plastered across the web. You know the ones, the no smile, awkward pose, such as the below ad for Tree-house.

It was quite obvious the model / owner is not a happy subject in front of a camera but I’ve clicked and checked out their services. So discount Photo-shoot or not, the banner worked, but the destination content was a bit disappointing.

I don’t want to know how much it costs from the get go..An issue with many sites… “Thanks for coming it costs..X per month for our services”.

Tell me how great Tree-house is at teaching me to build apps, how quickly I can make millions and how successful they’ve been with other code deficient punters just like me. Perhaps they need to consider moving the pricing to a separate page and bring the benefits forward, while making them a little more relevant. It’s what I see after I click that’s crucial to sell is to tell in my language. How many languages can you speak?

I’m really happy to be here holding my iphones

Some great words

Sammy Jones — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:18:26 +0000

I love it when someone elses quote says everything I need it to and give you that Ahhhhhhh, I couldn’t have said it better myself feeling. Well, here it is, a manifesto to live your life by. you may not apply every idea, but if you apply some of them, I’m sure you’ll lead a better life in the next 12 months.

Source: shop.holstee.com via Sammy on Pinterest

Logic+Emotion: Visual Thinking + Synthesis

Sammy Jones — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:02:48 +0000

Logic+Emotion: Visual Thinking + Synthesis.

I have feebly attempted to be a visual thinker for quite sometime but am challenged by my lack of skill in the photoshop space.

In this case I’m not a designer, I’m not a great drawer and I struggle to simplify my often complicated thoughts to extract the keen curated concepts we eagerly pursue across the internet. But I’m getting better..

David Armano and David gray work in this space relentlessly and have hashed out quite the collection of visual thoughts, shared in the above slideshare.

I’m sure they’ve improved with time, and I guarantee I’ll be feverishly working to refine my visual thinking capability and pump out some classic visual thinking concepts.