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I Messed Around and Made an iGoogle Theme

igoogle theme

It was really pretty easy. I submitted it. Lord knows if they'll accept it, but even if they don't it won't stop me from doing another one :)

Interested in doing one yourself? Google has an excellent developer's guide.

Photos and Paintings Up From Legends of Style

First the paintings:

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and some photos:
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My Article From Rare Book Review is Now on the Web

It's been on the shelves for a while, but I finally found the time to publish it on my comics site. Check it out:

Collecting Superhero Comic Books

I Set Up An Etsy Shop

You know me. I'm always trying new stuff, so I did the Etsy thing tonight. So far, so good…

It was dead easy to set up and all of the tools available are really nicely put together.

Like this neat little widget:

Check out the full shop:

Etsy :: robreact :: Original Paintings by Rob React

Big Site Update: Graffiti Alphabet from FutureArts

As you might have seen on flickr, I did a full painted alphabet for the recent FutureArts show. Well, I finally got the paintings up on the web for your enjoyment. Check it out:

And, as a refresher, here's the display from the event:

The Display Survived the Night Future Arts 2008

Amazingly, there are several more updates/projects to be released over the next few days. Good times.

A New Site I Made is Live: Invesra.com

Check it out.

Invesra | Invest in your Future

The company is called Invesra. It's a financial services startup with backing from Village Ventures. I did a quick site for them to get their new brand* out the door for the FinovateStartup even in San Francisco this week. They've got a great team** and an interesting product so it's been a pleasure helping them out during a crunch period. As it always does, working with a startup makes me miss those startup days myself.

Then I think back to what working for two at once was like (Boston's Weekly Dig and Advisortech) and I like the agency life just that little bit more :)

*Tom O'Keefe's excellent work

**My lovely and talented girlfriend is Director of User Experience

Future Arts 2008 Photos

COAST killing it:

COAST Future Arts 2008

Stylin'

Future Arts 2008

Rare Book Review- With a Cover Story Written By Yours Truly

As some of you may be aware, I know a thing or two about collectible comic books. Because of that knowledge, last month I was asked to write a large piece about collectible comics for a magazine from the UK called Rare Book Review. Well, apparently it's out now and to my surprise my little article is the cover story:

I'll have the article itself up on my comics site soon and I'll be sure to link to it when it goes live.

I Need a New "People you may know" Option on LinkedIn

For those of you that don't use the site, they have this "People you may know" feature on LinkedIn, which basically suggests people who you might know and, presumably, want to connect with. It's occasionally spot on and I've connected with a couple of people by scanning their list of suggestions. Thing is, there's this one guy that keeps showing up on the list that I absolutely hate (one of the two people I've ever worked with in the field that I actually hate) and none of the "no, I don't want to connect with this guy" options are strong enough for my liking. I'm tempted to use firebug to edit the HTML add my own and see what happens:

Names blocked out to protect the innocent :)

I've Got a Full Dance Card

Okay, ignoring my day job and an ongoing freelance project, the following things are happening to me this month:

  • I've got an article coming out about collectible comics in a magazine called Rare Book Review. Something like 2000 words, which is the longest piece I've had published in a long, long time (this place doesn't count :) )
  • I'm going to be interviewed this Thursday by Big RED & Shiny: An Art Journal. It's a graffiti thing. I'm not sure of the details at this point. More info as I get it.
  • I'm going to be a panelist April 15 @ Social Apps and Widgets: Building a Social Application for a Top Platform
  • I'll be showing paintings at the Future Arts 2008 Art Exhibition April 19th
  • The very next week, on the 26th, I'll be showing paintings at the Legends of Style, Boston event. For those of you keeping track I'll have three new mythology paintings done in a large (for me) scale.

Busy month!