EARTH DAY!!!

I just want to share to everyone viewing my blogs a treat. The very first pic i made using Photoshop! Yeah! No more GIMP for now. This is to tie up with Earth Day. If you have any suggestions on improving my Photoshop skills, i'll gladly accept them.

You can visit my DeviantArt account, if you want to see more. It's not really updated. My deviations date way back to '06. They're not realy much but, it's effort for me.

Earth Day Celebration: thoughts

In today's highly technological world, we seem to neglet the it's effects on nature. More than 100 years of rapid industrialization and technological advancement has made our life much more easier and made nature's life a living hell. It was not more than 20 or 30 years ago that we have begun to notice the foreshadowing of events today, terms like "greenhouse gases", "global warming" and "environmental refugees" have become all too real my friends.

We are in the procees of warming up the Earth. Already, there is a piece of ice sheet that is the size of the state of Texas that broke off. Water frozen for a million years has melted. What ig the world was 1 degree warmer, you'd think 1 degree is only small, but it has enormous implications in agriculture. I learned this in the National geographic documentary "Six Degrees can Change the World". If you want to know more about the effects of global warming, then I suggest you watch this,and this.

Now you would ask what can we do to save the environment? Here's a tentative list:

1. Turn off all electrical devices and lights when it is not necessary.

2. Recycle and reuse paper, bottles, Be creative!

3. Use a bicycle when traveling short distance, if not, just walk. It's good for your health!

4. Downloads are a necessity. It cost much to ship DVD's and CD's by planes.

5. Be orderly in the things you do.

In Christianity, God has given humankind stewardship over the Earth. let us take care of it. Everyone of us is responsible to Him. We have only one World, and One life. Don't ever take for granted what He has given us.

The former U.S. VP Al Gore stated that the combined effort of people CAN make a difference in the world we live in! Take a lesson from the ants and the bees, they're social insects. I see the Human race as Leaf-cutter ants, or locusts. Leaf-cutter ants and locusts can strip huge swathes of rainforests in a matter of hours and eat up crops respectively. However, It seems that we've surpassed these ravenous ants. Well at least the ants give back to the rainforest. It is a well-known fact that revolutions start with the self and then gradually influences the society. If we can make the planet's natural processes go awry, we can sure minimize, if not stop it altogether.

With that said, I am going to leave you with a challenge.

Are you willing to change your simple habits for the benefit world?

Are you ready to change for the better?

An Evaluation of the Corporate Identity of DELL

Hi, and let me first welcome you to my first entry. Before I get to the topic, let me just point out that the most important thing in any business is the outward presentation of their face and reputation. It is also important for any business to present what they stand for in their outward appearance and the use of logos and the right colors shold be used effectively to represent their ideas and reputation and to send a clear message regarding their services. A logo is something for the consumer and the public to relate to the company or specific brand. Color and design are crucial in determining a logo for a company or brand. This is to entice the consumer to buy their products, and to make their products presentable to encourage consumer confidence.

However, there are specific guidelines when designing. An excerp from the Wikipedia logo page sums this up:

When designing (or commissioning) a logo, practices to encourage are to:

1. avoid going overboard in attempting uniqueness
2. use few colors, limited colors, spot colors
3. avoid gradients (smooth color transitions) as a distinguishing feature
4. produce alternatives for different contexts
5. design using vector graphics, so the logo can be resized without loss of fidelity
6. be aware of design or trademark infringements
7. include guidelines on the position on a page and white space around the logo for consistent

8. application across a variety of media (a.k.a. brand standard manual)
9. not use a specific choice clip-art as a distinguishing feature
10. not use the face of a (living) person
11. not use photography or complex imagery as it reduces the instant recognition a logo demands

I am going to discuss the importance of corporate logo design and colors with the example of the logo of DELL computer Systems (shown above). All that I can say is, it follows most, if not all the guidelines in logo design. You would notice the simplicity of it's four letters. The designer must've been crafty in designing the 'E' diagonally. To my opinion, the diagonal 'E' symbolizes their reputation in innovation and quality of their products and services, or might be representative of a computer chip. The meaning of the color blue in the economic and industrial world today is that of innovation and technology. The color blue is rarely utilized in foods and companies that is not focused on technology. You should expect cool colors like blue or green in companies that market hardware and software.

Thank you for viewing my first blog.