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Art Exhibitions on Google

Having published my article just a few minutes ago, let’s see its immediate impact:

As per screenshot, you see that Art Exhibitions Websites is on Google Top 10 – rank 7 to be exact – within 14 minutes on 165 000 000 search returns!

Art Exhibitions on Google

Art Exhibitions on Google is just another demonstration of the efficiency of our WP based Semiomantics Scripts.

One investment – one setup – terrific results. And big savings over time.

The Importance of Drawing

“Learning how to Draw” should in my view be a discipline taught as early as possible as it teaches young children a fundamental life skill: how to ’see’ and from there think in a focused, simple and clear way. . . ideally beyond the surface of appearances.

The Importance of Drawing

The Importance of Drawing here is that the ability to ’see’ helps to ‘visualize’. . .  and from there to find solutions to any question or task at hand, solving possible challenges in advance. This helps to develop a healthy, natural way of decision making and common sense within the young, sensitive and receptive person . . . and sooner or later a personal Style and sense for Aesthetics.

 

“Dali through my Eyes with Rose” by Bianca Gubalke

Practise Drawing

While you might think this only pertains to the Visual Arts – Paintings, Architecture, Sculpture, Cinema etc and Web Design when it comes to the Internet -, the fact is that being able to ’see’ and from there develop a feeling for what’s essential is fundamental for many other professions where it might be less obvious – be it lawyers,  doctors, sales people, teachers or farmers – just to name a few.

Here as in all disciplines, Consistency and Practice are key. It means one needs to Practise Drawing. . .  just like a pianist needs to play daily or a ballerina does her daily exercises one needs to practise drawing in order to stay visually aware as well as in control of one’s online skills as regards the tools and graphic programs we use when working via the worldwide web.

Personally, I firmly believe that “. . . the more I draw the more I see” . . . which is in fact quite a profound thought. . . but it would explode the topic of this post :)

Online Drawing Tools

While we are all familiar with offline tools to create Drawings – pencil, crayons, pen, charcoal, pastels, brush etc – , equipping ourselves with good Online Drawing Tools to operate professionally online is essential if you want to succeed in Web Design or create more refined Web Graphics and Graphic Art.And believe me. . . although it may sound strange to the newbie and eternal skeptic: online drawing tools are just as efficient and sensitive as their traditional equivalent in the offline environment. . . if not more. It’s totally amazing – but something that needs to be experienced to be fully understood and appreciated.

I recommend simply the best: Wacom tablets. . . find out more HERE. This advice comes from my personal experience and is totally independent :)

Work In Progress

Just as sketches capture ideas and are as such materialized moments and visions of the mind, these Drawings… that seem to have an unfinished touch and often – but not always – are the pre-stadium for some major Artwork…, do in fact contain the essence of what is to follow.

Drawings document the “Work in Progress” – my favourite part of the creative process. . . and as you see above I continue my series of Web Graphics on Salvador Dali. This time I could not resist his beautiful red Dali rose. . .

Dali Quote

“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.”

I just love this one!

It’s yet another great Salvador Dali Quote to learn from. . . even if it’s just to get to know ourselves better :)

Web Design with Passion

No Web Design without a keen eye for Design and Web Graphics… and lots of Passion! Check out some of my Web Design 2010 in my SHOWCASE.

by Bianca Gubalke

How to become a professional IT Consultant

Although planned a little differently, the final YCADEMY Business Building Seminar 2009 focused entirely on “How to become a professional IT Consultant”.

How to become a professional IT Consultant

Becoming a professional IT Consultant is a process, it’s not done overnight.

However, over the past 2-3 years, all regular and consistent Ycademy Seminar participants have well acquired what it takes to claim having the necessary Knowledge and skills. In fact, we can proudly look at some impressive results as to the. . .:

a. personal development of each single participant … – meaning knowledge and skills gained in the online environment around Internet Technology – as well as…

b. Blogging and all it entails – from the…

~ setup of various Blogs including all the INVISIBLE parts behind the scenes, be it on cpanels, Servers or Stylesheets… of course on Semiomantics based Scripts…
~ to the VISIBLE part of the Design and Look,
~ Editing and Online Publishing,
~ Aggregating in a smart way for more TRAFFIC & EXPOSURE,
~ reaching out for Google Top 10 positions and integrating
~ Social Networking platforms – Twitter, Facebook, Google Wave… and I am keeping it short here… as well as the most important, based on our ‘Secret Garden’,
meaning…

c. … a Definition of who we are and what our Purpose is in terms of being online and attending Ycademy Business Building Seminars since years… which finally evolved into what our business on the Internet is – meaning what product or service we offer…

d. … and a number of successful Applications, meaning exciting Online Businesses steaming ahead based on that Knowledge, these Skills, and our Semiomantics Scripts – and generating what everyone on the Internet dreams of and just a small percentage really ever achieves: REAL Income.

IT Consulting

That’s where the “Path to Profitability” leads to… but it doesn’t end here – well to the contrary! Now the work REALLY starts. . . the work in IT Consulting… and a way to monetize knowledge, skills and knowhow acquired during the past 2 to 3 years.

Ycademy Pro’s dispose of all the qualities required to exercise an activity as IT Consultants.

Most IT Consultants specialize on a certain number of tasks which was successfully elaborated during the final Ycademy Seminar 2009 over the past weekend. It will be an ongoing process and Ycademy IT Consultant Seminars serve to permanently update, review, bundle and wrap up the acquired knowledge with the purpose of converting it to customer satisfaction.

Fundamentally and in view of the 2010 Schedule, Ycademy’s Path to Profitability Seminars will offer 5 Seminars for interested parties who would like to build a professional, specialized IT Consultancy business. The content of each Seminar unit will high-light one important aspect of IT Consultancy and its conversion into a commercial product.

The Goals of Lap 1 of the IT Consultant Seminar Cycle were to… :
~ Wrap up your Purpose and Goals in form of a master-plan with short, medium and long term goals.
~ Set-up and configure your IT Consulting Website.
~ Basic customization of the site.
~ Set-up, configure and integrate your sales program, shopping cart and affiliate program.
~ Hook the new business to your existing profile and publishing and marketing network.

The Seminar was yet another amazing step forward and as not everything could be completed, there will be 2 hours daily this week to tie up loose ends and ensure that everybody is set up with their highly professional and search engine efficient IT Consultancy sales pipeline… as a professional IT Consultant.

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by Bianca Gubalke

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave – I am excited about this future-oriented new Communication and Collaboration tool on the Web – and I thank the friend who invited me. As yes. . .  it needs an invitation… and it’s early days. However,  Google Wave can only be as good as the people who actually have it, set it up, test it, work with it and play with it. People like you and me who firstly create and then ride the Google Wave. . .

The Internet is a pretty wet affair… from surfing to waving. . . we stay in the waters and if I look outside it’s a wave all over, a curtain of a wave of pouring rain, day and night, since a week… where is our sunny, hot and simply stunning South African summer? A summer we love to spend on Noordhoek Beach as the kid below just a month or so ago. . . ?

Let’s quickly look at Google Wave. It has a simple layout consisting of 4 modules:

* Navigation in the left column, top – consider it your Inbox

* Contacts in the left column, bottom – sort of your Addressbook or List of Friends (with pictures)

* List of Active Waves in your Inbox – in the middle column

* New or Open Wave in the right column – here is where things happen, here you can write, comment, add images, respond via audio or video, add gadgets (like games, puzzles, ratings, conferences, Google Earth…)  and robots ( eg. for surveys amongst Wave collaborators).

If you are fortunate enough to get a Google Wave account, do what I did right away and check out the many short yet explicit videos that illustrate the many features – and then play with them!

Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave

As with any Social Network, you want to set up your Profile in a professional and branded way. Besides, Google is the Master of the Internet in a way and has found the many versions of YOU anyway – be it in form of Blogs, Websites and other Links.

My Profile about “Bianca Gubalke on Google Wave” is a reflection of what I set up on my general Bio and Profile HERE. If you wish to have a Profile that you can link to from everywhere on the Internet, register for a free account right there and I teach you how to have your own Google-efficient page. Once done, you never have to worry about it again. . . just do the occasional update. The difference here is that this page is under YOUR control – not that of any Social Network or other Program. Be and stay independent – as far as that’s possible on Web2.0.

What still needs to be added is my Picasa Album, which I will do in the near future – then it’s all about the Wave!

What do you do on Google Wave?

A good question: What do you do on Google Wave?

Google Wave is still in a development stage and I assume that those who are fortunate enough to test it right now will provide lots of feedback and valuable input for improvements and adaptations to common needs.

Once the excitement of the new trend is over, I could imagine a very useful tool to work directly on projects with ones’ collaborators and partners from anywhere in the world. This is the thrilling concept behind it as far as I am concerned. If one can stop the spam before it starts and really work within an open yet private and respected environment – that would be perfect!

Here are just a few Benefits that simply trigger faster Action more often:

* The moment someone comes online, one would know through the green mark. Action!

* The moment a wave is updated or gets a new comment, one would know and be able to check immediately without losing time. Action!

* If something needs commenting – it’s instant, whether in the open or in form of private replies.

* If something needs the direct contact – say a document or article needs to be discussed in real time – voila! Let’s talk or even start a conference! Instant Action!

These are amazing possibilities saving  time and making teamwork faster, smoother and more efficient – not to speak about excluding misunderstandings right away through immediate interaction.
What always amazes me with Google is the amount of foresight and preparation at the highest levels. But then if not them… who else could deliver at that level in the virtual world?

So let’s learn all about the new tool and expect lots more to be coming from Google Wave in the future!

Learn Google Wave at Ycademy Seminars

To learn more about Google Wave at Ycademy Seminars get one of the few privileged tickets for the Ycademy November Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009, totally online and recorded for Seminar participants! Knowledge is Power – and Ycademy Seminars add Action to it, guiding you forward on your personal “Path to Profitability”.

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• Communication with Birds

by Bianca Gubalke

Communication with Birds

Communication with Birds is a red thread through my life. . . but this was definitely a Cape White-eye SOS this morning! Panic in my garden!

Social Networks

These tiny birds form large “social networks” outside the breeding season and often visit flowering bushes or berry-bearing plants in large flocks – appearing like shimmering clouds feeding on insects and nectar, berries, fruit and small grains.

As in all Social Networks (in one way or another), Cape White-eyes are very vocal and can easily be distinguished by their soft trilled pee, pree or pirreee callnotes that they use to stay connected, however, what I heard this morning was a highly agitated pitch varying in volume and tempo. . .

Communication with Birds

One doesn’t need a degree in Communication with Birds to understand if something is wrong – and to react accordingly… and fast!

MadMax was with me, so it wasn’t the cat… but it could be a snake, a hawk or a mongoose… to name just a few of many possibilities.

Cape White-eye

Guided by what turned out to be the parents, I discovered a tiny little Cape White-eye (Zosterops pallidus, ‘Glasogie’ in Afrikaans) sitting motionless on the ground – an easy prey for any predator. I had to operate fast to capture the little being and get it into a safe, warm place – while the parents fluttered in great distress around me. . . and MadMax already watched my movements with great interest from my studio. Getting him out there and me inside – the adorable little being warmly covered with my hands – was not an easy operation, however, he also seemed to . . . understand!

Finally, I could check this tiny feather ball without finding any external damage, caress it and get some life back into it… while the parents watched through the windows, cheering with their little voices.

When I was called to my PC to answer a call… the idea of  “Cape White-eye Online” was born!

I took a series of quick – and far from optimal shots photographically speaking – with my Logitech camera, however, you rarely get a Cape White-eye chick this close in front of your lens! And how exciting and touching: you see how it basically ‘woke up’ and then flew onto a window sill – an indication that after all it was well! it could fly!

So I caught it gently and took it to the golden Solandra Maxima tree I told you about in an earlier post – where I know many birds are currently breeding – and let it fly into the air! It was wonderful to see it happy and free… and immediately its parents were around with some tremolo chirps… and life continued as normal!

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Google Wave Communication Tools

Google Wave Communication Tools determine the way we will communicate and interact on Web2.0 in the near future; it is the big OLA! you definitely want to catch and ride with ease the moment you can.

Of course, there are waves and waves… so: what does the “Google Wave” stand for?

About Google Wave

This is what I found directly on wave.google.com – the source so to speak:

Conversation and Document

“A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”

WOW – this will be saving lots of time and speed up the communication process immensely, also making so many time-consuming extra miles redundant – although they may have their charm and thus their place. It’s gain a matter of choice.

Example: If I send out an invitation for a party, I can do so the noble yet complex low-tech way and expect RSVPs in the same way. Which rarely happens. . .

Alternatively, I can use the Google Wave Communication Tools and everything is in one place and easy to be responded to by anyone, while being open to all. It’s so-to-speak one invitation document bundling a wave of conversation in forms of enthusiastic yesses, apologetic no’s and the usual odd questions. All in a mini-blink of an eye… almost immaterial and certainly less than a laborious mouse click.

Sharing

“A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.”

Actually, we’ve been exercising the “wave principle” already in our Conference Rooms during say Ycademy Seminars. Everyone coming in – even if hours late – can scroll back and follow the conversation (chat) right from the beginning and then add an input… at the end of it.

Mark the difference: at the end… not inbetween. If that’s now going to be possible on Google Wave we’re messing up the concept of linear time – I’m all for it! Perhaps we learn something to apply to our lives… like going back in time and doing things different! Let good old Stephen Hawkins get back to the drawing board and rewrite the History of Time!

Real Time – Live

“A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.”

Faster than fast – past Facebook and Tweets…  that’s where we’re going! Instant. Live. We’ve got to have our act together to avoid ‘doing’ before ‘thinking’ – or is it all about a spontaneous reaction… reflex… almost non-existent, over, forgotten, next… ?

Social Networks watch out!

Google Wave Communication Tools on Google Top 10

“Google Wave Communication Tools” made it speedily to Google Top 10 within just a few hours… ahead of over 3,6 million search returns – here’s the screenshot:

This high performance in terms of Search Engine Optimization just reflects the results achievable when the right Script – in this case a WordPress based Semiomantics Script – is paired with correct Editing and Publishing as taught in the monthly Ycademy Seminars – even on high traffic keywords.

Google Wave Communication Tools on Ycademy Seminar

While such results are not achieved overnight, everybody can acquire the Knowledge and Skills.

If you enjoy doing so within the safe and trusted environment of a bonded Team, join us on the next fully online Ycademy Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009 which focuses on Social Network Publishing in general and “Google Wave” in particular.

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Google Wave Communication Tools

The brand-new Google Wave Communication Tools are about to create waves and will definitely open new horizons of never before experienced speed in terms of Online Communication.

Now it’s all about catching the “Google Wave” . . . firstly understanding and then implementing this “personal communication and collaboration tool” that merges e-mail, instant messaging, wikis and social networking. . .  and where the sky is the limit!

Google Wave Communication Tools on Ycademy Seminar

Faithful to its philosophy of always being at the edge of technological developments… as well as under the topical umbrella of Social Network Publishing , this month’s Ycademy Seminar on 21 and 22 November 2009 will introduce all Seminar participants to the new Google Wave Communication Tools – the features, possibilities and how to make the best use of this future-oriented and highly interesting new arrival on the Web2.0 sky!

Interested in joining the Ycademy Seminar?

Get your ticket HERE and prepare to take your Online Communication to another level!

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Facebook Profile

When dealing with Social Networks on the Internet, Facebook is a key player and whether we like this social arena of Mr. Everybody or not… what is important is to create a Facebook Profile that reflects who we are or how we wish to present ourselves when it comes to Social Network Publishing.

Facebook Profile Picture

Besides being in control of our names – ideally as a .com – the next step is to upload a Facebook Profile Picture.

While my usual colour scheme is reflected on the white-black-silver-red version below , I tried to play with Facebook and integrated their illustruous variety of blue hues in a soft degrade – the above is a screenshot and not as sharp as in reality.  When trying to define a color, you’ll notice that the color code changes with almost every new placement of your color picker – amazing!

I intentionally didn’t want to start off with a tone-in-tone of their grey in my top picture frame, but rather have it flow in and merge in a more dynamic yet unobtrusive way.

The little thumbnail works perfectly well, but too much traffic on Facebook or slow connections down here in South Africa probably caused the error when I did the Screenshot above.

Facebook Profile Picture Examples

These are just some Facebook Profile Picture Examples that illustrate what can be done with a vertical banner with a 200 x 600 pixels format.

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Miss Garden Route 2009

“Miss Garden Route 2009″ is to be chosen tonight!

Miss Garden Route 2009

Suspense is . . . who’s gonna be chosen as. . . “Miss Gardenroute 2009″

Will SHE be Miss Gardenroute 2009?

Grunge Design

Grunge Design is the current trend. . . a sort of liberating and highly creative  “do as you like” style we studied and integrated in the seventies in Paris, France… especially under the influence of the extraordinary Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies. More on him further down…

Grunge Design

Designing in the traditional way is one thing… achieving those results when creating Web Graphics is another and demands a thorough knowledge of the available web graphics tools. Only then one can become a real virtuoso!

But one needs to start. . . and this is my first try. Everything on this page was created from scratch; the only originals I outsourced so to speak is the “Grunge Font”. I will do more sketches once I have more of those to play with!

Antoni Tàpies

Antoni Tàpies, the brilliant Catalan artist who started off as a surrealist painter – influenced by the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miró – soon became an abstract expressionist. When he started incorporating non-artistic materials such as waste paper, rugs and strings and added clay and marble dust to his paint, his style becoming famous as “Arte Povera”.

To this very day, Antoni Tàpies is considered as one of the leading artists in Europe. He says himself that he seeks… “to remind man of what in reality he is, to give him a theme for reflection, to shock him in order to rescue him from the madness of inauthenticity and to lead him to self-discovery.”

Today’s Grunge Design connects to Antoni Tàpies’ Oeuvre… with half a century between them!
Makes one think, doesn’t it?