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Motion Graphics for Galeria de Arte Urbana

Mario Andrade — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:05:36 +0000

Galeria de Arte Urbana is a project created specially to support the street art movement in Portugal. With the support for Lisbon’s city hall and EDIT – Escola de Design Interactivo e Tecnologia, me and my colleges developed, each one, a video for our motion graphics course to show street art panels from Mostra de Arte Urbana 2011.

Video & Audio edit: Mário Andrade
Music: “Robotic Fantasy” – Drone
Motion Graphics Design Master class, 2011-2012, EDIT. – Escola de Design Interativo e Tecnologia

Special thanks to:
- GAU – Galeria de Arte Urbana
- Camâra Municipal de Lisboa

Setting up my productive home office

Mario Andrade — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:57:05 +0000

Recently I started working as a freelancer and had to setup an home office.

My home office setup

In the picture you can see my 19″ Samsung SyncMaster B1930, a Toshiba Satellite L755 with 6Gb Ram and 360 Gb of disk space, my 500Gb Iomega external disk, a NGS wireless mouse and keyboard and my London User Research Center sketching notepad. And this covers for me as far as hardware goes.

Working at home can be tricky, there are an almost infinite amount of things that can distract you but the comfort and relaxing environment is something that I’m sure anyone can appreciate.

Music

It’s crucial for me to have an endless stream of beats going on. I don’t pay much attention to it but I need a beat to set pace for me. Usually I use Grooveshark, Stereo Mood or The Hype Machine.

Organization

Google Calendar is a great help to get me organized. I’ve tried Action Method and Podio for project management but it’s just too much for what I need. Other than Google Calendar I keep a sheet of paper next to me where I write down all the daily tasks.

Communication

Personally I like using IMs to communicate. It allows me to talk when I am available and not when someone decides that I should be available for them. The result is increased productivity and less procrastination.

Jason Fried TEDx Midwest: Why work doesn’t happen at work

Mario Andrade — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:31:49 +0000

Have you ever wondered why time seems to fly when you are at the office? It’s interesting to see how a business owner understands the main distractions during an office day. Blame the M&M’s.

Interview to Jason Fried of 27 Signals

Mario Andrade — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:16:57 +0000

Jason Fried is one of the founders of 37 Signals, the makers of Basecamp, Highrise, Campfire and Backpack and author of Rework.

In this video Jason Fried talks about how 37 signals started, and how it growth to their current business model, how 37 signals offices work. It’s interesting understanding how 37 signals works in a very silent way in order to prevent distractions and prioritize work.

Probably the best mentality in 37 signals is their “horizontal growth” philosophy where their workers grow themself doing what they are really good at instead of being promoted and taken away from what they are really good at.

Most Pressed Keys in HTML development

Mario Andrade — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:56:17 +0000

I found a post called Most Pressed Keys and Programming Syntaxes that shared a simples webapp that allowed to heatmap a virtual keyboard highlighting the most used keys.
I was tempted to find out which are the keys I used the mo.st when developing my Conserveira de Lisboa project, and here’s the result:

Work-Life balance

Mario Andrade — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:55:49 +0000

Because small things matter…

The World Is Obsessed With Facebook

Mario Andrade — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:56:28 +0000

A very interesting motion graphics created by Alex Trimpe, in After Effects, for a class at The Columbus College of Art & Design.

All information was provided by onlineschools.org.

Tron Legacy 3D Projection Mapping Skateboarding

Mario Andrade — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:36:55 +0000

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Portugal Promotional Tourism Film 2011

Mario Andrade — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:57:08 +0000

The beauty of simplicity. It’s an amazing film that brings out the best of Portugal.

On what others call weakness…

Mario Andrade — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:10:45 +0000

If you ever feel you can’t do something, remember Nick the limbless man that counquered the world with his faith.

Life Without Limbs