Twitter

      Twitter has become a public forum to complain about or share many things. One thing Mark Hayes suggests is to have something that monitors brand mentions that makes it easier for companies to distinguish what their consumers are saying about them. Hootsuite offers a service like this that tracks twitter traffic to be used as a customer service outlet. This can be very helpful to business because many customers dont fill out customer service surveys and if consumers were complaining about it then they wouldn't tweet at them. Hootsuite tracks all mentions whether they were tweeted at or not so its easier for businesses to see what people are saying about them.  
      Ive tweeted about bad experiences that ive had at certain stores and by using this service its the companies taking full advantage of all the social media outlets that are available to the consumers. 

Photoshop Exercises

HP Logo

A business' logo is how a business is recognized on their products or an ad. A good logo is immediately recognizable without necessarily having the business' name printed underneath it. HP was thinking about changing their logo and even had a design agency create something for them in 2008. 

The middle image was the proposed change but after they released the logo it was met with a lot of criticism. Many couldnt tell if it was supposed to say 'bp'.  After some consideration HP decided to stick with their original logo because it is more recognizable to the general public. 

Asteroid Inspired Pictures

Asteroid Images

Keyhole:

Asteroid:

Crater:

Destruction:

Satellite:

Hidden Coffee Table

The coffee table in my living room is where everyone puts every little thing they have in their hands, whether its just my family over or some friends. The table is a magnet for every cup or plate thats in the room. Often i find that space runs out very quickly and peoples drinks get confused or someones plate gets bumped off.  So when i was looking at Swiss-Miss' blog and i saw this table:  
this would make everyones lives so much easier. Because of the levels it creates more room so people would know what level their putting their drink on and when the extra space isnt needed it  can fold right back up like it is shown below.