After only a few weeks of waiting, I finally recieved my iPhone case from Grove.
I had quite a few things to protect my iPhone 4 over time. Starting with the Apple Bumper, iPod socks and a sleeve by Hardgraft.
The Grove is quite different from what I had before.
Pros:
Real bamboo
Custom made. The engravings look great and you can get your own illustrations engraved.
Wraps the whole iPhone
Lightweight
Delicious smell (wood & lime, great combination)
Feels great in your hand
Cons:
It's made of wood, which basically means it protects your iPhone from exactly one drop, which will then most likely destroy the case.
long waiting until you get your case
Since I haven't dropped my iPhone (yet), I think it's a really sweet case and well worth its price and the waiting. I'm really impressed by the quality of the whole thing and looking forward to their iPad case which will hopefully arrive in time when I visit San Francisco.
I just had to try some things with the new Photoshop CS6 beta and I like messing with Torbens pictures and the result turned out to be an interesting picture. Head to his blog to get it there.
I wish to see this book become the Typographers' Bible. — Hermann Zapf
For me this book is a masterpiece on typography and one of the few I'm really happy to own as a printed edition. If you're a least a tiny bit interested in typography this should be on your shelf already.
In case you're wondering: I was talking quite a lot about typography in the last weeks so I simply had to put this somewhere.
Although it costs some money in the end - about 6€ for all the different styles - Paper is by far the best sketching application on the iPad.
It's UI is excellent and it just works great.
It helps to have a stylus and I'm quite happy with my Cosmonaut by Studio Neat that arrived earlier this week. In fact, I prefer it over the Wacom Bamboo they suggest.
My blog became very silent over time. The most obvious reason is my job at anfema. Since our company website really needs an update, I started testing some new CMS and found Kirby.
I can you, this thing is amazing. Super fast and super easy. In fact, this website is now running on it, too. It took me less than three hours to set this thing up, including some rough design.
This is only a beginning, so please be kind. I'll add missing pieces (like post dates and stuff) when I have time to.
It's been far to long since my last update, but there are several things which keep me really busy.
My work at Anfema GmbH is still a lot of fun, but the projects are big and will take some time to be released to the public. There are many new things for me and buying a new suit and ties was one of the easiest and I still have to get used to wearing them.
On the other side I'm still trying to study at UoAS Augsburg. I'll also hold four workshops this semester, so you might actually find something new here pretty soon.
He was a role model for me and many people I know and his ideas shaped the roots for my current area of expertise and helped creating the tools I use every single day.
I'm not good at this so I'll leave it here with a quote from Bill Gates.
The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely.
