Inspirations Wall

New Year, new challenges, new games! I would like to share with you what online computer game I am especially looking forward to play this year: Starcraft 2! As for all their products, Blizzard is releasing them whenever they feel the game is perfect, but I got the impression the release date is already overdue. This is a real-time online strategy game playing in the universe between humans and different types of aliens. In multiplayer modus you will be competing with other people online, there will be online rankings and the best players will even win prize money in tournaments. Check out the website starcraft2.com for the brilliant cinematic trailers and have a look at the really cool artworks. Can’t wait to play it!

Awesome new year, happy playing and keep rockin!

Judmeister (me) and Lagamachine (my friend) on road accross Morocco: Marrakech, Ouarzazate, Todra Gorge, Merzouga, Errachidia, Fes, Meknes, Casablanca, Essaouira and back to Marrakech. Probably the best trip I have ever made in terms of adventure, religious awareness and social discrepance.

Pictures of this amazing tour:

Just an awesome clip. Enjoy!

Happy Up Here
by Röyksopp

I am working at/organizing Live Poker tournaments throughout the year for Unibet in different European cities. This time we were in beautiful Prague! Have a look at this movies!

video by me

video by Marko Butrakovic

The Website of the Poker tour: unibetopen.com
Poker Episodes at www.unibetopen.com/tv

After months of hard working I granted myself a well deserved holiday in my hometown in Italy. I will post some more pictures and even a movie shortly. In the pictures below you can see me well protected from the burning sun right next to the famous Tre Cime di Lavaredo, probably the most famous mountains in the Alps. What are the Tre Cime?

Stunning pictures of London by night

here (Part1) and even more here (Part2)!
Pictures by photographer Jason Hawkes

A really good TED talk from Paula Scher (she’s done album covers, books, the Citibank logo …) discovered on the website of the highly inpsiring guys from boagworld.com. She asks herself, where the line is between being serious about your creativity and allowing it to become too solemn. Her message: innovate, risk, play, be arrogant, be ignorant, fail, be a fool, be serious … thats how you growth and thats all that matters!

Unibet, an award-winning online gaming company, offered me an exciting job at their London head office. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with social media technologies to improve users online experience. It is also my first client-side job and my first involvement in the online game development. I am very excited about that, because my interest in games is very long and passionate.

Unibet is one of the largest online gaming operators in the European market with over 3.6 million customers in more than 150 countries worldwide. Unibet offers a full range of online gaming products – such as Sport Bettings (winner of the best european sportsbook 2008), Poker, Casino and Bingo, as well as organizing the Unibet Open – Live Poker Tournaments all around Europe.

www.unibet.com
www.unibetgroupplc.com
www.unibetopen.com

It is done!!! I just officially finished my Master course in Interactive Media at the London College of Communication! … and guess what: with Distinction! It was such a fantastic year full of exciting projects, endless discussions, nightmare presentations and crazy drunken parties. I would like to thank all my tutors and colleagues for the amazing time! I will miss you guys!

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Last but not least the question: “Do web sites need to look the same in every browser?“

The field of Interactive Design is huge including every aspect of computer-human interactions: interface design, software applications, websites, video games, digital installations, sensors, mobile device applications, etc. Therefore, an Interaction Designer has knowledge in multi-discipline areas, good observation skills, eye for useable design, understanding of programming languages, wireframes and information architecture, can organize and manage design production work flow and is up to date with the newest technology standards.