Life moves on

Hi.

So much have happened in 2007-2008 its almost been to much.
We made fusion with some people who left their old companies in search for the dream about creating the perfect studio. SNDK felt we missed the sales, consultant and copy writer part. They missed Art directors, designers, producers, Programmers and a creative portfolio.

We joined forces and merged in late fall 2007. The new name landed on Massive Rhino.

CLARA (1738-1758)
Clara The Rhino entertained commons and kings, inspired fashion,
china, poetry and science. Her uniqueness allowed people to create
and participate. Not much Different from rhinos today.

We are keeping the office in Nesna but the main Office is in Trondheim.
We also have a small office in Manila. A new website is on its way.


My cancer have been really good since July. But now in January 08 they found some small stuff in the left testicle (the one that is removed) When they opened it up during the operation they found to more. One in the tissue and the other deeper inn (called Bukvegg in Norwegian). I'm going to have surgery Wednesday 6 Feb.

I will try to update with more news soon. I'm redesigning the blog and creating small portfolio site.

R:-)

BFW - Barents Fashion Week

I have got involved in a very exiting project with some very exiting people.
Togheter with some co.workers I went to Murmansk Russia in October. We
was here in the project Young Enterpenurs in the Barents region.

Here I came in contact with some really creative people that shared my passion
for design and exploration in all forms. We did some talk over there that might not
have lead to anyting but by chance encounter my and another`s plane was cancled.
We had to stay in a hotel in Tromsø over the night. Here we stayed up all night and really
had an amasing brainstorm that created the insentiv to create a Barents Fashion Week.

Get togheter people from Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden that are involved in design and
fasshion. The project is in the beginning but I belive super strongly in this idea and belive i will
lead to someting amazing.

Sir Ken Robinson

From 2006 this man was my idol, my mentor and hero.
To say he is a genirous is a understatement!!

New photos on Flickr

My Flickr updates are not verry often these days. I hope to update it more often in the next months. I have been to Russia and a bit here and there with some nice kodak moments. I will place some other updates here the next week as stuff has happend this fall :-)

Feeling down

This is a composition I did when the cancer where at its worst and I felt really low.
Its sometimes great to create a visual print from what you feel innside. Now on the other hand this mental state have left me long time ago so I thought I publish it.

Sndk launches Ewait.com

Sndk have redesigned both profile, logo and the new website for Norwegian Ewait.
Inspired by Bill Gates and his prediction that Internet stations placed in public places would become a leading provider of access Kristian Mikkelsen started Ewait in Steinkjer Norway.

Sndk was asked to provide a modern looking flash based solution. The site uses a hotlink system so each section can be linked and bookmarked. This feature also enable search engines to index the site. The site also feature a complete CMS to update each section of the site.

See the http://www.ewait.com/ site here

rob`s blog

Rob have updated both Designchapel and his blogger with some new work and some new art work. The last prodution from NorthKingdom (get the glass) for GotMilk was selected as site of the month at TheFwa.com

Designchapel
dchpl.blogspot.com
Northkingdom

New super mac

Apple have launched a new SUPER UBER man pro workstation. Up to 8 core CPU. That should kick some ass. But a shame you only can get max 16 GB ram. Thats "only" 2GB per CPU.

Apple say:

"Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.

Performance standard
No matter which Mac Pro model you choose — 8-core or quad-core Intel Xeon — each delivers advanced performance, workstation graphics, and unparalleled expansion in so many possible configurations, your imagination has finally met its match.

Eight cores or four
Opt for the 8-core Mac Pro and you get the power of two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors running at 3.0GHz. Or choose a quad-core Mac Pro featuring two Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors and decide how fast they fly: 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz. At 3.0GHz, the quad-core Mac Pro runs up to 2x faster than the Power Mac G5 Quad"

Adobe Creative lisence

Adobe is about to launch the next generation of its CS collection. CS3 is the new edition to the industry standard graphic utility collection. On the new Adobe Creative Licence micro site you can learn about new features and see a video presentation.

See the site here.

New stuff on Flickr

I have uploaded some new images to my Flickr photo account. I cant help but fall in love whit the flawless solution provided by Yahoo. The easy uploading and great features. They also have a great API that enable anyone to create a flash GUI using Flickr to hold the images and bandwidth. Cant beat that!

See my images here.

Seb.se card designer

We (sndk.no) have published a online card designer for Swedish bank Seb.se. The online designer uses flash to edit uploaded personal images or to edit images in the library. The solution also feature a personal hostess that guide the user through the solution. The solution was made in co-op with Tag Systems.

See the designer here