Thursday Bits and Bobs
It’s Christmas season which currently means that there are a lot to do as always and being mid-week, it’s only more and more to work on.
- Today I’m sending to a first an article on "20 signs that you don’t want that web design project". It’s a great lead in to a topic I’m going to be writing about tomorrow about clients.
- Adobe has announced that they have to lay off 600 jobs worldwide because of sales not going as well as expected.
Last thing today I do want to ask you if you have any tips and tricks on event photography. I’m shooting and videofilming my schools christmas party with dance and performances and I obviously want it to be as good as possible. If you have any tips to send this way, I welcome them and will definitely include them (with credit) in an article that I’m going to do after it about the experience.
Tuesday Tidbits
- Check out the site of one of a great friend of mine, Design by Firgs. There’s a lot of great downloadable content over there for free and great thoughts and articles as well. It may be a new site but don’t let it fool you, it’s a super site!
- If you are having troubles picking a domain name for your website then maybe you could use the help of a domain name generator. It’ll help you find a great available domain name. I came across this little top five list of domain name generators made by Linda Chardbourne. Check it out!
- Pixelmator have released an update bringing the app to 1.3.1. It’s basically a bug fix and general improvement version but it has a few really good improvements like better colour management.
Welcome to the new Bernskiold Media website!
I’d like to welcome you to the brand new version of Bernskiold Media. It’s looking all different but I assure you, it’s all pretty much how it used to be in the terms of where to find stuff. However the front is all new. Over the week I’m going to be launching a new reviews based center so it’s going to be even easier to browse the reviews as well also, tutorials and articles are being prepared to be posted also coming!
You’ll see some of the old site intact in the new design, some kept in part and some things that are gone.
Do leave your comments on the new site here in the comments of the post as I’d love to hear them as I continue to develop the site and make it better!
Special No-Blog Friday
I know there haven’t been much blogging this week and today isn’t going to be any differnt I’m afraid. It’s the busiest time of the season for me both with school and work and this week we had a bunch of big tests which has equaled no-blogging. I’m taking this evening off for some "de-stressing" and some relaxing and I do plan on posting some goodies tomorrow, Sunday and through the rest of the week coming.
To all my US readers, you could see this as Thanksgiving and Black Friday off (even though we don’t have it here) but despite that we don’t have it, I’m going say a thanks to all of you readers who make it really fun to blog and for reading of course!
By the way, for anyone curious, today’s test was maths so if you find me speaking in equations and functions today, you know why 
5 Tips to make you a better presenter!
I do quite a lot of presentations, being at school and teaching software, talking to clients etc. The chances are pretty high that you as well have had to present something to a person or a group of people. If you don’t do this very often it can be a nerve-wracking task. Don’t be alarmed if you have to do it, rather embrace it and think of it as a good thing instead, even though you are at the point of a mental breakdown. Everything you do when giving a presentation isn’t the most important thing, regardless of how that might seem.
1 – Don’t over prepare yourself!
All the time you are thinking and hearing that you should be prepared for everything. That is however not the same as preparing for everything. I like to look at it this way: When I’m about to give a presentation, my mind is set on the fact that anything could happen while I’m giving it. I’m not at all preparing for what to do if certain events happen that is out of my control.
Also, don’t write everything you want to say down. It’ll just make it very boring to listen to. It is better to have some things be cut off than trying to remember exactly what you wanted to say.
2 – Memorize and use key phrases.
Despite what I just said above about not trying to remember exactly what to say, you should still have some key phrases that you know and use. This way you will have something for your listeners to instantly remember clearly. You can draw a parallel to the speeches of for example Winston Churchill who in his speech “We shall fight on the beaches”, repeatedly used the phrase “We shall fight” over and over again, giving all listeners something to focus on and remember. Use it wisely!
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