Perfect for information designer.

Paypal launched a new site, Do Stuff for Money. I must say it intrigues me- pay people to do stuff for me, online? Have you heard of that?

When your offer is accepted, you will be prompted to pay your friend. There’s where Paypal will earn all the transactional fees.

YouTwitFace! What’s that supposed to be?
Sounds too funny a phrase to be serious.

youtwitface.com is a newly created parody site dedicated to posting funny stories as tribute to social media. Great idea by Brian Kay… just stay tuned.

Adwords Learning Center is a great place to learn adwords, search optimization to effectively advertise your business. There are text lessons as well as multimedia lessons, which makes learning more flexible and fun.

People can take the test at USD$50 to be certified, it’s a great investment to build up portfolio and get new clients. It lasts for only a year, though, so make it worthwhile. The test is slightly over 100 questions with 90 minutes to answer, and 75% correct to pass.

Become a Google Advertising Professional.

Useful Glossaries for Web Designers & Developers

Every card, no matter how special, in a pile is no longer outstanding.
Pretty, elegant business cards are out. Those graffiti-ed are in.

Cards of Change is a community of business cards of people whom have been retrenched in this depressing period of recession. Yes, why waste the cards? Recycle! They have been doodled on to serve as a ‘temporary business card’ until the next job comes.

In a positive light, the site aims to provide connections with potential employers.

Something to think about…
Making efforts to change my life, for the better, a step at a time. Little changes that will make a big difference in the long run.

Yes I need to cut down on my facebook apps.

Recently I’ve been busy reading up on marketing, just for exposure.
A week ago, I was being referred to Seth Godin’s books upon reading “The Starbucks Experience” and have found his writings interesting. The one I just finished is “Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable”, can’t wait to start on the others.

(Admit it, the banner on the right looks so clickable- nice colour, great design.)
His blog entry about Personal Branding in the age of Google really cracked me up. Nothing escapes Google, that’s only one of the reasons why it’s the best search engine. I’m the kind of person who googles everything I need to know, predictably, I’m definitely guilty of googling my own name– and so far it’s been a good record. (thank God!) Sidetracking… my surname’s a common one to begin with, Chen, and my name isn’t very much unique either. Not many people know of my middle name, so it’s almost pretty much redundant.

Have you googled yourself yet?
If not, it’s high time you do so now!

1. This is Why You’re Fat

“Mmm. Delicious. I’m hungry! I so wanna eat that and I cant control
myself, it screams to me that it belongs in my mouth. Come to me, burger.”

Now, this why you are fat.

The pictures are supposed to look appetizing… the collection is getting bigger by the day.
And be sure to look out for the book in stores for they will be publishing one! Foodies better buy it but be careful not to drool.

2. Fatburgr

It’s a new, informative site that gathers all the numbers of calories in table-form, organized and time-saving.

Updated daily, you can also subscribe to the RSS feed and install this on your iPhone! Now you have no excuse to eat blindly when you patronize your fast-food restaurant.

Check out this talented photographer, eigwon aka Jeffery Koh, his portfolio here.

I always love the colours of his landscapes, I hope they inspire you as much as they do for me!