new hovernote banner

I made a new banner for the hovernote Facebook page. Speaking of, it's on version 1.3 now and includes exciting features like an improved settings panel, autosaving and recent notes list, and automatic bullets for making lists. Notes can also be collapsed to an icon for quickly hiding and bringing back notes without having to use the notification panel.

And in context:

On the note of Android, I also recently got a Nexus 7 tablet and it's really exciting and will save me from lugging my laptop around on days I don't really need to. Convenient too, since my phone's earpiece decided to stop working about a week ago, defeating just about all of the purpose of having a phone- at least the screen didn't break or anything...

birthday doodle

Business cards

Finally got my cards back from Jukebox and they look nice. I also acquired a working printer from Mike to replace the POS printer I got for free off someone's lawn last year. With my resume finally out of the way and business cards to boot, I guess it's about time I start actively applying for things. I'm a bit hesitant at the same time though, with school resuming in about a month. I don't want to potentially get hired only to tell them I won't be available full time, nor do I want to disclose something like that at the time of my application lest that deter me from employment. I'm only going to be taking classes Monday and Tuesday though, so I hope to come up with something, preferably a print shop.

Summer Festival

I also finished the Summer Festival flyers/posters. We're using Jukebox Print because they're both local and affordable for the quality. Got back the flyers and I'm impressed, placing poster order on Monday during business hours.

Posters came back and they look fantastic. Onto distribution! Definitely a pleasure working with Jukebox. 

Banner for Hovernote

Here's the market banner for hovernote. I think it's still a bit rough, but definitely better than alot of what else I've seen on Google Play. Hopefully this helps the app to get noticed more.
New update releasing soon adding a whole bunch of functionality like a working file browser and autosave. Quick layout in illustrator using ICS blue (#33B5E5) and the Android font Roboto. 

In other news, I'm working on my resume, mainly content right now. Hopefully tomorrow I can make it look fancy and appealing. I got my work permit and my social insurance number and I'm almost ready for the job market.

Been busy. Really busy.
Helping out with design and testing of hovernote as well as creating visual assets and laying out promotional material for it.

Last week, I managed to last-minute plow through my final paper for the summer class I'm taking.
~2600 words in two days- I'm quite proud of myself. Just two more classes left and then I start my job hunt. Oh boy.

Hovernote Icon

So this is the launcher/market icon I made for my boyfriend's Android app hovernote available for download on Google Play. It's a floating notepad app that sits on top of other fullscreen apps and lets you jot things down without having to interrupt your workflow. You can store the notes as notifications, or share them to other apps like Dropbox.

Made in Illustrator

Mike