The Hickensian

11.01.07

Five.

Ah been nabbed I tells ya. Seeing as I haven’t sucked up to a meme in a while, I’ll let this one happen. Five things you may not know about me…

I studied wildlife illustration at college. I loved the feel of acrylic paint on brush and paper, and didn’t think I’d end up designing with code. I miss those days, but I can’t paint fast enough to make it work financially.
I entered the Simplified Standards logo contest under a pseudonym. I’m glad I did, the logo wasn’t the best, and it lost. No, I won’t tell you which one!
I actually love eggs much more than cheese. Scrambled, boiled, poached or fried, I’m satisfied, as long its eggs.
I met my wife Leigh when I sold her my 1972 Yellow VW Beetle. It sounds trite when people say that “you’ll know when you meet the right one”, but I really did know.
I once appeared on the cover of a leaflet for the Church of England entitled “The next Vicar…in your church?” pretending to sing. They made me take my glasses off, which I found rather odd. Surely glasses would’ve made me look like ideal Vicar material?

I hereby tag the next 5 people to comment.

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No.1

Stanislav Müller said 904 days ago:

I think it was logo #12. with this cool badger ;)

No.2

Geoffrey Sneddon said 904 days ago:

Ooo… The chance to do another meme if I’m quick enough!

No.3

Mario Parise said 904 days ago:

never been tagged for a meme before…

No.4

Ben Darlow said 904 days ago:

Hmm, isn’t self-tagging somewhat akin to onanism? In which case I know what that makes me…

No.5

shorty114 said 904 days ago:

Ohoh, #5 we are.

No.6

Andy Pearson said 904 days ago:

Ah, just missed it!

No.7

Gavin Sim said 904 days ago:

Eggs are good! :)

No.8

Samuel Sidler said 904 days ago:

The heart on #34 is totally your style. If I had to guess, I’d say that one was yours.

(P.S. Camino 1.1a2 was released.)

No.9

Richard said 904 days ago:

My guess is you did #8… I could be wrong, but it looks like it could slot right into your portfolio.

No.10

Jerry said 904 days ago:

My guess would be you did #18

No.11

That Canadian said 904 days ago:

I’m pretty much confident you did 54
Could just be because that’s the one I like the most in the list though :)

No.12

Denis said 904 days ago:

{; ?

No.13

boere said 904 days ago:

I’d go for #38 because it’s got your old logo on it.

My personal favourite is the che chevara Zeldman, but then again, the Badger is so damn cute…

No.14

Mearso said 904 days ago:

I don’t care about your entry, I just think #4 of the things about you is lovely .

No.15

Stephen said 903 days ago:

Must’ve been strange getting the odd lift in your old car.

P.S. When I tab from the Name field it jumps to your logo rather than the E-mail field. Kinda weird.

No.16

Katrine said 903 days ago:

So Logos make all your life. You even met your wife with the help of logos. Don’t let them go

No.17

luxuryluke said 903 days ago:

I agree that #38 reminds one of your recent logo, but doubt that you did it, since it’s just too close to it.
I would say you did one using a font similar to #15.

…but i like #13 the best, simply because it’s simple, and despite how generic/plain it looks, i think it’s the most useful and descriptive.

The one that won just looks a bit too web2.0 which (i know, i know) seems just too overdone now (there, i’m in ‘that’ camp, now).

No.18

Chris Ivens said 899 days ago:

To be honest, after looking at most of the entries, I feel that it’s a case of ‘rip it up and start again’. None of them really sparked any ‘professional’ interest in me. The badger was fun though, reminded me of O’Reilly books.

No.19

kabari said 898 days ago:

I met my wife Leigh when I sold her my 1972 Yellow VW Beetle. It sounds trite when people say that “you’ll know when you meet the right one”, but I really did know.

damn! that must have been one hell of a car, haha.