Children Learn by Watching

It never ceases to amaze me how much children learn just by watching adults.  They also grasp things very quickly. My grandson just by watching me at the computer has already understood that when I  move the mouse or hit the keys things happen,  so for his next trick he tries to do the same. Rather than mess up my work, this is where Oli’s Fun House comes into play.

Oli’s Fun House

Oli’s Fun House is my grandsons own play area online, totally safe where  I have full control of the content, full control of what he sees.  The site is suitable for his age group with a mix of images, some that he is already familiar with, all geared to help him learn and to build confidence and familiarity with a computer. [For today's young  generation computers, mobiles, ipods and ipads are the everyday tools they are surrounded by.] Included in the Fun House is an area where he can play with the mouse and see a very visual effect online, great for developing hand and eye co-ordination. I will also be including music and games on the site in the near future.

Oli’s Fun House is still a work in progress and more categories will be added as well and the images changed over time. It’s been a real joy creating the Fun House, it’s lighthearted and fun but finding time to work on this project is pretty difficult sometimes  for as most parents and grandparents know, children are time consuming one way or another.

Flash Web Design

Oli’s Fun House is based on the Semiomantics Evolution Script  which focuses totally on visual communication through various forms of media, such as images, audio and video. The content of such a Flash Web Site is provided by the customer and elaborated in collaboration with a web designer – a Semiomantics Certified Consultant who will then embed text and media into the flash environment.  Flash Web Design and Flash Intros are available at the Small Business Shop or  you can contact me here to discuss your project.

The Evolution Script is very flexible and can be adapted to most any purpose, whether personal or commercial. In today’s world of visual expression and communication flash websites are a very evocative way to capture a target audience. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ !

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Children Learning
• Semiomantics XO Advertising
• My Essex
• Affordable Flash Intros
• Flash Website – My Essex
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• WP Best NewsPaper Theme
• Learning Vocabulary

Children Learning

We all know that’s children love to play and have fun! It’s the way kids learn. It all starts when they are really tiny as babies, even if it doesn’t look like anything to us, they are exploring their new world. There’s so much to learn and they absorb it all like a sponge. 

Children Learning through Play 

I have taken great pleasure in watching my grandson  over the past year explore his new world, everything is so fascinating! It has to be touched, tasted, shaken, rattled, listened to. A world full of wonders. It’s learning through play. They watch, they copy.  They play with the most mundane things even a crumb of the floor. Its really fascinating for us adults too to just stand back and watch, it never ceases to amaze me what they pick up from us and copy in their play.

Oli’s Fun House

My grandson has watched me work at the computer, fascinated by  the colours and the flickering screen. He’s now at an age where he wants to climb up on my lap and copy what I do. His curiosity and his eagerness to learn has inspired me to create his own flash website, a Fun House where I can be in control of what he sees,  what he learns and where he can have some FUN!

So, welcome to the first draft of Oli’s Fun House and watch this space for more to come.

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Affordable Flash Intros
• Learning Vocabulary
• Cornflower Blue
• Blue Cornflower
• Semiomantics XO Advertising
• Ycademy Flash Basics Seminar
• Increase Your Business Exposure
• Flash Basics
• Adding Frames in Photoshop
• A Little Bit of Blur

Semiomantics XO Advertising

Have you ever heard of Semiomantics XO? Well, it’s one of the best blog scripts that I know and I have tried and tested a few over the past few years. Not only is it the best performing script but that it is so versatile, totally flexible and adaptable to any theme that’s why I have added it to my Small Business Shop.

I personally prefer  a clean, crisp site that is easily navigated and presents the blog post in clearly defined matter. Others I know prefer a much more ornate style with lots of graphics and flashes.  There’s a whole range of top performing and highly efficient Semiomantics XO scripts such as Business Blogs, Online Newspaper (Newscast theme) to name a few as well as the latest Semiomantics Evolution, media focused flash that can be customized and adapted to customer requirements.

Affordable Blog Design

If you are looking for affordable blog design with top performance then the Semiomantics XO is really worth investigating. Each script is custom made and totally unique and  designed to reach high visibility on search engines such as Google.  All sites can offer galleries, portfolio, shop depending on personal preferences and demand.

* The advertising banner for the Semiomantics XO was created during an Ycademy Workshop. Ycademy Trainings are open to all Ycademy paid members and cover various topics and themes throughout the year as well as monthly seminars dedicated to a specific subject.  For more details please use the contact form.

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Web Design for FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic
• Web Design
• Ycademy Flash Basics Seminar
• Increase Your Business Exposure
• Flash Basics
• My Essex
• Flash Website – My Essex
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website

Increase Your Business Exposure

As any business owner knows, business is about making those sales, whatever your product. Even if you are a handyman, tiler or carpenter, you need customers in order to sell your skill and be paid. You need business exposure to bring you those customers.

Simple methods are great and work well, the tried and tested methods like logos, business cards, stickers, flyers, brochures but in todays ‘googling’ society you need a good presence online to, it gives you credibility too.

If I need a tiler, handyman or carpenter in Essex where I live, where do I go to find one?

I know that I am not the only one these days to go and ‘google’ my request to find exactly what I need, unless of course someone has recommended such a service before and I have kept a record, otherwise it’s straight to Google. Googling is much more common these days and very much a habit for many people, like myself. Forget the big cumbersome yellow tome ‘the yellow pages’ give me Google any day. Type in your request and up comes a selection of businesses or suggestions to choose from. If you are a business owner, this is the place to be ….and be seen!

Business Presentation

A good presence online starts with your business name and brand and a website design. Your website is your business presentation, active and working for you 24 hours a day, 7 days  week and all  year around. A permanent ad that displays your business. A one time fee that works for you for a full year.

I know from past experience that I have grabbed a business card and stuffed it in my pocket, and when the time was right I checked out the www on the card to view the business presentation in more detail. In our busy lives these  days quiet times when things get done are often long past normal business hours, but your business presentation continues to work for you even when you are asleep.

Website Design

Website design is not as expensive as some may think. A good basic website design displaying a business presentation is an investment and costs much less than placing an ad in a newspaper all year round. Discussing your needs with a web site designer is much more cost effective in the long run than making a decision yourself. An IT Consultant can direct you to the best possible solution for your business needs  and provide you with an affordable website design.

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Internet Marketing Services
• Christmas 2009 and beyond
• Learn online at the Daily online training call
• Google Wave invite
• Web Design for FreeLeadsandFreeTraffic
• Web Design
• Garden Talk News
• Swarovski Crystal
• Creating images for YORGOOpress2
• Felisa Ryan builds her authority online

Flash Basics

In preparation for the Ycademy Flash Seminar this weeks Yorgoo Daily Training calls have focused on some flash basics.

Flash is the way media and interactive content is delivered to the customer or end user.We use it every day on our computers often without knowing. There is an estimated 864 million PCs worldwide running a Flash Player, that approximately represents 99 percent of internet enabled personal computers. Staggering numbers if you think about it.

First Flash Document

The first flash, hands on, workshop was the creation of a flash document, understanding how to create a symbol, motion tween and the timeline. Here is my first result.

or here,
My First Flash Document

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Adding Frames in Photoshop
• A Little Bit of Blur
• Digital Photography Portraits
• Digital Photography Workshop exercise
• Digital Photography – Preparing Photos
• My Essex
• Easter Greetings
• Affordable Flash Intros
• Flash Website – My Essex
• Creating a Flash Website

My Essex

My Essex Evolution Flash site that was started during the Ycademy seminar is slowly taking shape. Sometimes even with the very best of intentions things do not go according to plan. The new flash site is very much a project that will be developed over time. As  each image that is used has to be prepared it all takes real focus and concentration to do it right. Its not something I can do in fits and starts while minding my grandson. Time is a precious commodity at the moment so my project  is taking shape but more slowly than anticipated.

The County of Essex

I’ve often heard it said that Essex is a boring county, ’ its so flat and uninteresting ‘. With that sort of statement I have to disagree. On the contrary, I find Essex a very interesting county if you look beyond the main road, the A12, that leads to the ferry port of  Harwich. Essex is a large county whose western border hugs the London suburbia sprawl and then gradually gives way to a rural landscape, a complex of  small towns, villages and hamlets linked by criss crossing lanes and paths. On its eastern side lies the North Sea, to the south the Thames estuary.  It’s an ancient Saxon county full  of history and historical  monuments.

Having lived here for over 30 years now, and travelled throughout the county I have always found something of interest and  new to discover each time.

Digital Photography 

I am really looking forward to the next Ycademy Seminar when we take the next step to learning more about digital photography and the use of Abode Lightroom. There is Photoshop, however with Lightroom there are many more possibilities when it comes to editing photographs professionally.  With this new knowledge I will be able to take the next step to preparing photographs more professionally to use on my flash site ‘My Essex’ . More about this in future posts.  One is never too old to learn.

Author: Zo Nicholas, Media, Marketing, Publishing. Co-Founder of YORGOO, Ycademy,YORGOO Press and Semiomantics. If you enjoyed reading the above, please consider following future tips and strategies by RSS reader or Subscribe by Email.

Read more..

• Flash Website – My Essex
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• Creating a Flash Website
• QR Code fun
• 3D Logo Design
• Branding and Logo Design
• Photoshop Action Script fun
• New Style New Look