http://www.dilandesign.com Design through simplicity. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:39:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dilandesign.com/bartow-shinsa-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bartow-shinsa-2011 http://www.dilandesign.com/bartow-shinsa-2011/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:32:31 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1487 This past weekend my Kendo club tested in Bartow. Shinsa: Greg vs Luis Shinsa Luis & greg Kata Gustav shinsa Allie Shinsa Keiko: Eugenio vs Lew sensei Eugenio vs Yukawa Sensei , Tamura sensei vs Maeda sensei Eugenio vs Nieves sensei Tamura sensei vs Nieves Sensei, Arai sensei vs unknow Kenshi , Eugenio vs Tamura� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/bartow-shinsa-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/orlando-dojo-visit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=orlando-dojo-visit http://www.dilandesign.com/orlando-dojo-visit/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:52:41 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1483 This past weekend my Kendo club visited an Orlando Dojo. Group Practice: Orlando Visit: Pre-Class Orlando Visit: Warm-up Drills and basic instruction Keiko: Jae sensei then Eugenio Luis Keiko Santiago Keiko Gustav Keiko Unknown Keiko Unknown Keiko 2]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/orlando-dojo-visit/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/a-great-video-on-creativity-and-play/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-great-video-on-creativity-and-play http://www.dilandesign.com/a-great-video-on-creativity-and-play/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:24:43 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1477 TED talks are one of my favorite video to watch. They open up the mind and make you think outside the box. Below is a TED talk from Tim Brown on Creativity and Play. Tim talks about how we lose something very important to our creative thinking as we become adults and in courage us� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/a-great-video-on-creativity-and-play/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/starting-a-new-chapter-graduate-studies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starting-a-new-chapter-graduate-studies http://www.dilandesign.com/starting-a-new-chapter-graduate-studies/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:04:53 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1471 Today starts a new chapter in my life, the first day of graduate studies at Miami International University of Art & Design. The next 18 months of my life will be a nice balancing act between school, work and my personal life. I look forward to expanding my knowledge and sharing my experience learned in� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/starting-a-new-chapter-graduate-studies/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/miami-dojo-visit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miami-dojo-visit http://www.dilandesign.com/miami-dojo-visit/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:56:18 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1440 This past weekend my Kendo club visited Riviera and Murphy Sensei at the Miami Dojo. It was an amazing trip filled with tough Keikos (sparing) and amazing words of wisdom about Kendo from the Senseis. Group Practice: Riviera Sensei Wisdom Riviera Sensei talking about San Shine Riviera Sensei talking about Sanku Riviera Sensei talking about� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/miami-dojo-visit/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/securing-your-wordpress-installation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=securing-your-wordpress-installation http://www.dilandesign.com/securing-your-wordpress-installation/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:33:57 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1395 There is a great post on wp.tutsplus.com/ about securing your WordPress installation. It gives details on 10 steps to get your site bullet proof against hackers. I have applied a few of these steps already to my website and will be working on the more complex steps later. I highly recommend this to any person� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/securing-your-wordpress-installation/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/the-future-of-mobile-gaming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-mobile-gaming http://www.dilandesign.com/the-future-of-mobile-gaming/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:53:08 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1349 Ever wanted to play a game on your phone but didn’t want to beat Angry Birds for the 50th time. Well, soon there will be a new type of mobile gaming platform that will take your 2D world and bump it up to Augmented-Reality. A kick starter project has started called, OggBoard. This mobile gaming� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/the-future-of-mobile-gaming/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/photoshop-basix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photoshop-basix http://www.dilandesign.com/photoshop-basix/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:33:58 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1331 After a few years of falling behind the Photoshop progress curve I decided to go back to basics and start from the beginning. With the help of an amazing video series presented by psd.tutsplus.com, Photoshop Basix. With is series I have refreshed and updated my knowledge basis on Photoshop CS5. These 25 short 5 to� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/photoshop-basix/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/facebook-fan-page/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-fan-page http://www.dilandesign.com/facebook-fan-page/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:54:35 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1321 I have finally finished building a custom Facebook Fan Page for Dilan Design, llc. Using a custom PHP display tool, the site will know if you have “like” it and display different content when you do. I’m also using a tab design to display a welcome message which contains a snap shot of my portfolio� Read More »]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/facebook-fan-page/feed/ 0 http://www.dilandesign.com/services/identity-branding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=identity-branding http://www.dilandesign.com/services/identity-branding/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:51:28 +0000 Johnny Dilan http://www.dilandesign.com/?p=1314 ]]> http://www.dilandesign.com/services/identity-branding/feed/ 0