Steve Barnes' week in pictures

Ever wondered what do the Idealogy team get up to on a daily basis? Well here's 'the evidence' and a sneaky peek at the weekend too. Nothing too incriminating (yet!)

Monday – The start of the heatwave… iced water all round!
Tuesday – Lunchtime arrival of the Southampton Rhinos
Wednesday – It’s all in the planning!
Thursday – An evening float to cool down at sun down
Friday – Friday night Party Rhino
Saturday – My weekend Basecamp
Sunday – After a snap and a thud, maybe I’m too old for rope swings??

Dave Birch - My Top 3 Websites

The web space we're invading!
Just some sites that Idealogy people are visiting that tick their boxes.

David Birch - Senior Designer

http://bootiemashup.com/sf/ 
Global clubs specialising in mash-up DJs. DJs use new digital techniques to mix several tracks together to create either unique remixes or songs that sound completely new.

http://www.pogomix.net/
Australian based chap who uses similar techniques to those of mash-up DJs but uses video to create incredible (and catchy) sounding tunes.

http://www.impawards.com/
A great database of movie posters. Old and new. From big budget blockbusters to small arthouse films. The site also runs annual awards on the best posters voted for by it's users. Check out the Dark Knight campaign to see some of the fantastic results.

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Steve Barnes - My Top 3 Websites

The web space we're invading!
 Just some sites that Idealogy people are visiting that tick their boxes.

Steve Barnes - Digital Production & Project Manager

http://www.aintitcool.com/
Written by film nerds, for film nerds. The original film rumour and review site.

http://www.geekologie.com/
The home of all things Geek.. I'm starting to see a nerd/geek pattern emerging...

http://www.denofgeek.com/
I've just realised, i may need to get out more....

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Paying 20th Century Fox a 21st Century visit – in a Square, far, far, away!

There’s no sitting on the fence with this. It’s a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it!

Star Wars…there, it’s out there. So where do you sit – if you’re prepared to answer the question?

From the Casting Couch to the Mallory Suite – putting a valuable face to METTLER TOLEDO Global Service

All the discussions in the run-up to this mammoth photographic project were about the journey – the journey for METTLER TOLEDO’s Service Personnel and the journey for their global customers as they experience the core principles behind each of the 4 Global Service cornerstone values - Compliance, Expertise, Performance and Uptime.

Don’t make Chop mad – he’ll only turn green!

Part male model, part environmentalist, part man-child, Steven (Chopper) Barnes is a complex mixture of raw emotion and rock-solid dependability; and if you believe that lot, you’re no closer to understanding the complex make-up of one of Idealogy’s most popular, sensitive and hard working recruits – a character who embodies the spirit of this business’s customer experience and it’s responsibilities to not leaving behind a mess for others to clean up.

But for someone who harbours a (not so) secret desire to be a Transformer, Steve won’t change his unique approach to his role as Production and Traffic Assistant at Idealogy. If a project needs to ‘get out the door’ and there’s enough daylight left, it will get done. And if he has some new environmental targets to meet in his guise as Captain Planet, he’ll find innovative and compliant ways to tick all the boxes. And then there’s the modelling…….

He’s been the subject of countless photo shoots for some of our key B2B clients. The ladies say it’s his eyes. The guys suggest it’s because he’s cheap. Either way, his face has appeared on any number of campaigns for serious businesses and it hasn’t done the campaign response levels any harm. So, we’ll keep sticking him in fluorescent jackets, site helmets and rough weather gear to get the shot – unless of course he objects. Or he protests, “That’s not my best side”. But then we’ll just do it anyway!

This is a picture of a man who loves his work, quite likes a few of the people he works alongside, laughs even when the situation demands tears, and who lists music, film, playing the guitar, cycling and Star Wars as his main interests. And when we say film, we mean the real stuff – Steve is a Producer for two local Film companies one called Amber Pictures the other Steeple Productions, both have some heavyweight horror movies in their portfolio, and some interesting celebrities amongst their cast lists. They’ve even had screenings at the Cannes Film Festival.

So, Steve isn’t a person who does things by halves. His interests, like his work, get his full commitment, and to suggest otherwise would only make him mad. You see, with that kind of drive, it’s not easy being green!



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