noochi

noochi is mentioned in a newsletter! in lars’ newsletter! i will make it easy for potential readers’ by linking directly to the post he mentions - although the paintings shown there have already been sold. well, this one - entitled “44″ (my lucky number! - how strange?) - is not sold… yet.

make a bid on the paintings at larssander.dk

this week has been a long one (i enjoy my precious time on earth, and time usually flies with incredible speed so i should be thankful for this). my job has taken a lot of energy. but i did also occupy my brain with noochi - not least thanks to wonderful friends, who keep on asking what’s going on. My friend louise emphasized the importance of what sanya said about making a business plan, sanya sent me info on a free seminar for entrepreneurs, allan asked if i finally decided on oscommerce. thank you! thank you!

i have fully realized that i need a super duper business plan, and that i need to make a vision statement so i can consider getting a bit of sponsoring (thanks louise - you are so #¤%&}* clever!) and thus think of ways to ensure some kind of steady income underneath the uncertainty of running an artsy web shop. i have decided that WHEN i have my super cool plan laid out, i will pay my way out of the smack of commerce software. i need a nice pro - preferably one who already made a cool shop for someone else. i am all for recycling and for buying what others paid for.

this plan rocks! so does my sofa.

finally got bluetooth working to import pics from phone to pc.

a tag (plastered on - which is why the ear casts a shadow) in the sunny side of my street

the images above and the images below, of a grand female animal in a window of a tiny art shop (galerie jerome - no web presence) in copenhagen, are merely examples of pics i thought would look cool here, but don’t really…

i went out with my bright friend sanya earlier this week. she told me to make a really good elevator speech (thought i had one, but i guess i didn’t), and to make a proper business plan (target groups, timeline and unique selling points included) before anything else. the rest, she claimed as i complained about having to deal with oscommerce, is nothing but practicalities. i think she might be right.

my day job right now demands my full attention, so noochi is momentarily on a side track… but at least i got bluetooth to work, which is one thing off my to do list…

susanne has been a dear friend to me since 3rd grade. that’s almost 25 years… among many other things(!), we went to art school together for years. i vividly remember how the teachers were sucking up to her due to her talent. she comes from a home where art is measured from how well it portrays something. her parents used to comment her works with “but what is it?”… in spite of that she just kept on pouring paint all over the place and going crazy with the spatulas. with no instruction really. with no obvious inspiration for doing so.

susanne went on to educate herself and joined various art groups. now, she works with kids that do not exactly have art on their mind, although i am sure they benefit from her creativity. i have always thought that she had a huge potential and to prove it to her, i have actually managed to sell a few of her paintings in the past. my friend sanya for example bought a series of spy vs spy portrays (see below) and the ab fab o garnished his office space with 3 uncle bob’s (see below). i have asked susanne to start producing for noochi, and she did! What an awesome, awesome energy! Thank you, susanne!

I hope my next post will feature a first draft mock-up of the noochi shop - showcasing some of susanne’s pictures… and more!

can’t keep ignoring postponing the really boring tough challenging part of building noochi: the software! the backbone platform for getting creative!? [and don’t worry - i have some very neat products in the pipeline] i think that osCommerce is the best choice. it is thoroughly tested and future-proof (although i like zen cart’s name)… i have been looking at templates just to start visualizing what my shop should look like (and it needs to be inordinately competitive in terms of both looks and functionality… if not - what fun will it be?) and i am currently considering these “minimalist” templates as a basis for take-off:

if you have 7.42 mins to spare your time is well invested in this little film by david shrigley and chris shepherd: who i am and what i want.