Hyena Labs Blog

Steve Jobs – business lessons

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:09:32 +0000

Jobs’ drive, passion, and creative imagination permeate the work environment at Apple, and allow him to
devolve work to his team. His biographer Leander Kahney has called this phenomenon the “routinization”
of charisma.

Think of it as branding the team with your own values.
Ë Brand yourself within—and outside of—the company, and articulate your value to others.
Ë Do what you love, and integrate your passions with your job tasks.
Ë Identify supporters and create a network of relationships that support your personal brand.

Hyena Labs believes in

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:01:59 +0000

“If you put fences around people, you get sheep.”

William McKnight

LESSONS IN BUSINESS: ENCOURAGING AUTONOMY

Rather than treating them as tools to transmit your directions, trust your people and give them the room to exercise their creativity, even if it means they make mistakes that you could have avoided.
Record successes and mistakes and make this information accessible to everyone. That way the organization learns from its mistakes.
Encourage people to look at potential risks, estimating the impact and probability of the risk occurring.
People are your greatest asset. Make sure that how you look after your people is consistent with your words.

Hotel Business in USA – new client work

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:50:24 +0000

One of the Hotel Business clients came up to Hyena Labs on a consulting mode to solve a business problem quickly. The gave us a screen and wanted us to make it better. We sat with our design team and we cracked the case. A simple and proper grouping of elements was done.

The solved design below.

Proper grouping of elements

Hot rod plates

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:20:50 +0000

Funny License Plate

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:02:34 +0000

Great plate for this sexy Jaguar. If we had a ride like this, trust us….we’d have a plate like this! Well done, sir! Well done!

Dictionary of Custom License Plate Terms

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:58:51 +0000

As we were working for Plates Personalized USA client , we came across a dictionary of Custom License plates so thought to share it with the world. As you know Hyena Labs is cool place to work and loves fun and challenge.







0 = zero, nothin’
000 = nothin’ (as seen in IOU 000)
1 = one, want
10C = Tennesse
10S = tennis
10SE = Tennesse
1CE = once
1DR = wonder
1DRFL = wonderful
1E6 = a million (calculator humor)
1E9 = a billion
2 = to, too, two (also start of any “to” sounding word, like 2DAY)
2 = Q (cursive Q) = cue, queue
22 = Tues. (Tuesday)
2DAY = today
2ISHN = tuition
2LN = toolin’
2LY = truly
2M8O = tomato
2N = tune
2Q = took you
2TH = tooth
4 = for, fore, four
4 = replacement for letters ‘fo’ in many words (e.g., 4ORD)
404 = not found (yes it’s gone from esoteric web error code to slang-land)
411 = information
44UM = foresome
4EVR = forever
4K = fork (fuck)
4N = foreign
4NIK8 = fornicate
4ORD = ford
4PLA = foreplay
4Q2 = f$#k you, too!
4RE = Ferrari
4ST = forest
50 = Police, Cops (5-0, of Hawaiian heritage)
6 = sex
6A = sexy
6UAL = sexual
6UL = sexual
6E = sexy
6S = success
6SR = successor
8 = ate, ain’t
9 = nein (no)
911 = emergency
A = eh (as in “eh buddy!”)
A4 = afford
A55 = ass
AGN = again
AKA = also known as
AU = gold
AV8 = aviate
B = be
B8 = bait
B9 = benign
B10 = beaten
BA6 = basics
BB = to be, baby
BG8S = Bill Gates
BL8D = belated
BLK = black
BN = bein’
BOK = bouquet
BR8 = berate
BYU = bayou, by you (and, of course, Brigham Young University)
BZ = busy
C = see, sea
CC = (to) seize
CLA6 = classics
CMUTE = commute
CMXI = 911, emergency
CN = seein’, seen
CP = sleepy
CR8 = crate
CRE8 = create
CRZ = cruise
CS = seas, sees
D = the (de)
D8 = date
D8N = datin’
D8R = dater
D9 = denyin’
DA = the
DD = to the
DMN = demon
DNIL = denial
DON = don’t
DR = doctor
DRK = dark
DS = this
DU = do you
DVS = devious
DV8 = deviate
DZRV = deserve
EDUC8 = educate
EE = to ease
EL8 = elate
EL8D = elated
ENUF = enough
ERND = earned
EZ = easy
F = if
FASN8 = fascinate
F8 = fate
FKS = fucks
FN = fun
FREQ = freak
FX = effects, affects
FXION = affection
FXION8 = affectionate
FYT = fight
G = gee
GN = goin’
GND = ground
GR8 = great, grate
H8 = hate
H20 = water
HD =head
HM = home
HORM1 = hormone
HYT = height
I = eye, I
IR8 = irate
IX XI = 911, emergency
JMN = jammin’
JQ = Jack
K = ok (‘kay)
KIX = kicks
KONX = connects
L = hell
L8 = late
L8R = later
LDY = lady
LEVN = leavin’
LL = to hell
LMTD = limited
LUV = love
LV = love
LVS = loves
LYT = light
M = am
M8 = mate
MF = mother#$@er
MOI = me (french)
MN = man
MN8 = emanate
MR = more
MT = empty
MUDE = mudder (as in mudder-f##er)
MV = move
MVN = movin’
MYT = might
MZLTF = mazel tov
N = and, in
N2 = into
N4C = enforce
N4CER, N4CR = enforcer
N4CMT = enforcement
NE = any
NE1 = anyone
N EMA = enema
NO = number (abbreviation: no.)
NOZ = nosy
NRG = energy
NT = night
NUTN = nothin’
NV = envy
NVR = never
NVS = envious
NYT = night
O = oh
OL = old
ONRY = ornery
OVR = over
PA = pay
PHKR = fucker
PNBL = pinball
PNDR = pounder
PP = pee pee
PRFXN = perfection
PWR = power
Q = cue, queue
QIK = quick
QRT = court
QS10 = question
QT = cute, cutie
R = are
R8 = rate
R8D = rated
R8RS = Raiders
RESQ = rescue
RETD = retired
RT = arty
RTCUL8 = articulate
RYT = right, write
RYTN = writin’, rightin’
RZN = raisin’
SED8 = sedate
SN = soon
SNGR = singer
SOKEN = soakin’
SQP = scoop
ST8 = state
STR8 = straight
STR8N = straighten
SYCD = psyched
SYT = sight
T = tea, tee
TA2 = tatoo
TA2D = tatood
THRP = therapy
TM = time
TM8 = tomato
TNT = dynamite
TOTL, TTL = total
TRK = truck
TT = (to) tease
TTTT = tease (etc)
TYT = tight
U = you
U4IA, U4EA = euphoria
U4IC = euphoric
UDR = other (“udder”)
UNEEK = unique
UR = your
UUUU = for you (four youse!)
W8 = wait, weight
W8R = waiter
WMN = woman, women
WYT = white
XIS = tennis
XLR8 = accelerate
XMN = examine
XMS = Christmas
XNTRK = eccentric
XNTU8 = accentuate
XS = excess
XTC = extacy
Y = why
YFS = wife’s
YL = while
YN = wine (whine)
YQ = like you
YRS = wires
YY = (too) wise
Z = see, the
ZIPN = zippin’

Best Design Quotes

admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:23:50 +0000

There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.

— Massimo Vignelli

People ignore design that ignores people.

— Frank Chimero

I’ve always held to the belief that the practice of creating compelling graphic design occurs not by employing the principals of a democracy, but rather, that of a monarchy.

— Thomas Vasquez

Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent.

— Joe Sparano

Every designers’ dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like, and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.

— Aaron Russell

The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.

— Marty Neumeier

Visual design is often the polar opposite of engineering: trading hard edges for subjective decisions based on gut feelings and personal experiences. It’s messy, unpredictable, and notoriously hard to measure. The apparently erratic behavior of artists drives engineers bananas. Their decisions seem arbitrary and risk everything with no guaranteed benefit.

— Scott Stevenson

Creative Stairs

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:25:15 +0000

Design at Hyena Labs

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:14:21 +0000

Visual design: Plates personalized USA

admin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:03:59 +0000