Learning ROILA
The RObot Interaction Language (ROILA) is a new spoken language that is optimized for the communication between machines and humans. It is extremely easy to learn for humans and it is simple for machines to recognize. The goal of this book is to support humans learning ROILA.
I was hired by ROILA to design the layout and illustrations for the book. The illustrations made for the book are black and white vector based images for high quality printing. The layout is entirely created in InDesign with design specifications to allow both print and epub publications. Currently, Learning ROILA is available as a paperback or Kindle version on Amazon.com, or as an EPUB from Lulu.
Visit the ROILA website for more information on the RObot Interaction Language.
[How-to-Fix] Working with InDesign to export ePub
I started working on an eBook with InDesign a few weeks back. InDesign has an option to export your document to an ePub file which can be used for eBook readers. If you don't have a reader to test it on, you can download the Adobe Digital Editions on your computer for free! Or even better... Use Calibre to manage your ebooks or test your epubs on virtual devices!
Anyway, exporting to ePub is quite easy, but you need to pay attention to how you format your documents. For example, page layouts are different, page breaks and returns aren't included, fonts paragraph/character styles, etc. I found a very nice guide from CreativePro, which explains these problems and gives you solutions on how to fix it :D
Indesign ePub Guide Part 1 | Part 2
The most annoying thing however, is that InDesign (CS5.5) doesn't export your table styles. The guide suggests manually editing the CSS file after exporting, which is a pain in the ass. To do this, export your document to ePub. Rename your file from .epub to .zip. Open the file and locate the CSS file.
It's a drag... but it's the only solution that I could find on the web until Adobe fixes this in the new CS version.
LEGO Minifigure Catalog Released!
The book went through several checks and has finally been approved and is now available for purchase at CreateSpace and later this month on Amazon.com! You can also download the catalog as an eBook from Lulu.
This catalog presents high quality photographs of all LEGO® Minifigures released between 1970s and 2010. The 3600 plus Minifigures® are organized by an innovative nomenclature that makes it easy to identify Minifigures®. Several indexes make it even easier to find Minifigures®, the sets in which they appeared and what heads belong to which Minifigure®. This catalog is the essential guide for all Minifigure® collectors and enthusiasts.
Visit the website for more information.
The Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog
The LEGO Minifigure Catalog promotion video that I was making is up and running! The purpose of the video is to show how extensive the book actually is with over 3600 minifigure photographs with professional quality, interconnected metadata and theme taxonomy.
My contribution to the book was helping out with the design of the book, editing and processing a lot of data and pictures; scaling, cropping, color correction, etc. And after processing over 1000 photos all the figures started looking the same, especially when I was cropping out the heads for the head-index of the book.
Anyway, the book itself will be available soon, but in the meantime the book is available now! Visit http://www.minifigure.org/ to find out where to buy it! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VLRDt2JlLk