Want to work in a fun environment, with individualism? Come on down and join Brew Creative Pte Ltd, an integrated creative agency in the branding, print and web design industry. We can be found puttering away in the heart of Chinatown.

As our full-time web coder and programmer, you will need to have the following:

Key Duties:

• Photoshop to HTML slicing
• Creating of templates
• Developing relevant parts of web apps/portals
• Beta-testing and bug fixing
• Prepare documentation of development

Technical Requirements

• Good HTML coding practices and standards
• Understanding of semantic layout in HTML
• Strong understanding of CSS (nesting etc)
• Knowledge of Photoshop for slicing purposes
• Knowledge of SQL
• Good PHP and Javascript knowledge
• An understanding how database connections are made
• Experienced with using FTP, cPanel/Plesk
• Familiar with TextMate/Coda/Dreamweaver

Bonus points if you have the following skills:

• Knowledge in Drupal
• Ecommerce experience in Wordpress or Drupal
• Appreciation of Erdinger beer

Other Requirements

• Singaporean/PR only
• Fluent in English
• Perfectionist that enjoys a coding challenge
• Personal pride in your work
• A sense of humour
• Willing to learn and adapt to new processes
• Fast and focused worker
• Able to work independently

Applicants MUST have online samples of work for our reference, as well as a resume/CV. Please also state your expected monthly salary. We are looking to hire in the month of September.

Email to hello(at)iheartbrew.com

Did an impromptu show and tell. Spoke from my heart. Hope I didn’t break theirs…

Watch out for this bunch of hybrid talents.

Check out the photo journal of our very awesome trip!

Melbourne for the next trip!

Here are a few photos to share with you of our move as well as office-warming party. Come say hi if you are in the area – we are now at 7A Trengganu Street!

Catch all the nitty gritties through our photos here.

A big thank you to all who attended our office-warming (Unoehu, we love that door mat!!!) and helped make this move possible through your support in our business.

It was the right height and had enough surface area for the monitor base to rest safely on, but unfortunately it looked ridiculous and spoilt my mojo! I knew I had to make my own monitor stand that looked much much better.

So it was off to Ikea, armed with some vouchers I had that were about to expire. In my mind, I wanted to get a cheap shelf board and also see if I could get some cabinet legs or some metal bits that would double up as legs for the stand. After browsing the shelf range, it was a little tricky cos they were too wide or too heavy.

I didn’t fancy having to do any sawing, so I settled with a sturdy pine chopping board for about $10. Next I went to the kitchen cabinet section to pick up the Capita 11cm steel legs; a set of four costs $10.

The next steps are easy enough. Just measure a 1cm buffer from the edge and mark it with a pencil, and also mark where the screws have to go in. Bring out the good old drill and put the screws in. Make sure the screws go in straight so you don’t end up splitting the wood.

Do all 4 leg bases then twist the legs on and there you have it, a chic monitor stand for $20.

I think you can probably get cheaper chopping board or wood elsewhere…Maybe Daiso. If you wanted to, you could stain the chopping board a darker colour before you put the legs on, so it can match your furniture. I’ll do that another day.

Everyone wants to huat all year round, not just for the Lunar New Year. We’ve finally got a breather to do a blogpost about our immensely popular Huat Ahh! t-shirts. Fans have gotten them for their LNY visiting and also their mahjong and blackjack sessions! If you fancy one for yourself, you can grab it here.

There’ll be more Huat-related designs coming soon, so join our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter.

Gobbs has her environmentally-friendly detergent in the making and I recently crafted my own iPhone dock using the original packaging from an iPod.

Today when I walked into the bathroom, I found a Fortune God adding cheer on top of the cistern LOL! Yet another ingenius idea from Gobbs, just from collecting a few scrap items around the office.

Here’s a breakdown of the materials used:

2 x toilet rolls
Wrapper from chocolate gold coin
Leftover pink & black construction paper
2 x red packets
Paper oranges cut from a mandarin orange carrier bag
Markers

Why don’t you try your hand at making your very own earth-friendly Fortune God?

Huat Ahh! [hoo-at ahh]: A mantra for prosperity and many riches.

Many wishes of good fortune and HUAT AHH! from the Brew Crew…May you prosper in wealth and health in the Year of the Tiger!

PS: Want a Huat Ahh! t-shirt too? You can get your very own here for your Blackjack and Mahjong games!

I got online and Googled ‘DIY iPhone docks’ and found some pretty nifty experiments and pet projects, but didn’t see one that I really fancied. It’s been a very long while since I DIYed anything, so I decided to get creative and craft my own version of a dock. Here’s the list of ‘ingredients’:

Metal file
Stanley knife
Strong glue like Bostick Multi-bond, that can handle plastic
Black marker
Nail varnish (optional)
White plastic piece that came with the 8GB iPods (1st generation, I think)
iPhone or iPod box including the inner tray

I never figured what that plastic piece from the iPod packaging was for, but it sure came in handy for this project. It has a slot in the base, which is almost perfect for acting as a holder for the port side of the USB cable.

Problem is, it’s a little too narrow, so I used the metal file to wear away the curved sides as well as the horizontal sides to create more room. I didn’t do exact measurements; I just filed away and checked regularly to see if the port could fit through. This took a good 10 to 15 mins.

After you’ve filed the slot into a perfect fit, apply glue along the edges of the slot and insert the port. Make sure the little icon on the port is facing in the same direction as the grey tab (see Pic 2 above). The metal connector needs to be extruded enough to fit into the iPhone’s port while the bottom bit is sitting nicely in the white piece. You may have to do a little cleaning to get rid of the excess glue at this point.

You’ll now need the inner tray that your iPhone lay in when you first opened the original packaging. Using a very sharp Stanley knife, cut a V-shaped notch in the middle of the tray edge; this is where the USB cable will run through. On the opposite end of the tray, you’ll need to cut out a chunk that is about 1.5cm tall (see Pic 2 above). This is where the white piece will be mounted.

Run the USB cable through the rectangle hole you’ve just cut. Make sure the side of the white piece that has a longer extension sits on the end of the tray (see Pic 1 above). You’ll need the bottom box now – cut a V-shape notch into one of the ends. This is also for the USB cable to run through. In Pic 3 above, you can see how the white piece, tray and box should fit together. The USB cable should be able to extend and retract freely (curl the cable up nicely to sit within the box, untangled). Note that the white piece should be tilted at an angle, due to the grey tab that is sticking out. Glue the white piece to the tray, then the tray to the edges of the box.

You’ll now need the box cover. The cover will naturally tilt at an angle as you rest the edge right up against the white piece. Use a ruler and pencil to mark the angle where you should cut the cover off. You should end up with a cut like Pic 2 above. The USB cable should be unobstructed even with the cover on.

If you wish, you can use a black marker to blackout the cut edges. You can also do a coating of clear nail varnish to seal the cut off edge to prevent fraying. Glue the side of the cover on the inside surface where it makes contact with the bottom box’s sides.

Allow the glue to set for at least 2 hours before using the iPhone dock. Tada!

I’m probably going to keep thinking of alternatives so I can get a more sleek and polished dock, but this’ll do fine for now. Got ideas of your own, or built one yourself? Feel free to share your masterpiece here!

Back by popular demand, we’ve added Lunar New Year ecards to our collection. So if you haven’t managed to send out your greetings yet, you’re in luck – just hop onto our little e-card sender and voila!