Hi, It's all about us this week! The development work on the site has been continuing apace and over the past 2 weeks we have launched 5 major upgrades on the site. We have 3 major changes to how the site works for you! Login with Facebook and Google - this is the forerunner to us being able to connect you to all your workmates through Creativepool and to keep up to date with what they are doing on the site. PDF portfolio upload - This is probably the most requested feature that we have ever had. You can now at the click of a button upload your entire portfolio to your profile. Youtube, Vimeo, Flickr and SoundCloud support - you can now upload any work that you have from any of these sites onto your profile. If you have any other features that you think that we should have on the site them please email me michael@creativepool.co.uk Michael Tomes Managing Director, Creativepool @CPMike

Photography WPO Sony World Photgraphy Exhibition and World Photo London

Running from the 26th April - 20th May is the 5th annual Sony Awards Exhibition at the Embankment Galleries. There's to be an eclectic mix of work from print, video and 3D, spanning genres of sport, fine art, fashion and more... If this isn't enough for you photography lovers, Somerset House is home to World Photo London (27th-28th April) for it's annual visit. Snap this up!

Spotlight Aindri Chakraborty

Aindri is a digital designer, animator and illustrator with an impressive client list. She has worked with MTV, VH1, Wall Street Journal, Google and more... She tells us about what she's currently doing with sellotape, what her biggest frustration is and how damn quirky she is! Make a rock become a hero!

Advice Thanks but no thanks - the rejection letter from hell

We all know the problem. You apply for the job of your dreams (or at least one that will suffice) and wait for a response. And you wait and you wait. Employers have a tendency to fail in their duty to respond to unsuccessful candidates - but what if they respond with several thousand words of long, harsh critique? One employer took this approach and Magnus Shaw read the email. Think you got it bad - read this...

Competition Famous Logo Redesign

We’re throwing that old saying to the wind and seeing what you can do with some of the world’s most famous logos. As an incentive to get your creative juices flowing we're offering the first place a £1000 design course in conjunction with Academy Class. What are you waiting for? Get designing!

Industry News Tax Breaks for the Creative Industry

The future was seemingly looking bright last month in The Budget 2012. After 10 years of hard work, pushing for changes to policy related to taxation for the gaming and animation sector, they were both given tax breaks. As much as this was intended to restore the industries faith in the government this hasn't been the case for all. What do freelancers have to say about the coming year? Freelancers getting heard

Advertising Go big. 10 awesomely epic ads.

Enjoy this great selection of ads that show that, once ignited, the creative spark burns and burns and burns. Watch the epicness!

Showreel Adam Edworthy

This showreel was created by Creativepool member Adam Edworthy. He has a talent for motion graphics and mixes this with his styistic illustration designs to create an impressive visual experience. His skill has landed him some big names to add to his client list with Unilever, NEXT, Arsenal FC and Microsoft Xbox being some of the notable brands. Don't say a word...just watch!

Copywriting Roald Dahl - More than mere talent

Sure he wrote some brilliant children’s books but Roald Dahl was a creative genius in more ways than one. In fact, here was a guy whose talents knew no bounds. John has written a fine little potted history about the great man and even provides some pics taken inside his garden and around his house. Get your Golden Ticket!

Interview James Khan - Ice

James is Creative Director at Ice London, a brand experience agency who work with the likes of O2, American Express, BMW, Tesco Mobile...the list goes on. Find out about what got him started as a creative, his passion for ol' bangers and his dreamy super power! Hop in his ol' banger...

Social Media Facebook Vs. CVs - is it ok for employers to stalk applicants?

As time rolls on our Facebook pages are collecting more and more information on our private and social lives, in five years time they will contain more juicy messages from dubious exes and photographs from stag dos which should have really be forgotten than any teenage diary could ever rival. All this is well and good when only relished by your mates but just imagine your boss-to-be of your dream job having a sneaky peak before they have even called your in for an interview. Scary. Worryingly enough Facebook stalking is becoming the norm for prospective employees once they have downloaded your CV and have decided you are worth a second look. Is this morally wrong or has Facebook become as realistic a reflection on a person as it is going to get? Read on, adjust your privacy settings and then leave your thoughts on the issue... Put a stop to stalking...

Resources Color Burned

This blog from the US covers a mix of helpful design related resources including vectors, tutorials, textures and brushes. There's also great tools and tips for webmasters, web designers and freelancers. A great resource to boost your toolkit. Stuff to download!

Profile Your portfolio just got faster

We've made it easier to share your creative work on Creativepool. PDF documents are now supported for upload. There's no need to spend time uploading individual image files, as you can simply upload one PDF file, and job done. Quick as a flash!

Social This week's top LinkedIn discussions

We have a number of groups on LinkedIn that give you a chance to talk, albeit online, to other creatives. As always there's plenty of discussions going on. We have three groups: the main Creativepool Network is for everyone working in the creative industries, we also have a Creative Director only group and one especially for freelancers. On the main group the showdown of the pen vs the mouse is on: Are the days of the traditional hand drawn marker visuals numbered? On the freelance network If I weren't a freelance designer I would be... The Creative Network pick for this week is one that everyone has been keen to get involved with: Promote yourself! Tell us all about you and what you do! Apparently we're enjoying talking about ourselves! No bad thing... Join the Creativepool Network

Things we like...

	Crooked Brains Displaying collections of weird and wonderful designs from around the world, from aquariams, to candles, to bridges, there's a real mix that will help inspire you to think as 'outside of the box'.
	Logos Quiz Game Who knows their logos? This is a quiz game full half-completed logos that you need to find the names to. Really addictive stuff! (App Store)
	Type Connection A typographic dating game! You are the matchmaker on this dating site of type faces searching for love.
	Video Infographics Curated motion graphic and animated informational videos that explain, educate, or inform.

Got some examples of sites that you can't do without? Something useful, innovative or just damn cool! Then send it through to Owen