Hello, NB!
February 22, 2010
After a (really) long period of hiatus, I am now back! I know that in my last post i announced dates of my comeback and how i and my blog will be after that.
Well, honestly, i have prepared lots of write-ups to post here. There are many concerning the society. Some involving national controversies. As usual, the personal ones will never be out of the picture.
The reason why i stopped myself from posting these is because those write-ups are too sensitive. The views (my views) there are very strong. I don’t want to end up being chased after by the government and be on the headline of prime time news.
soooo. OK. i’m back and that’s all that matters.
My first post after months of rest is a really personal one. We all know that i do some digital designing every once in a while. I have a particular design that I want to share here. It’s my I<3NB design.
What about it, you may ask.
Before that, I should explain what NB is. NB is the common ground that unites all SPECIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS of our school, KNCHS. It was built right when me and my batchmates were freshmen. I could remember the other seniors envy us. We get to spend our four years of high school in it while they only stayed for one.
oh, i nearly forgot. NB means New Building. That way, it never gets old.
Last year, when i was a junior, i couldn’t find anything to give to the seniors on their graduation. I sat there, just thinking. I was short on budget and there were about 70 people that I should be giving graduation gifts to. That’s when I saw a few leftover sticker papers. I GIMPed for about 30 minutes and, voila, I<3NB was born.
Since then, its influence never stopped growing. we made some products with the design. A teacher even approached me and asked if we really arranged these.
But some people never really learn. I never wanted to apply for a license. I know there are some open licenses and the sort where it can be freely distributed and modified but with attribution. It has come to a point when the idea of I<3NB was, IMITATED, period.
To prevent further unwanted events, I have applied for a license for the two versions of I<3NB.
I<3NB by Jan Louis Gazo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Philippines License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at jlgazo@gmail.com.
I know the “i<3something” (which, theoretically, started from I<3NY. some people neglect that thought) is a really lame cliche. The license here applies on the thought that no other people or group from our school release something similar. I mean, a school is a closed environment. Two common designs is not a very good scenario.
All the love in the world,
Jan Louis 
PS there’s a handy version in my right sidebar, right under “who writes here”
