About

As you may already know “Daniel Pereira is an E-Marketeer, Web Developer, Blogger and Web Artist, taking a Degree in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relationships and specializing in CRM and SEO”.

But it’s not always been like that.

About Daniel Pereira:

I was born in Venezuela, and started reading newspapers with 3 years old. When I was 9 years old, I was brought to Portugal, as my parents came back to their native country, and I still live in Portugal (it’s a nice and peaceful country, but it’s just a shame that it has a government that takes more for them than for the country itself). I begun having a taste for computers and art pretty soon, and because of that I have a strong background in studying art and design theory. At the age of 16, I left school and started working in a computer store. So, I’ve been a Computer Power User and worked in the IT Support Area for more than ten years, but sincerely, I got tired of solving computer problems on a daily basis for more than 8 hours per day. I decided to return studying and pursue my dreams, as everyone should do, and that’s what I’m doing. In November 8th 2008, I had an accident where I broke almost anything on my left knee and as a result I now have two reconstructed knees and a paralyzed foot. Later, I quit my day job and started working as a web entrepreneur with a friend of mine, with a construction tools online store (and no, I’m not going to give you a link to a landing page with an eBook to download and lots of promises to make you rich). I’m still traveling this journey and I would love if you would like to do this life trip with me. Do I like to practice sports? Of course I do! I used to play Professional Handball and practice Karate, mainly Goju-Ryu and Shotokan, everything in the Portuguese Federation. I also exercise a lot in my own Home Gym. Last but not least, I love mountain biking, as it is one of the things that I can still do pretty well, in spite of my knee problems and foot palsy.

About TwistedStudio:

I remember when DeviantArt and almost any successful niche space was a cute looking “portal” with hundreds of users (not thousands) and lots of page refreshes, instead of Ajax interactivity. You could lose lots of time trying to search for something on Altavista, Yahoo or Excite and the first time Google appeared, although it was like a miracle to see at the results page, it looked like crap. I remember when DHTML was found as something awesome, kind of the future of good HTML implementation and with the conjunction of some JavaScript use, your page could almost be mistaken for a flash webpage. Video Streaming was something unimaginable, and MP3 was from the future, as every music lover was still carrying around his newly bought walkman. Social web was an absurd thing to think, because internet implied that you stayed at home. All of this was made in a sluggish speed and the phone bills were astronomic. But time changes everything.

TwistedStudio started in 2002 as my personal portfolio for some professional works I’ve done and some of my artworks and photos. Since then, I have won some awards and recognition in award giving websites and CSS Galleries and I was even invited to the Singapore International Designers Network (IDN) Conference. But, as the day only has 24 Hours, and with the lack of time due to my daily job and the fact that I resumed my studies made me close TwistedStudio for around three years. But time changes, new opportunities come and after 3 months of hard work, the website is up and running again. I hope you enjoy it!

A few Curiosities About Me:

		Some Stuff that I like. Everyone has some stuff that makes us happy and feel good or satisfied. It can be things that we like to do, to own, to eat, to share, etc.
Eat Healthy food. Dance! Woohoo! To do Exercise. Take some Photos. Budweiser and Doritos. A good conversation. Listen to good Music. Italian, Thai and Chinese Food! A nice cup of Coffee. Watch a good horror movie. Brainstorms. Read, read and read! Dogs and.. Penguins! Egyptology. Role Playing Games. Last but not least.. Design!
		Some Stuff that I don’t like. There is also stuff that we don’t like, as some reactions, things, food and emotions expressed by people around you.
Get up early or being waken. Microsoft Betas. Feel hungry and tired. To tidy up my room. Greedy and envious people. Go to the church (I’m atheist). To wash dirty dishes. Boiled Potatoes and broad beans. Feel dependant. To lend up things.
		Music.. some of my favorite ones. I wake up to music, listen to music all day, travel with music, exercise with music, eat with music, errrr… with music! I even dream with an original soundtrack!
Breaking Benjamin – Breath. A Perfect Circle – Judith. KoRn – It’s On. Fuel – Hemorrhage. The Fray – Look After You. The Script – We Cry. Alter Bridge – Open your Eyes. Foo Fighters – The Best of You. Blink 182 – I Miss You. Massive Attack – Man Next Door. The Killers – Somebody Told Me. Clawfinger – Two Sides. Alice In Chains – Down in a Hole. Silverchair – Ana’s Song. Radiohead – Karma Police. Angels and Airwaves – It Hurts. Rob Zombie – Superbeast. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris. The Prodigy – Voodoo People. Paradise Lost – Mouth. Pearl Jam – Alive. MSTRKRFT – Work on You.
		Tools of the trade. This is the stuff that makes the magic happen. This are the gadgets that connect me to the world, entertain me and let me get the work done.
HP Pavillion dv6535. CRadia Flex Lapper. Logitech VX Revolution. WD MyBook 500. Logitech Media Keyboard 600. Creative Inspire T5900. SteelSeries QcK. Creative Zen V+ 4Gb. Nokia N95. Creative EP-630 Earphones. Fujifilm Finepix S1000 fd. Philips SBC Wireless Phones.
		Software. This is the software that I use in an everyday basis, to build this blog, edit and manipulate my photos, to make digital art, and surf the web.
Windows Vista OS. Adobe Fireworks. Adobe Photoshop. Adobe Illustrator. Mozilla Firefox and Flock. TweetDeck. WMP or Winamp. Flickr Uploadr. Notepad (haha!). FileZilla. MediaMonkey. Nokia PC Suite.
		TwistedStudio’s Backbone. What kind of Stuff makes TwistedStudio.com Run? What Languages are used? Plugins or Widgets? 3rd Party Add-ons? Icons? Images? Stock Photos?
WordPress. MySQL. XHTML. JavaScript / Ajax. PHP. CSS. Better Tag Cloud Widget. Contact Form 7 Plugin. Dandy ID Widget. MyTwitter Widget. FlickrRSS Plugin. Last.fm Records Plugin. Silk Icons by FamFamFam. Weby Icons by Iconspedia.