April 2008
18 posts
March 2008
27 posts
Vintage Logos - a photoset on Flickr →
Designer Eric Carl has posted 120 scanned pages from a mid-70’s edition of World of Logotypes. It’s a fascinating look back in time and great place to find future inspiration.
REDCAT reveals a shift in graphic design. - Los... →
30 Days - 30 Pieces →
Thirty-Thirty Still going on through the end of this month: 30 Days–30 Pieces, an online gallery where 20 designers and artists are posting a new work each day from March 1 through March 31. Amid a nifty Flash interface, you’ll find daily artworks in media ranging from photography to illustration to collage.
Scion Speak →
Advertising/marketing firm StrawberryFrog developed a website for die-hard drivers to create a coat of arms or crest for their trusty Scions. ScionSpeak.com allows users to play with graphic elements created by graffiti artist Tristan Eaton, then post their designs in an online gallery or download them to print and apply to their cars.
WatchInbox Zero (via Google Video)
The Swift-Boating of Hillary and Barack:Business... →
The candidacies of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are in jeopardy. They have been “Swift-boated” by the media. For example, Clinton may well have been the nominee by now, had she not muffed a response in the Oct. 30, 2007 Democratic debate at Drexel University to Tim Russert’s question about New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s plan to issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. She agreed with...
ThinkFree Online beta
The Best Online Office on... →
Manage, access, and edit documents over the internet. Get the best Microsoft Office compatibility available. Share and get everyone’s input on your story, schedule, or marketing materials.
Viddler.com - Record, Upload, Share →
Viddler is a fresh, creative web application that lets you upload, enhance, and share digital video quickly and easily inside your web browser.
QIK | Streaming video right from your phone →
With Qik you can stream engaging video live from your phone to the world or use your phone like a camcorder to capture entertaining, interesting and special moments. Go LIVE with your life by streaming anytime, anywhere — right from your phone. Be an eyewitness, capture those first steps, or whip up your own streaming video blog. There are just a million and one uses of qik.
Conducting a Productive Meeting by Tracy Peterson... →
What constitutes a meeting that fails? When no clear action items are generated, when participants leave the meeting wondering what the purpose of that was all about, when the participants are wishing they could have been anywhere but here. Likewise if the meeting is a success, participants leave energized and ready to take on the rest of the day. Good meetings become a productive part of their...
WatchTED | Talks | Nicholas Negroponte: From 1984, 4 predictions about the future (3 of them correct) (video)
Gramlee - online grammar checking and proofreading... →
Let’s say you have to answer an email from an important client. Not being a professional writer, you’re unsure whether the lengthy response you hacked out will even make sense. Who are you going to call? Gramlee. Paste your rough-hewn verbiage into a text box on Gramlee’s website. Hit submit. And within about two hours the text is emailed back, expertly polished by human editors so that it’s both...
Tech Beat Apple's design process - BusinessWeek →
Interesting presentation at SXSW from Michael Lopp, senior engineering manager at Apple, who tried to assess how Apple can ‘get’ design when so many other companies try and fail. After describing Apple’s process of delivering consumers with a succession of presents (“really good ideas wrapped up in other really good ideas” — in other words, great software in fabulous hardware in beautiful...
Nerdfotainment →
Nerd Generation Theory According to my math, there is a huge pile of nerds who are traipsing around their 30s. This is the Apple ][ generation and they’re making some bucks. Financial types call this decade of life “the accumulation years” because, traditionally, this is the time of life when you start gathering piles of cash for use during the rest of your life. You’ve found your ideal gig and...
America's Most Admired Companies 2008 - FORTUNE... →
Which companies have the best reputations? Apple tops the list, Google and Berkshire Hathaway move up, and Costco cracks the top 20 this year. more
