Do you hate trying to remember obscure key commands? Well this site has all those pesky key combinations that always seem to escape me. Clicking on any of the icons automatically copies that icon to your clipboard. Then all you have to do is hit ?-V anywhere you want the icon and presto its there. I figure this could [...]
Archive for September, 2008
September 23, 2008
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K. Ulrich Schneider Bachelor Project
By Mason Poe in design, videoA beautiful and simple motion design piece from University of Applied Sciences K. Ulrich Schneider. The work shows that using a simple theme and a very good understanding of motion can achieve great things. It is a little self indulgent (read: length), but acts as a great piece of Corporate ID motion design.
by Mike Boutté
September 17, 2008
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Austin’s Fantastic Film’s Festival Online
By KatMcCluskey in videoMaybe it’s a small kindness due to the economy, but Austin’s Fantastic Film Festival, which has hosted surprise premieres for “There Will Be Blood” and “Pan’s Labyrinth”, will be launching a free online portion to their festivities this year. In partnership with sponsor AMD, B-Side is streaming 10 films from Fantastic Fest 2008 from Saturday, [...]
September 17, 2008
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Fifty People, One Question
By Mason Poe in NewsFifty People, One Question: Restored from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo.
We had an idea: ask as many people as possible, the same question. We didn’t know exactly why, I guess we were hoping to expose a slice human emotion (maybe). Just the simple act of reaching out and asking the question, is such a enthralling experience [...]
September 16, 2008
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Snippage – Basecamp On Your Desktop
By IQ in technologyWell, not really, but that’s what I use Snippage for. If you’re like me and like to keep Basecamp open in a window and refer back to it once in a while throughout the day but keep accidentally closing the window then you may find this application useful. I find I have the same need for Mantis, our [...]
September 15, 2008
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Visualizing Carbon Emissions
By Mason Poe in design, technologyThe installation entitled The Nine Planets Wanted! , designed by ZAGO is being presented at the United Nations lobby September 9 – October 5.
The initiative launches the campaign One Planet One Chance, “allowing visitors to physically experience abstract data related to global warming and take measure of the inverse relationship between responsibility for climate change and vulnerability to its impact.”
Using [...]
September 12, 2008
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Brand Tags
By KatMcCluskey in News
Is your brand being perceived how you want it to be? It’s always interesting to see what kind of immediate impressions a brand can give. That’s why I find Brand Tags to be an intriguing site. According to the site, Brand Tags is a collective experiment in brand perception. All tags, which are presented typographically, are [...]
September 11, 2008
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Two Apps Do One Thing Well
By Mason Poe in digitalDo I need an umbrella today? Good question – and one this simple web app attempts to answer with yes or no responses based on your zip code. If your more tech savvy, you can enter your phone number to receive reminders via text message.
Lie Count is a essentially a blog with a twist of [...]
September 9, 2008
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The Power of Emotion
By IQ in NewsWith all the tools available to the digital storyteller, sometimes we forget that, as Richard Huntington put it a while back, emotion can be the most interactive element of all.
As an industry we have a very one dimensional view of what constitutes an interaction between people and a brand and it almost always involves pushing [...]
September 8, 2008
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The Archive
By Mason Poe in digitalDigital music has been been this collector’s downfall, but I hope the digital medium could help save his archive of classic vinyl. Where else but in the digital medium could a short 7-minute video get 150K views in less than a month? Where else could such a story be told? Mass media – never. Here’s [...]