Everyday it seems there is a app or gadget that will connect you to all of the social connection sites you are a member of. This one is no different with the exception that it seems to encourage you to be even more anti-social than others. Now at times, this isn’t a bad thing especially when you are experiencing a “veg-out” weekend. Roshumbeau is reserving judgment on this one but will come back with a full review later.
Shodogg – Video’s Best Friend from Shodogg on Vimeo.
I’ve always used friday afternoons as professional development time, at least when I’m not working to meet a deadline. The right music while you learn something new or perfect a technique you use more often is essential. That’s my truth and here’s my share for the day.
Enjoy!
As a designer, I’m not sure how I feel about the term “redesign”. It seems if you are completely trashing the old version of something and starting from scratch, then it is a Design. Plain. Simple.
And of course, if you are using elements of the existing project (content, graphics, structure) and putting a different look and feel on it, isn’t that an update?
Since I can remember, I’ve “sorted” my life – memories, projects, and people – in a visual way in my brain. Certainly easier than a roledex, it was what I know now as a social graph type construct. Floating images and moving pictures that can be tapped on demand. I’ve also always wanted to design an exhibit that would display this type of sorting recall. To be able to stand in a blank room and simply – pluck – a memory out of the air and it plays, verbatim and as though I were a third person viewer.
Intel and it’s Core i5 processors take all of my available and allowable social content, and together we create an eerie yet accurate look into my mind. Treshea Wade of Literati Marketing is slated to collaborate on turning this into a physical representation, so until I find a gallery and a sponsor or two, enjoy.
Music credit: Suite of Pleasantville by Randy NewmanEvery now and then you find something that reminds you of the ultimate target audience you will always be chasing. So it’s important to be careful with your brand and what you think people get from it. Even the little ones.
It’s a rock and hard place situation when non design/developers start to catch on with your terminology years after it is deprecated or not useful anymore. Today, the “sidebar” continues to evolve. rolls eyes
“The aside element represents a section of a page that consists of content that is tangentially related to the content around the aside element, and which could be considered separate from that content.”
As the conversation of responsive web design (not development) builds across the design-o-sphere, an August 2011 piece by FRANCISCO INCHAUSTE entitled “It’s Not Responsive Web Building, It’s Responsive Web Design” walks us through the approach, philosophy and trends coming around RWD.
Because of his well written post, I felt inclined to write an expanded piece on our failure to properly document new approaches to web design because it seems that while the industry is moving forward, we are moving on several different paths that may confuse those new to the field.
They call him Mr. Toilet.
And to attention to a serious world-wide problem, he developed this unique video and subsequent campaign that brings the issue of toilet sanitation to everyone. Whether you’re working class or high-end royalty, everyone should “get it”
I did not watch the State of the Union address the president delivered earlier this week, but did enjoy the well developed interactive version presented by the NY Times here. To the programming element, the scrolling transcript synched with the video by segments of the speak is very handy for those who want to get to the core of the speech and skip the applause breaks (read this as finger pointing partisanship).
It was long so I skipped around the military stuff and the tax stuff but paused on one of the shorter parts “Supporting Innovation”. The President begins this part with this:
“You see, an economy built to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work.” – POTUS Obama.
I can appreciate the president’s intentions here to support working women’s cause of equal pay, however I was taken aback specifically with the follow up paragraph encouraging support for women to have the opportunity to be the next Steve Jobs. This seems like a bad example of the ceiling you want women to aim for since Apple on has 1 Female board member (Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon) of 9. Google has 3 of 9 but none are executive officers. Microsoft has 2 of 9. But wait for it, the current “biggest thing” is Facebook, run by a young entrepreneur and there is not one female on the board.
While the government should “support” the cause of equal pay for equal work, the president and congress should point to companies and it’s leadership who actually practice this cause by diversifying its workforce from top to bottom and not point to Steve Jobs since everyone is still drinking his cool-aid.
It’s been the quite some time since I’ve posted and I’m ready to get back in gear. After taking time off (more than 18 months) from blogging and freelance design work to concentrate on my work as Communications co-Chair of the SC11 supercomputing conference, I’m rested and ready to go.
So, if you’re going to get in shape, do it with efficient style. Google developer, Chris Messina pointed his circle to other creative entries from the Seoul cycle design competition but this one is my favorite.
bike 2.0 design by : inoda sveje (coordination, concept, design), italy + IPU (technical advisors and feasibility catalysts), denmark
