14 months, 41 countries. Dancing is universal.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai, inspired by Samuel L. Jackson. This is where video games are going whether the industry is ready or not. I know the consumers are.
Scholastic Video Games
Scholastic books, known for their traveling book fairs at elementary schools across the nation has started selling video games.
Facebook 25 Things: A Meme?
Memes spread through social networks in much the similar way as a disease. 25 things was really more of a "light flu."
Did Ad Standards Kill Online Ads
Are online ads suffering because the standardization of banners has made ads an ignorable commodity or is their just not enough good content in online ads to get people's attention?
WSJ Eliminates Research Librarians
Wall Street Journal has gotten rid of its two research librarian positions. In an era when the internet allows anyone to research anything at the click of a button, journalists can do their own research.
iPhone Personal Storage
7 ways to take your docs on the go with your iPhone--3rd party options that allow you to store your own information on your iphone.
Shepard Fairy vs. The Associated Press
Associated Press just can’t leave a good thing alone: accusing Shepard Fairey's iconic image of Obama of copyright infringement.
Netflix Hits the 1 Million Mark
1 million Xbox users streaming movies on Netflix in first 3 months. 999,999 frustrated by lack of porn.
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the WWW
Tim Berners-Lee, on how the frustrations of inadequate process prompted him to create the World Wide Web.
Seth Godin
Author and marketing consultant Seth Godin was on stage at TED2009. His new book is called Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us.
Researchers use MRI on humans while playing a video game and note that the brain works differently when humans believe they are playing a computer versus when they believe they are playing other human opponents. This difference is more pronounced in males.
Box.net: Social Onilne Storage
Box.net, an online file storage, now offers a variety of collaboration tools and social networking capabilities.
Create:Fixate
Create: Fixate is a mix of art show and DJ show in a downtown warehouse. Very innovative art & beats from inspired creative young(ish) LA talent. Next event is March 7th.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Adidas Guerrilla Gardening
Video of people "guerrilla gardening" in London--planting to make the city a greener place.
Yarnbombing
Its graffiti for your grandmother. People "tag" things not with spray paint but with knitted goodness.
Electrable GDF Suez 2009
Brand: Electrabel
Agency: Famous, Brussels
Director: Raf Wathion
Production Company: Czar.be
Creative Director: Christophe Ghewy
Art Director: Nicolas France
Copywriter: Olivier Roland
Agency Producer: Lander Engels
Producer: Fred Vrancken
Executive Producer: Ruben Goots
Country: Belgium
Sprint Widget
You just have to check this out for yourself, word's can't explain. Really cool and interesting stuff though.
MacBook Mini
A mock-up concept for an Apple Netbook that would have a full size keypad and a fold down leaf for a full track pad.
Ivan the Delinquent
A recent study shows that boys with less common first names such as "Ivan," or "Ernest" are more likely to commit crimes than boys with more common names such as "Michael." Sounds like something straight out of Freakonomics.
Microsoft SongSmith: Remix to the Max
In an effort to compete with Apple's GarageBand, Microsoft has developed SongSmith. Users can record their voice and the software will generate background music and rhythm as it sees appropriate. Appropriate doesn't necessarily mean good, as people use the actual vocal tracks from songs such as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "White Wedding," input it into SongSmith and get drastic results.
Joybubbles
Josef Carl Engressia, Jr., more commonly known as Joybubbles, was a blind man who had perfect pitch and at the age of seven, accidentally discovered he could mimic the noise required to activate phone switches. He was essentially one of the world's first hackers and dabbled in phreaking, or phone hacking, but soon abandoned it after being charged and given a suspended sentence.
He finished his life in Minnesota as an avid Mr. Roger's fan.
Hobo Codes
Hobos created a code with symbols drawn in chalk or charcoal to provide directions, information, and warnings.
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