November 2008
27 posts
The Anti-Advertising Conference →
I think Michael Lebowitz may be my personal hero. Ever since I watched Big Spaceships Creative Inspiration series on Lynda.com
Nov 27th
Nov 27th
OLPC computer offer extended to Australia →
I’m seriously considering this, even though I can’t really think of a use for one myself. I’m still using a 12” powerbook as a couch machine. Maybe a good Christmas gift? It could be this years Heifer International.
Nov 26th
GetUp! Campaign against 'THE FILTER' →
If you were unaware there is a plan in the Federal Government to force all Australian ISPs to filter out what the government calls ‘inappropriate’ content. While I understand that this is meant to protect Australia against kiddy pron, all its going to do in reality is slow down the internet (by 87% apparently) and potentially block 1 in 12 legitimate sites. This could very well break...
Nov 25th
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Augmented Reality in flash. The link above actually has a working version embedded in the page so you can try it for yourself. I just had 20 people standing round my desk as I turned a piece of paper around. Odd and awesome.
Nov 25th
Nov 23rd
Let me google that for you →
When someone asks you something they really should have asked google. I for one will be making copious use of this link.
Nov 20th
fbCal.com: Facebook -> iCal subscriptions →
Holy crap this makes Facebook so much more useful to me. I wonder If I can get this to sink to my iPhone…
Nov 19th
“In the past, I’ve often wanted to retch because a game is so bad — but...”
– via Games Without Frontiers: Victory in Vomit Despite the chance of vom-voms, I’m really looking forward to this game. The demo is awesome, and free on xbox live.
Nov 19th
This Is Home →
I’m thoroughly impressed with the online campaign for Ikea in Australia. Its a great idea thats so true to the brand, and the above the line advertising doesn’t just support it, it also stands alone as great spots.
Nov 19th
Adobe InContext Editing →
Holy crap. This reminds me a lot of cushy cms, but because its from Adobe I suspect it will have real teeth. I know I could certainly use a solution like this for a good 70% of my freelance clients. Hell even a good 25% of my ‘real’ job clients.
Nov 18th
Nov 17th
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via the unloader IM still not sure how this sells phones, but its pretty cool anyway.
Nov 13th
“You read about love in a book somewhere”
– from Forgive Me. I’m really liking this album from Ida Maria I just picked up. Nice mix of tunes.
Nov 12th
“Centaur Jenson Bembo (Adobe) Garamond Minion Times New Roman Baskerville...”
– Are these the 20 Typefaces To Start A Designer’s Career? I’m not sure but I conduct a little experiment where I reduce my font list to these so I stop focusing on font choice.
Nov 12th
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
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The ultimate geek out. An ocarina iPhone app that they, naturally, demonstrate with the Ocarina of Time music. via thevine.com.au
Nov 10th
Nov 9th
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It’s an interesting time when the President Elect has a flickr account.
Nov 9th
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The Story of One-Eyed Ophelia Jackson An extremely well done graduation short that made me smile on a bad day.
Nov 5th
Nov 4th
“You can’t get to ‘wonderful’ without passing through...”
– Andrew Zuckerman: Wisdom After watching this video trailer for the new Andrew Zukerman book Wisdom I think I’m  finally going to buy it as well as his previous work Creature.
Nov 4th
October 2008
42 posts
Oct 30th