Teaching The Machine

So. Just exactly how did we get from handwritten text to Web 2.0?

Here's a super nice short attention span theatre version: 101 To 2.0

Thanks to: Reaction

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The envelope above is courtesy of Eunice and Ron Shanahan

Are You Experienced?

Experience is everywhere from cave paintings to broadband websites but what exactly is it?

Read psychologist Tom Guarriello’s primer on defining and designing experience. I know it might sound sort of boring and it's a 3 page article but it really gets great by the end of page one.

If you have anything to do with advertising, design or the web, you'll dig it, I swear.

And as Tom Guarriello put it (as a comment to the original article) "I like the way you describe the designer’s challenge: mix, shake, color, pre-vision, re-vision, en-vision, and let it go. The new emerging from the re-conceptualization of the existing."

Go read: Are You Experienced?

Thanks to: UX Magazine and Jeff Simpson for the inspirational Hendrix photo.

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Steve Wacksman

Check out the super tiki bongo illustrations of Steve Wacksman.

Thanks to the awesome folks over at: Drawn, an excellent cartoon and illustration blog.

And while we're on the subject of illustration, check out some of the rock stars of contemporary drawning at Picture Mechanics.

And then there's the awesome Ray Fenwick!

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Audio Wall Paper For A Nice Day

The HMK Mysterey Stream is the perfect stuff to get you into the groove before and during long pixle pushing sessions....

Make It Louder: HMK Mysterey Stream Number Five

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Nice Font: Las Perdidas

Las Perdidas is a super cool new gritty font by Rian Hughes inspired by a stenciled sign on a South American bus.

With seemingly mismatched characters, it rumbles out of the station, fueled by pure urban grit.

A Veer Exclusive: Las Perdidas.

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Vote For Jackie Earle Haley!

Hey all you JEH fans!

Vanity Fair has an Oscar poll that takes less than 30 seconds.

Vote for Jackie Here! Vanity Fare.

Thanks!

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Jackie Earle Haley: It's On!

As Jackie Earle Haley put's it in tomorrow nights Nightline interview answering the question: "What's is like having Oscar and your name mentioned in the same sentence?"

"It's like, super cool, throw in some steriods and Bloof!"

Mr. Haley will be on both The View tomorrow morning and Nightline the same evening, so tune in y'all!

Vote for Jackie Here! Vanity Fare.

UPDATE: If you go to your iTunes podcasts you can watch the Jackie Earle Haley Nightline segment for free! Thanks Steve!

Go Jackie!

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Mmmm. Grilled Cheese...

This and a bowl of Campbell's tomato soup (made with milk not water) out by the Tiki Room is my favorite lunch to accompany this awesome weather we're getting in San Antonio today!

Dig these tasty recipies from Laura Werlin’s Great Grilled Cheese: 50 Innovative Recipes for Stovetop, Grill, and Sandwich Maker.

Grilled Cheese

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For Sale

Found this over at We Make Money Not Art

Perfect.

Genius.

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Ace Jet 170

Just like it says...

If you're in any way interested in design, then this is a resource that you really shouldn't miss.

Step into Ace Jet 70

Brilliant stuff.

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Here There and Everywhere

Paul Frank Red Eye Express

Perhaps I'll consider one of these when they drop below 150US - they're pretty sweet though!

As of today there right at 200US:

Shop: Paul Frank Red Eye Express

Dynomite!

Dang! Check out this killer Quicksilver spot - it's totally Tiki Bongo!

Is it real?

And after all that just went down in Boston this week regarding Turner Broadcasting System and the panic caused by thier recent idiotic marketing stunt, I seriously doubt anyone could pull this off agian without risking some serious time in the pokey if not being KIA.

Watch now: Quicksilver

And speaking of Quick Silver... Meet Norin Radd!

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Pantone Color Report

Pantone, Inc., the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, unveiled the PANTONE Fashion Color Report Fall 2007, available free-of-charge from Pantone.

The report features the top 10 colors for women's fashion for fall '07 along with designer sketches, quotes and head shots. The availability of the report coincides with the beginning of New York Fashion Week.

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Nice Letter Press Film

Man, I love ink on paper. Nice paper with a super crisp monogram letterpress imprint...

If you dig old school type, paper or both do yourself a favor and check out this informative short promo waxing the benefits and aesthetics of the all mighty letterpress, The Gentle Mad and The Eternal Passion for Books.

Watch the movie from: Firefly Press.

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And as far as I can determine, (OK, Tish?) - the word "letterpress" can be one word or two, both are groovy. Or is that groovey?

Ikea Hacker

WANTED: your ikea hacks

The fine folks over at Ikea Hacker have a groovy litle site with a smart concept - they put it this way:

They like tinkering with ikea stuff and they know many other people who do too. whatever they may be - a funked up karlanda sofa, an ingenious idea for your pax wardrobe, a creative twist on your kitchen countertop, or even advice on how to finally stop flimsy forby stools from wobbling.

They''d love to hear from you. Email them at ikeahacker [at] gmail [dot] com.

Ikea Hacker

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Wicked Smart!

This totally gets my vote for best use of a usb powered device!


USB Cell

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Talkin' Trash

Forget what Kermit says, it is easy being green!

Visit: Sprout Design.

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Joel Holland

One of my favorite illustrators, Joel Holland!, has created the cool illustrations + type for Stowe Ski Resorts latest ad campaign.

It's so refreshing to see some nice energetic hand draw stuff in print.

Great stuff Jole!

I want more: Joel Holland!

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Web 2.0 Is A Hit

Web 2.0 is a mass phenomenon, concludes a survey conducted by Booz Allen Hamilton.

The survey reveals that 41% of internet users in the UK already use Web 2.0 sites, to interact and participate with others in a massive worldwide community of users. Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, Flickr and MySpace allow the direct exchange of ideas and information between individuals.

Booz Allen Hamilton interviewed several thousand consumers in the UK, Germany and the USA between August and October 2006 (n=2400) about their attitude to Web 2.0, what it offers in the broad sense, and about their actual user behaviour.

Read the Whole Survey

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Thanks to the folks at : Putting People First

Sake Labels

Japanese rice wine, or sake labels have bold designs decorated with pictures of crashing waves, strong calligraphy letterings, gildings and whatnot. When you look closely at these sake labels, the designs are all so typically Japanese and there just seems to be a certain special feeling about them.

Not to mention the fact that they give me a wicked craving for sushi...

Check out PingMag's presentation of some of the better packaging designs for Japanese Sake Lables and some nice explanations about Japanese typography.

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New Color iPods!

Hey kids!
Look! New Color iPods!

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Cool 45 Lables

Go dig the cool 45's over at No Relevance .

Here's the Tutorial I used to create the image above for one of my Tiki Bongo songs: Let's Go Back To The Tiki Room .

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Banana Over Texas

Look there, in the Texas sky!

It's a bird! It's a plane!

It's ... a banana?

In an art installation sure to launch a thousand UFO conspiracies, Montreal artist César Saez plans to send a 1,000-foot helium blimp in the shape of a banana into low Earth orbit over the Lone Star State.

If everything goes right, the fruity dirigible, known as the Geostationary Banana Over Texas, should launch in August 2008.

The astrofruit is an artistic commentary on the absurdity of American politics -- especially Texan-style kookiness, says Saez.

"I see Texas like a crossroads of important social and cultural happenings in the states and in the world," he says.

He estimates the project will cost $1 million, and so far he's raised one-eighth of that, including a $15,000 grant from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Read it all: Banana Over Texas

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Hey Dude, Slow Down!

A sign in San Francisco, starting Monday, identifies approaching Mini Cooper drivers by using a signal from a radio chip embedded in their key fobs.

The boards, which usually carry typical advertising, are programmed to identify approaching Mini drivers through a coded signal from a radio chip embedded in their key fob.

The messages are personal, based on questionnaires that owners filled out: “Mary, moving at the speed of justice,” if Mary is a lawyer, or “Mike, the special of the day is speed,” if Mike is a chef.

RFID (radio frequency identification) technology is making the experiment possible. Researchers and entrepreneurs have labored for decades to extend the practical uses of wireless tracking using radio tags.

Cool.

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Title Goes Here

First of all, if you've yet to see Thank You For Smoking, you're missing a greatf flick.

And the main titles are especially sweet. Because we all know what they say about first impressions.

That’s why both Hollywood and independent studios are spending time and resources to create the most appropriate main title sequences for their films. At its very best, a title sequence is a self-contained hybrid that combines multiple media – motion graphics, film, animation, cgi – to compress the essence of the film it introduces.

The SubmarineChannel has started an online collection of the most stunning and original main titles. Some are engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating or deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style.

Either way, if you're into type you'll dig.

Submarine Channel

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