Quite here lately. Just been crazy busy, but now things are a bit closer to normal. So things should be back to normal rates soon.
By Clark from Ohau. Check them out here at bbc.
Thanks to Lalai for the link.
Archive for March, 2009
Wave photographs
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If there’s anything good that has come out of the financial crisis it’s the slew of high-quality graphics to help us understand what’s going on. Some visualizations attempt to explain it all while others focus on affected business. Others concentrate on how we, as citizens are affected. Some show those who are responsible. After you examine these 27 visualizations and infographics, no doubt you’ll have a pretty good idea about what’s going on.
See them at Flowing Data.
augmented reality, the toys take on it
Monday, March 16th, 2009http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/03/16/surreal-becomes-real-with-toys-and-ar/
Kid = Never ending Demand For NEW Toys! This equation holds true in all homes, however designer Frantz Lasorne has an excellent project for us that gives a second lease of life to the existing toy collection. Called Augmented Reality, the project combines the joys of virtual reality, imagination and tangible toys. Using Augmented Reality Tangible User Interface (AR TUI) via head-mounted glasses, loads of imagination and old toys, a new environment is created that allows a child to live his fantasies.
Blooming umbrellas
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Wishing spring was here already…
Created by artist Sam Spenser. Photo by Jessica Rolland.
Via Urban Prankster.
Google Voice: Coming soon
Saturday, March 14th, 2009Google Voice is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, and many enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more.
Google Voice is currently available for GrandCentral users only, but will be open to new users soon. In the meantime, please leave us your email address and we’ll notify you as soon as Google Voice becomes available. To learn more about Google Voice, check out our feature videos.
I really really want this (I hope it doesn’t end up being a US only service). Such a neat solution. Voicemail transcripts, call recordings, call routing (you can have several phones on one number), and a web interface to keep track of it all.
I’m not a super heavy user of my phone (for calls/sms that is) but I could imagine this being like heaven for someone that does a lot of business via their phone.
See more of it at the google voice site.
Electric Man Cord Outlet
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Daddy Cool, Gustav Martner
Saturday, March 14th, 2009From Farfar Academy
Not everything in Sweden is about Stockholm. Check into the west coast scene and you find the great interactive agency Daddy. We had a quick chat with Daddys Creative Partner and Co-Founder Gustav Martner.
Is there any fast lane to success, crazy clients, loads of money and kick ass creatives?
Yes, but only Nicke Bergström knows about it.
Go READ IT! It’s great. Big up to Linda for making the interview.
MC TXT
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Folklore, Baldi, NYC (aka Never Yet Contested) and Rick Vindaloo, with the support of technological ringmaster Paul Notzold, comprise hip hop act MC TXT. By encouraging the audience to send text messages to a large screen on stage, these mobile-minded emcees floss their freestyle skills by weaving the messages into their rhymes. The result is a uniquely interactive, jaw-droppingly seamless set that signals a new approach to live hip hop.
Interesting way to make a show more interactive.
Via Next Great Thing.
If you ever thought of making a typeface
Saturday, March 14th, 2009You’d consider this good news indeed.
Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType package is to share the tools used by Adobe font developers for wrapping up PostScript fonts as OpenType/CFF font files, and adding OpenType layout features. These tools are used for in-house development of new Adobe OpenType fonts.
Via Swissmiss