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Lookwork, a soon-to-launch image-bookmarking service, looks quite nice from the teaser video. After all, if my beloved Ffffound! had tags and decent naughty picture filtering it would be dang near perfect for curating/collecting aesthetic.

Wed 07.07.10 (3 comments)

This is my kind of installation art: 60 pianos, all over New York City available for the public to play 9am–10pm each day. Make some beautiful music together, NYC.

Tue 06.22.10 (2 comments)

I’ve been enjoying former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich‘s recent series of postings about the BP oil spill and what the government’s role should be. Fascinating viewpoints. As a sidebar, I’m also fascinated to see who’s using Tumblr as a blogging platform. If you don’t have need for a full CMS or out-of-the-box comments, it’s a brilliant social choice.

Thu 06.03.10 (2 comments)

I’m loving all the art direction on the Salt Films website. Unlike a lot of all-Flash sites, this one seems less about the medium and more about the stellar content and interaction. So fun.

Wed 04.21.10 (0 comments)

Current song I’m a little obsessed with: Sugar King by Bob Schneider. Who knows why such things happen?* Songs just get head stuck and then play on repeat. Various live versions here, here, and here. *Probably because it reminds me of Tom Waits, lyrically-speaking.

Sun 03.28.10 (0 comments)

One of the things I end up doing a lot of while designing is copywriting (putting that almost-English degree to use!) I think all designers should be able to write—after all, much of what we do is about communication. If you’re looking for help, I’d recommend Jen Schuetz’s excellent blog. Her recent article on Your Friend, The Comma is your friend.

Wed 03.10.10 (1 comment)

Roger Ebert’s Best Films of 2009 list is available for your perusal. I’ve only seen 3 of the 20, so it looks like I have some Netflix-ing to do. I’m already anxiously awaiting the 1/12 dvd release of The Hurt Locker.

Sun 12.20.09 (0 comments)

If you’re one of the folks lamenting the untimely demise of the clean, simple Twitter favorites site Favrd, thanks to Ethan you can use this handy userscript to make Favstar look like Favrd.

Mon 12.07.09 (0 comments)

I am happy to report that my good friend and colleague Adam Spooner has a lovely new website. He likes to read, think, work and write, which essentially means he’s one of my favorite types of people. I trust your mind will be expanded by reading along. (Also, you should look at his web development work and hire him. I approve of his craftsmanship 2,763%.)

Mon 11.30.09 (0 comments)

I wrote an article called Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days) on one of my other sites. It manages to discuss web design, blogging, humility, UX, the purpose of shareholder-owned companies, and a few other things in around 700 hopefully coherent words.

Thu 11.05.09 (0 comments)

Great article on Building a Culture of Employee Appreciation from Inc.com (which you should read, if you’re into business/workplace stuff.) Plaques and gift cards make people feel like cogs in a big machine. Small, personal gestures, committed consistently over time make people feel valued and appreciated.

Thu 11.05.09 (0 comments)

I’ve been getting the itch to do some creative projects that have little or nothing to do with the computer/internet, and Zach Klein’s cheeseboard from milled driftwood has pushed me over the edge. I want a table saw for Christmas.

Tue 11.03.09 (2 comments)

Whiskerino 2009 has begun. I am quite happy to be participating this year and be able to give back to an undoubtably wonderful time with friends old and new.

Sun 11.01.09 (0 comments)

Apparently Hulu will starting charging for certain broadcast content in 2010. I thought I was already being charged in time by having to sit through ads; are the ads not subsidizing the business? Networks still don’t understand the web, nor do they realize that while they can still profit, they might never make the same amount of profit that they once did.

Fri 10.23.09 (9 comments)

Flickr just added the ability to tag people in photos. Yes, just like Facebook. I can’t help thinking my photo hosting site of choice is having a bit of an identity crisis. Is it for fine art photos of landscapes? Or bad auto mode family photos? Both? That seems like a recipe for killing your team trying to maintain a site that has to please everyone.

Thu 10.22.09 (3 comments)

Clever idea and execution for this video of the Justice remix of Kravitz’s Let Love Rule. (But annoying disabling the embed code, Lenny.)

Mon 10.12.09 (0 comments)

Hoefler & Frere-Jones make some of the best typefaces around, and always do an amazing job of creating wonderful type specimens to show off their wares. In-house designer Brian Hennings has a fantastic behind-the-scenes write-up on the process of creating sample art for their new Tungsten font family.

Thu 10.01.09 (0 comments)

I’ve been using Tumblr for the last week to upload my mobile photos. I’m 90% pleased. My only critiques: it’s occasionally slow/down, the iPhone app won’t let me set a link on a photo or toggle whether to send to Twitter, and it auto-inserts “Photo: “ to each tweet, using 7 characters I could better use myself. P.S. 90% awesome is amazing for a free service.

Thu 09.17.09 (1 comment)

When I carried a Palm Treo, I gave the mobile photo thing a try with a homebrew moblog, but it was too cumbersome to update. And Treo photos are terrible. Now the iPhone Tumblr app makes the process a breeze, thus Blankenship à Go-Go. If you’re in to that.

Tue 09.08.09 (3 comments)

I normally don’t dig the “acoustic cover of a rock song” genre, but this quite reserved version of Kings of Leon’s Use Somebody by Paramore is nicely done. Here’s the original for some hot YouTube-on-YouTube comparison action.

Sun 09.06.09 (0 comments)

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