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Entries from April 2009

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April 30th, 2009 No Comments

As I was cycling home this evening, the bus that was pulling away on the other side of the road made a noise that sounded a bit like the echoing beep of a submarine’s radar. Or at least the sound that we associate with submarines’ radar, thanks to a whole genre of war films. And [...]

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April 29th, 2009 No Comments

NameVoyager: Baby Name Wizard Graph of Most Popular Baby Names | The Baby Name Wizard There's an online way of doing everything you know (tags: visualization names baby) The Art of Penguin Science Fiction Beautiful (tags: design art books illustration penguin) davidwilson_moraymclaren_wegottime.mov (video/quicktime Object) A lovely video using the turntable animation technique demo'd at Interesting [...]

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April 27th, 2009 No Comments

MediaPost Publications The Battle Between Art & The Algorithm 04/27/2009 On prescriptive life and the lack of serendipity. (tags: culture marketing media)

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April 25th, 2009 No Comments

oh, hi | okimok stream iphone photos, via @hellokinsella (tags: photography iphone twitter photos)

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April 17th, 2009 No Comments

YouTube – Philips Carousel Commercial – Adam Berg stunning via @hellokinsella (tags: adverts videos) new ways of interaction on Vimeo via @brendandawes (tags: design Interactive video)

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April 16th, 2009 No Comments

http://atpfestival.com/NewsView/0904151031.php My Bloody Valentine curating! (tags: music mbv sonicyouth gigs) 2point8 » No Flash Corner Goes Global these are gorgeous. fantastic use of reflected light. there must be spots in london that would work for this. (tags: photography noflash)

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April 14th, 2009 No Comments

Big Spaceship | A Digital Creative Agency The new site – happily almost flash-free (tags: webdesign design agency advertising)

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April 9th, 2009 No Comments

What Can Twitter Do for You? (tags: twitter socialmedia socialnetworking strategy adweek)

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Sort of long photos

April 8th, 2009 No Comments

Long photos are great. A by-product of the introduction of video to Flickr, long photos differ from short films in subtle ways. I’m not sure that there is a rigid definition of what constitutes a long photo, but to my mind  they work best when they have a fixed viewpoint and don’t zoom or pan. [...]

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April 8th, 2009 No Comments

Eye-Fi via @floheiss (tags: wireless camera technology photography memory shopping) MAKIBISHI COMIC | ???????? Total Japanese Awesomeness (tags: art animation flash game Games illustration japan comics) WiiSpray – The Video – PSFK.com (tags: technology design inspiration wii)

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