“Pivot” appears to be the buzzword du jour among those attempting to launch the next innovative mobile app. The design and development cycle for mobile apps tends to be short, fast and aggressive. It’s not uncommon to change course (pivot)…
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mind profile: Kelly Johnson
This is the first in a series of profiles of leaders in collaborative design. Name: Kelly Johnson Dates: February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990 Bio: Celebrated aeronautical engineer at Lockheed Martin for more than 40 years. Designed 40+ spy…
story arc: Seeing is Believing
Here is another installment of noteworthy items I’ve come across over the course of the week. -Enjoy. It’s still voodoo magic to me: A hard flip pretzel at 1000 fps I’m too busy interacting with the site to read the…
story arc: May 20th
Here is the first in a new weekly installment of noteworthy items I’ve come across over the course of the week. I present them to you without much commentary and I leave it to you to consider a story arc…
@#$%! CAPTCHA
THE WORD ON THE CURVE I look forward to the day when we look back on the early 00′s and laugh about the ridiculous blight websites put on the user experience. I’m talking about CAPTCHA. When it first appeared I…
Netflix Jumps the Shark
Today Netflix announced a change to their pricing plan. No longer will they offer free streaming with their DVD plans. Streaming is now offered as it’s own plan. Nearly 23,000 people on Facebook voiced their dissatisfaction with this announcement today.…
Just another article about agency reinvention
There are countless articles out there warning advertising agencies that they will need to change dramatically to stay relevant. There are nearly the same number of suggestions on how to fix them. I’m not about to offer a silver bullet…
The Third and The Seventh
A CGI artist, Alex Roman creates virtual experiences that are so rich and believable you’ll question what’s real in photography and video anymore. This appears to be his reel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-3aRhvFwU
Choose your own adventure
Here’s a YouTube video that really encourages viewer interaction. It’s surprising how many alternate endings they thought through as well.
3.5 things I’d add to emusic.com
I’ve been a member of emusic for about 5 years now and I’ve evangelized the service consistently the entire time. I love the fact that they support independent labels and artists—and the music is DRM-free. In any case, I have…
