Truth in Advertising
Getting on a bit but the Truth in Advertising short is always worth watching again
Wikiscanner
Want to big up your Wikipedia entry in the hope of fooling everybody into thinking that you’re very very nice instead of very very naughty? Well don’t…unless you want your underhand tinkerings to be discovered for all to see via Wikiscanner - see this article on the BBC to get the idea.
Permission to fail
I’ve been a long term admirer of Wieden and Kennedy and came across this video of it’s founders Dan Wieden and David Kennedy. It’s an interesting piece in which they discuss the origins of W+K as well as some of the ideas they believe in, such as ‘permission to fail’ and the 3 ordered priorities of the agency and why that works for them: 1. It’s about the work, 2. It’s about the client/agency relationship and 3. It’s about the people that make up the agency.
Interesting stuff that will resonate with almost everybody who cares about what they do, and who they do it with.
It’s been a while
More posts to follow soon. been a bit quiet lately and taking in a lot of stuff by other folks. In the meantime, a bit of insight into some of the stuff I’m into at the moment can be found here http://www.netvibes.com/onefour69 - which has a lot of (unintentional) similarities to the day job site. By the way we’re gearing up for a bit of a ‘realignment’ on that front…watch this space. See ya soon.
Dropclock
Dropclock is an intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion.
Kuler than the fonz
Not exactly brand new, but I’ve fallen in love with Kuler a nifty colour app from Adobe that lets you create and share colour palettes according to method or whimsy. You can use it online or download as an Air app or use tapp into the API for use in your applications. What colour are you?
Add an icon to iPhone home screen
Looking for a way to start establishing yourself on the iPhone platform? Well look no further, as this nifty article tells you how to easily add a home screen icon that sits on iPhone desktop and links directly to your site. Nice, I thought.
Form + Function
An interesting article about digital design – “When you create a utility, you’re creating something that gives people time back,” said Nick Law, CCO for North America at R/GA. “It becomes less about information as pollution and more about information to help get through life”
