February 2012
10 posts
Stupid Hoe - Nicki Minaj | Music Video | VEVO →
Gemini Club's 'By Surprise' is hovering but... →
“The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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[GDD™ Premiere] Gemini Club – By Surprise | Gotta... →
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January 2012
71 posts
“Look around the room at the number of leather-clad iPads being tapped and...”
– Life After Long-Term Unemployment - The Morning News
twitter's own fail whale
I think twitter is making a huge mistake selling brand pages for $25k. They’re pricing out small businesses and the same supporters that made it the success it is today.
From a PR perspective it looks greedy.
Consumers Want Online Video Ads No More Than 15... →
I don’t think people understand how long 15 seconds is.
Circa 2008 →
"Syllabics" is a current graphic design trend.
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check it out: Syllabics
“They could hire 3,000 people overnight,” said Jennifer Rigoni, “What U.S. plant...”
– Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
treat everything like a start up
“IN WHICH I FIX
MY GIRLFRIEND’S
GRANDPARENTS’ WIFI
AND AM HAILED AS A...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s Grandparents’ WiFi and Am Hailed as a Conquering Hero.
Commonality in succussful music?
Branding, musicality, image, accessability, and theme as a common thread across successful artists/acts in major genres.
Glossary of nautical terms - Wikipedia, the free... →
live visuals control from html 5 web app
one mobile site in html 5 connected to visuals system (maxmsp/coge/et cetera)
options to control color/velocity/shapes
more web app user activity > more visuals activity
inspiration: http://youtu.be/QVCB-iJMPd4
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Gemini Club Featured Music on CW's Ringer!
One of my clients and good friends Gemini Club will have their song ‘Mirrors’ featured on CW’s Ringer tonight!
You can download their EP ‘Future Tidings’ that has ‘Mirrors’ for free over here: http://bit.ly/wkwzcC
And in case you want to sing along:
Lyric from Gemini Club’s ‘Mirror’
I used to wait in the background.
You used to...
American Population by Time Zone
Eastern Standard Time (EST) - 141.6 Million
Central Standard Time (CST) - 85.4 Million
Pacific Standard Time (PST) - 48.8 Million
Mountain Standard Time (MST) - 18.8 Million
Time to Re-Think the Operating System
I’m sick and tired of the decades old folder system. Whether is Mac, PC, Linux, Android, or iOS. I want an operating system that acts like gmail, one that is omnipresent.
Ideal:
Entirely replace the save window with tags instead of location.
File retrieval system based on advanced search. I use Alfred and Mac OS X’s Spotlight but they are both anemic and fall short- hindered by the...
'Am I wasting my time organizing email?' (pdf) →
Cool report from IBM Research that pretty much says the Gmail system is the best.
Fog Creek Compensation - Joel on Software →
“11. Never hire a PR firm. A public relations firm will call or email people in...”
– Mark Cuban’s 12 Rules for Startups | Entrepreneur.com
Pinterest Quick Tip
You can highlight text on a page to quickly add a description to your pin when using the bookmarklet pin it tool.
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Selfridges sells wine for £1 a sip at the Wonder... →
it’s pretty cool that we can use the word “they” as a singular non-gender pronoun.
“Building a profitable small-market company is difficult and carries a high risk...”
– Everything I need to know about startups, I learned from a crime boss — Tech News and Analysis