Popstar Dies: Hail And Farewell

It seems like the entire world has been affected by the death of Sky Saxon , singer and bass player for  The Seed,s on June 25th. Here are a couple of videos of The Seeds lip-synching their way through “Pushin’ Too Hard”.

Illusion for the day

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The “green” behind one spiral and the “blue” behind the other are exactly the same color. Interested in more? Here’s a talk by Al Seckel at TED on our mis-wired brains.

Our next meeting is set!

Hello all. Please join us at our next Refresh meeting on Thursday, July 23rd from 6:30 till 8:00 PM. ThinkCreative has kindly offered to host for the evening. Their office is located at 304 West College Avenue.

refresh-meeting-topicsRather than one large presentation, we’ve decided to have three shortened presentations. Each presentation will cover one of the three aspects of our focus. Marc Ray will cover the development area with an intro to Drupal. We will all be invited to weigh in on the design piece with the ideas conversation. Finally, the business bit will be covered by Mark Marsiglio with an overview on cloud hosting. I think it’ll be a great evening!

Once again, if you haven’t already done so, please send an RSVP to help us plan for space (and beverages). Thanks!

Insight for the day

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This video is an excerpt of a chapter in the life of Thomas Arndt, an entrepreneur who risked his life savings to create a healthy children’s drink that comes in a bottle that doubles as a toy. After more than two years of people telling him that bottles are round for a reason, Y Water becomes reality.

Competition for the day

The following paraphrasing of copy was a part of the lead paragraph on a real estate-related blog post this morning. Needless to say, it caught my eye… and put a very grumpy spin to my Friday morning.

logo-tournamentAre you a new business in need of a logo, or are you a company that needs to update your brand logo? Well, you can hire a fancy pants graphics designer, who will take a month or so to give you something you’re not crazy about (and bill you a handsome fee)…. or try Logotournament.

So how do you respond to this kind of service? Would you throw your name into the tournament and give it shot? If not, why not? Like me, do you have a sense that the quality of this work is “a good enough value” in the minds of a LOT of people? If so, how do you compete against it? And on a related note, what are your thoughts in general to “off-shoring” design and programming?

Pick a question. I’m interested in your thoughts.

Video for the day

Here’s a nice reminder of who we are designing for…

Welcome Marshall Atkinson

Please welcome Marshall…

Welcome Parker Campbell

Please welcome Parker…

jQuery resources for the day

Mark over at ThinkCreative sent me a link this morning that has become the seed for this list of jQuery links that are worth keeping in mind:

And another video…

In case this is news… This is the senior project of Bang-yao Liu at Savannah College of Art and Design. It’s a stop-motion short created with a TON of post-it notes. Nice.

Link courtesy of: Core77