Thursday
Sep242009

Can't think for yourself? TweetDeck is here to save you.

It's sad that you can sit in front of the internet and not think of anything to search for. StumbleUpon and many others have brought back 'the excitement of randomness' and now TweetDeck brings you their own directory.

"Sometimes it’s hard to find people talking about things you’re interested in on Twitter. So we’ve created the TweetDeck Directory to make it easier to find and follow your favourite subjects, a bit like a TV Guide for Twitter channels."

Oh, and if you consider yourself a 'social media professional' and your not using TweetDeck, you should be hit in the head with a hammer. A really good hammer.

 

Thursday
Sep242009

RJ Miolla – Killin' it!

Ralph "RJ" Miolla is a near and dear friend of mine that shares a passion for all things automotive, as well as advertorial. RJ comes from a family of designers that also make some of the world's finest packaging graphics.

For years he's been building, racing and trading cars and most recently has made a tight connection with television program "Pinks" on the Speed Channel. If you've ever been in a fast car and understand the thrill of "killin' it" then you will indeed enjoy RJ most recent video.

And if you enjoyed that here's more for your sweetooth.

Wednesday
Sep232009

Product Designing for Women

You think it's hard to understand your female counterpart? Try designing for them. Some intereting articles that show core differences beyound simply the shoes.

How Companies Can Woo Women With Design

Excerpt On Technology:

She is enticed by what a product can do for her. She considers technology a way of simplifying her life. Women are usually the main caretakers of home and family, often while working a full-time job. She is pressed for time, and therefore, tends to have less tolerance for time-consuming and poor product experiences. She wants a product to work well right from the start. A woman we know said it very well: “I don’t want technology to suck up my time, I want my kids to suck up my time.”  It’s a matter of priority and patience.

Related topic on: "Hunting and Gathering" the differences

Tuesday
Sep222009

Rich "Video" Media ramping up for 2010

7 of 23 intersting intel: On average, rich media with video has been the most successful of the ad formats studied at driving brand favorability. Figure 7 shows that exposing audiences to a single rich media with video ad, on average, results in a 2.30% increase in brand favorability among exposed groups compared to control. In contrast, simple Flash shows the poorest results at driving brand favorability.

Sunday
Sep132009

TGINFLSA - Thank God It's NFL Season Again

As you will all come to hate I'm an absolute die hard NFL and Denver Broncos fan. On my way to my jobs headquarters located on Ft. Lauderdale Florida I listened to the My Broncos play the Cincinnati Bengal's. Admittedly, from what I could get from the play-by-play it wasn't much to write home about. We're a new team, with a new head coach, new defensive coach as well as a mass assortment of new faces within the team ranks. That's the facts so it's a lot of hurry up and wait to see where we go from here.

The beautiful thing about today's game was watching the defense (ranked almost last in 2008) come up from the ashes of its past. It appears that Defensive Coordinator – Mike Nolan has this team coming of age, but I remain skeptical and it remains to be seen over the course of the seasom. Either way, today was a win even if incredibly improbable! Don't know what I'm talking about? Watch the highlights!

Lastly, I've officially joined a NFL Fantasy Football (NFLFF) for the first time. Taking this next leap scares me as the Broncos have always been connection to the NFL, but NFLFF takes it to a whole new level. I'll chime in from time-to-time to tell the three people that are reading this how things are going.

Tuesday
Sep082009

Paula Scher and the "Geography of Design"

Part One – "NYC"

There's an intriguing point in part one talking about the environmental grid structure and how ultimately that has effected the outcome in design.

Part Two – "The World"

A beautiful discussion about "flat print graphics" to "environmental graphics" and the fight that all designers must face – the line between what the client wants and what fulfils the designer.