August 2007

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• Aug 30 2007
  Gymnasts on trampoline demonstrate video effects by Eric Silva
  Filed under: Aesthetics, Visualization

  zZz is playing: Grip is a video filmed at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. It demonstrates video effects with gymnasts on a trampoline in one take, in front of a live audience. Music by zZz. Created by Xelor and commissioned by TAX-videoclipfonds. From Xelor's site: The important criteria were that the audience at the opening would be able to witness the whole shoot, and that the videoclip would be added to the exhibition immediately after the shoot. This meant we had no option to reshoot or edit if something went wrong. This made the whole crew so focussed that we performed even ...
  
  
• Aug 29 2007
  Solution of least resistance by Christian Eager
  Filed under: Apple, Pragmatism, Software

  At work, I'm in the middle of entering hundreds of addresses into Address Book. I'm happy with my custom template, and there isn't mechanism for multiple templates, so initially I resigned myself to Shift-Tabbing 7 times to navigate from the Last Name field to the Address field. However, after doing this for the first few entries, my fingers knew there had to be (and wanted) a more efficient way. I turned to AppleScript and Quicksilver. I'm not an ace AppleScripter. I have some coding experience in a variety of languages, but I'm not familiar enough with AppleScript to have gotten over ...
  
  
• Aug 29 2007
  Sustainable Car by David Goligorsky
  Filed under: Sustainable Design

  This Skoda Capri 205 has wheels made out of a tree. If you're prone to car sickness, steer clear of this car (pun always intended). What is the difference between a Skoda and the flu? You can get rid of the flu. Skoda Jokes
  
  
• Aug 28 2007
  Phenomenal Patents by David Goligorsky
  Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts, Product Design

  I'd like to be an expert witness at a patent infringment court case on this.
  
  
• Aug 27 2007
  Perceived value and context. (Part One) by David Goligorsky
  Filed under: Product Design

  The design of products is an eclectic venture through the emotional and the practical, the reflective and the visceral, salable and un-merchantable, and myriad other dualities. Considerations are made starting in the nebulous “concept” stage and working through to the the detailed design stage where materials and manufacturing processes are concerned. Through all these phases, design is emotional and experience-based. A very recognizable symbol in the consumer market is the exoteric plastic “party” cup. They define a throwaway culture, cheap mass production, and thoughtless interaction. The plastic cup is simultaneously an icon. The telltale sign ...
  
  
• Aug 24 2007
  Down to Business by Christian Eager
  Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts

  Getting Real is about building, launching, marketing, and supporting a successful web app. We didn't build this blog software. We didn't design this template. We're transcribing the ideas, notions, theories, opinions on design, UX, software, and whatever else we end up focusing on. And it's time to do that.
  
  
• Aug 22 2007
  Using Markdown for posts by Christian Eager
  Filed under: Misplaced Thoughts

  Markdown is a tool, written by John Gruber, best known for Daring Fireball. It's a nice way to compose a rich post in any text editor, using human-readable markup.
  
  

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