Archive for March, 2009
A poem for the day…
REMEMBERED MUSIC
‘Tis said, the pipe and lute that charm our ears
Derive their melody from rolling spheres;
But Faith, o’erpassing speculation’s bound,
Can see what sweetens every jangled sound.
We, who are parts of Adam, [...]
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Design can change everything
Short and sweet but to the point. Design can change the everything
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I recently traveled via Virgin America to see some friends and I could not help but notice how engaging and fun their safety video is. If all “help” and instructional videos were this enjoyable, I think we would all have a more pleasant experience going through the monatenous things in life. Creating pleasurable [...]
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Tags: persuasion, RED, safety video, Virgin America
Down & Dirty Vol 1
Some of you who know me know that I have recently began pursing the art of DJing around the beautiful city of San Francisco
well I’ve finally sat down and recorded a mix, so here it is
DJ Jessica Stanell
Down & Dirty Vol 1
Track Listing
The Deep (Bart B More Remix) – Curses!
Shine Shine (AC Slater Remix) – [...]
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but this gives a whole new meaning to checking out eachother music collection, frankly it’s just awesome and after 5 minutes I’m sold and will be recommending this to everyone I know
just awesome
mixapp
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Tags: collaboration, innovation, mixapp, Music, music sharing
Passionate Virtuosity…..
A friend of mine and I were recently discussing the merits of what makes “good art.” Should good art be strictly based on the technical ability of the artist to replicate moments in time to perfection, or is what makes good art the ability of the artist to provoke our mind and soul, regardless [...]
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Facebook redesigns homepage
I just can’t help it anymore, how many times does it take for an organization to settle down on an interface for longer than a year. Does facebook not have the foresight or talent to be able to create a site that scales in structure, that can evolve organically and not force the user [...]
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Tags: evolution, facebook, redesign, scalability, social media, user experience
Microsoft’s Vision of the Future
Just awesome, if only….
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Tags: environmental design, Future, microsoft, Research, Ubiquitous Devices, user experience
A little Wordle for you….
I came across this fantastic fantastic site that allows people to visualize any bucket of content they input, in a cool visualization that is customizable!!!
This is a fantastic little nugget that can allow people to visually represent what they stand for and also help them quickly see what their most commonly used words and themes [...]
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Tags: content, visualization, wordle
Well I hate to admit it, but I posted on the new Skittles Twitter home page, and while I feel like the jury is still out on whether or not this will be considered a success, it definitely get’s you thinking.
And hey, some of you even ended up on my blog because of my twitter [...]
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