Twitter offers opportunities that yield thoughtful, well crafted, delightful experiences masterminded by real people going out of their way to turn the mundane into something special.
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Categories: Design, Interaction, Movie, Pop Culture, Social Media, Technology | No Comments »
The ligature: music to your eyes or an outdated typographic nuisance?
Posted by: Dana Deschene on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
Categories: Design, Fun, Industrial Brand, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, Typography, Uncategorized, We love | 2 Comments »
An overview of An Event Apart, the design conference for people who make websites.
Posted by: Sylvia Rigakis on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Categories: Design, Education, Events, Inspiration, Interaction, Interactive, Learning, Social Media, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
“We need a Facebook page and a Twitter account, right?” ask many of our clients these days. Much like clients who want news sections or blogs as part of their websites, our answer is always “It really depends.” If so [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Categories: Articles, Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Tips | 2 Comments »
Bill Buxton is so cool. He’s Canadian, a massively talented designer, and arguably the world authority on interaction and usability design. What’s not to like? Oh, Buxton does work at Microsoft as their Principal Researcher, but [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Interaction, Learning, Technology, Video, We love | No Comments »
Ever since reading Speak Up’s Landmark Web Sites, Where Art Thou? two years ago, the concept of the differences of print vs. interactive have been simmering on low on my mind. There are obvious differences, between these two mediums t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Technology, Trends, Uncategorized, Video, Websites | No Comments »
I spent pretty much all day on the internet (save of course the few hours a day I’m sleeping) and one of the thing that never ceases to amaze me is the proliferation of access to information. The rise of popularity of Ted Talks online [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Categories: Inspiration, Interactive, Technology, Video, Websites | No Comments »
Who needs a screen, ports or even input devices? The new Apple iMac Shuffle ultimate in minimalism.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 30th, 2009
Categories: Fun, Technology | No Comments »
What do you get when you cross LED technology, sheep and guys with a lot of time on their hands? How about one of the coolest campaigns by Samsung. Check it out here. Thanks to my buddy Steve for the link.
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Categories: Advertising, Art, Fun, Technology | No Comments »
Most of us have already seen Microsoft’s impressive multi-touch display technology, but I’m not sure how accurate this utopian portrait of the future of computing is, called Microsoft Sustainability. Pretty awesome bit of motion [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Categories: Inspiration, Motion-graphics, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »
Backing up information seems like such a simple thing to do, but stop and consider if your information is actually safely backed up? With the demise of Ma.gnolia last week many are left wondering about the state of their backups particularl [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, February 16th, 2009
Categories: Technology, Tips | No Comments »
The LA Auto Show is home to the largest west coast display of cutting edge vehicular design and engineering. Every year the show opens its design challenge to any automaker that feels like they are up for flexing their creative muscle. This [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Categories: Design, Events, Illustration, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »
We all hate junk mail, and it seems like it will never stop jamming up our Inboxes. Whether it’s elixirs for male enlargement, vacations to nowhere, or the infamous Nigerian bank scam, we all wish someone would do something to end the [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, October 5th, 2008
Categories: News, Pop Culture, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
I’m far from a techy Server Admin, and this is far from a tech blog, but while checking out Dave Shea’s blog this morning, I caught wind of a potentially crippling security flaw. The low down is that if you go to your banks webs [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, July 28th, 2008
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
Confused by Wikis? Rather just use e-mail? Check out this graph and see if your opinion changes. (via Tantek Çelik on Twitter)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Categories: Technology | 2 Comments »
Clients don’t always realize why the picture they took on their cellphone or old 3.2 MP digital camera can’t be blown up for use on a trade show booth. Even in the hands of a skilled photoshop artist the picture can only be blow [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, July 18th, 2008
Categories: Photography, Software, Technology | No Comments »
Say what you want about User Experience and User Interface, but for the longest time, Captcha has worked. Well this year the tide seems to be turning as spammers crack some of the most secure captcha’s used by Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Ho [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Categories: Interactive, Technology | No Comments »
Radiohead is one of those bands that always seems to innovate and they’ve done it again. For their latest video for House of Cards, they collaborated with James Frost (Of Blip Boutique) to realize a video created entirely using data v [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Categories: Art, Interactive, Interview, Technology | 2 Comments »
Today Rogers Wireless formally announced their iPhone package rates. Set to be available July 11th, this is the newest 3G iPhone 2.0 for $199 for the 8GB or $299 for 16GB. Plans start at $60, and frankly, seem pretty decent all things consi [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, June 27th, 2008
Categories: Technology, We love | 4 Comments »
While going through my 1000 or so unread RSS feeds this morning I came across something worth sharing, and hopefully of some interest, for some of you out there. I’m not a huge fan of the PowerPoint/Keynote/etc world but it’s so [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Categories: Technology, Websites | No Comments »
I remember seeing Star Wars for the first time (Circa 1992, don’t laugh!) and one of the impressive effects used a few times throughout the original trilogy was the holographic “conference-calling”. I filled this away unde [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, June 9th, 2008
Categories: Technology, Uncategorized | No Comments »
I blogged about controlling websites through video a while back but knew it was only a matter of time until someone used the same technology with a really hot girl (or guy). Mentos KissCam does a pretty decent job. I won’t ruin it for [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, May 5th, 2008
Categories: Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
For those who love Facebook, get ready to fall even more deeply in love or hate it with a passion. This Sunday, members will have to ability to use Facebook Chat. It works exactly like the other online messaging systems (AIM, MSN Messenger, [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Categories: Interactive, News, Technology | 2 Comments »
I just saw an awesome yet frightening video about the newest addition to the US army. Watch it, then think about it for a second, this piece of brilliant engineering was developed for the army, and what’s the army gonna do with it? Of [...]
Posted by: Ivan Cruz on Monday, April 7th, 2008
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
I’ve rocked both a Canon A620 and Nikon D70S for about two years now and love them both like children from two different mothers however the Canon is a consumer camera and thus makes significant compromises. (sort of like the slightly [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, April 4th, 2008
Categories: Photography, Technology, We love | No Comments »
Coming up with creative URL’s seems to be part of a business plan these days. Starting a company? Check the URL. Got a new product? Go get the URL. Going to launch a campaign but not have an online presence? Unless you want someone el [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Categories: Branding, Technology | No Comments »
It’s not new to the web, but it’s new to me. Check out Rsizr (Resizer if you put the vowels back in). Its promotes itself as an app that “lets you intelligently resize your images” and actually works pretty well. It [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Categories: Photography, Technology | No Comments »
The importance of Corporate Branding has been extensively discussed but personal branding is a topic that can often fall by the wayside. Jonathon Snook just put up a great short article that sums this up nicely. Most of it seems like common [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, March 17th, 2008
Categories: Learning, Technology | No Comments »
Interface Design is arguably the primary concern for the interactive world these days. If something isn’t designed well and intuitive to use, it won’t get used. Books like The Design of Everyday Things and Designing Interactions [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, March 14th, 2008
Categories: Interactive, Technology, Websites | No Comments »
So I just tried to comment on another post on here and our own Captcha system rejected me. TWICE! Captcha is one of the easiest and best ways to prevent spam on contact forms and blog comments however is often annoying to the user and is so [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, March 7th, 2008
Categories: Technology, We love, Websites | No Comments »
I’ve blogged about Code commenting before. I like it. It makes me smile. Sometimes people leave jokes, or witty comments their code which brings amusement to an otherwise dry topic. Around the office we’ve been checking out Logo [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Categories: Advertising, Interactive, Technology | No Comments »
As a in-the-closet geek I love discovering fun and practical apps that make my everyday surfing more interesting. PicLens is a must have, FREE plugin for any user who enjoys viewing images in facebook, flickr, etc. and don’t have the [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Interactive, Technology, We love | 3 Comments »
Much has been made already of the websites of Hillary vs. Obama. (spawning countless “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” comparisons) but a new site has sprung up in an effort to save a campaign that, by many accounts, is going do [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Categories: Interactive, Technology, Websites | No Comments »
Thirty years after the movie thriller ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ hit the silver screen sQuba is the first car that can actually ‘fly’ under water. “Dive it again, James!” If the situation gets too hot for the secret agent he’ll go [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Categories: Design, Technology | No Comments »
So it has taken quite some time to make my first post but here’s just a small rant from my passing observations. Ben has been itching for that gun metal MackBook Pro that will likely never see the light of day, so for those of you [...]
Posted by: Simon Cranwell on Friday, February 15th, 2008
Categories: Inspiration, Technology | No Comments »
Our clients at Nokia have outfitted our team with some fancy new phones recently and each day I discover some new feature that I love. Today I discovered the power of Google Mobile. Not only is the entire suite of Google services such as Se [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, February 1st, 2008
Categories: Technology, Tips | No Comments »
Our recent designer Leigh Peterson (who we miss dearly) and her partner, software developer Jeremy Karlson, recently launched a free Mahjongg Solitaire game called Ivory Mahjongg for Mac and Windows. After hunting for a decent free version [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Categories: Fun, Inspiration, Technology, We love | No Comments »
Vancouver, BC has been chosen as the official host city for the annual SIGGRAPH conference in 2011. This is a huge win for the city and is the first time the conference will venture outside the United States. The conference should prove a s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, December 29th, 2007
Categories: Associations, Events, News, Technology, Vancouver | 1 Comment »
Sometimes ideas come together in a collision, creating sparks. And for one, brief moment, you can see something in a new light, something you may not have seen before. This afternoon, I read David Pogue’s review of a new phone offering, t [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Monday, November 12th, 2007
Categories: Interactive, Learning, Reading, Technology | No Comments »
I work in a world of data. Most of what I do directly involves the manipulation of data or the transfer of data from A to B. Most of what my clients do is manipulate or transfer data from A to B. Indeed, most of my clients are paid by their [...]
Posted by: Andrew Ball on Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Categories: Technology | 1 Comment »
While I know a few people that have been know to say, “My name is blah, blah, Google me.” This new product may be just a little excessive. It’s called the Vanity Ring, a ring with a small display that—when plugged in to [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Sunday, October 14th, 2007
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Content Management Systems are great. They’ve become more flexible and easier to implement, allowing companies big and small to have the ability to manage the content on their websites without breaking the bank. There’s a proble [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Categories: Interactive, Technology | No Comments »
During the iDesign conference in London I heard Bill Thompson talk about design’s role in the world of technology and he mentioned the locking down of Apple’s newest portable products. I did some reading and found quite a lot un [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Categories: Articles, Music, Technology | 2 Comments »
It’s no surprise that we’re big fans of open source software here at Industrial Brand. After all, we use software like WordPress and Drupal a lot. I have also been a strong believer in ActiveCollab, an open source project manage [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Categories: Technology | 5 Comments »
What I love most about Photoshop on the iPhone is the functionality. Adobe has really thought of everything. Designers, prepare to throw your laptops and towers away. The iPhone is really all you need.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, September 17th, 2007
Categories: Design, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Not sure how I came to find this site really (I think I was googling something entirely unrelated and it caught my eye). Anyway, Retro Thing is a terrific site dedicated to vintage gadgets, gizmos and books. Perusing though the entries is l [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, August 31st, 2007
Categories: Design, Technology | No Comments »
You’ve probably secretly fantasized about having Wikipedia on your iPod, right? Just imagine, a friend asks you a perplexing question and with a flick of a thumbwheel you’ve got an answer. Well, wait no longer. You can now take [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Apple announced the new iMacs today. Pretty sleek, although I’ll miss the white. My only gripe is that black frame around the screen. Why not make the entire face of it black, in all its fingerprint-prone glory? I think the brushed al [...]
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Categories: News, Technology | No Comments »
I’ve always appreciated defined methodologies and well documented processes with steps, procedures and documentation. It’s long been an accepted approach to developing design or technology solutions. And nowhere has this been mo [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Reading, Technology, Tips | 1 Comment »
Flickr has become a pretty useful tool for me to post my photos to, but I don’t really consider how others might use my images (hence the reason why I don’t have any nudes up there!). Props to our friend Derrick for bringing thi [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, June 18th, 2007
Categories: Photography, Technology | 1 Comment »
I’ll gladly admit that I’m no coder, but Coda is a cool application. Text editor + Transmit + CSS editor + Terminal + Books + More all in one window.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Categories: Design, Technology, Tips, We love, Websites | 1 Comment »
We often implement content management systems (CMS) for our web clients and the topic of Drupal versus WordPress is commonly debated. Linux.com’s Bruce Byfield recently compared the two open source platforms, comparing their interface [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | 1 Comment »
I don’t want to meet the person that would want to use this real mouse.
Posted by: Leigh Peterson on Friday, April 27th, 2007
Categories: Fun, Technology | 2 Comments »
Ben, Haig and I are attending the Northern Voice 2007 blogging and social media conference this weekend at UBC in Vancouver, BC. Basically, we’ll be listening to a bunch of bloggers talking about blogging to other bloggers. Sounds fas [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 24th, 2007
Categories: Events, Learning, Technology | No Comments »
“VisualComplexity.com intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project’s main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, acr [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, February 5th, 2007
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Technology | No Comments »
It’s time to weigh in on the subject of Digital Democracy and Net Neutrality. No, we’re not just talking about clever alliteration, there’s a lot at stake here. At issue here, as in the United States, is whether telecom co [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
I suspect we’ll soon be inundated with devices that incorporate the quickly-becoming-ubiquitous WIFI. Possibly the first fun wifi device to catch my eye is Nabaztag. In case you’re wondering, that means rabbit in Armenian. Shoul [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, January 21st, 2007
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
As we at IBC plan our next Industrial Revolution it seems others have begun their own. Here’s a supreme piece of motion graphics that describes a paradigm shift .
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Learning, News, Technology | No Comments »
This morning I Rasterbated. Try it, you’ll like it.
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Categories: Art, Design, Fun, Technology | No Comments »
With the iPhone topping Saddam’s hanging (an ’06 event but one that was conveniently slipped in after all of the Year in Reviews had gone to press) as the top story of this young year, it seems everywhere one clicks someone is d [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology, We love | No Comments »
I get nostalgic around this time of the year. Sometimes I think about my old commodore 64. There’s a great look back at 10 gadgets that changed the world in Wired. Do you have something you’d add to the list?
Posted by: Haig Armen on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
CGI has come a long way since the revolutionary liquid metal effects in Terminator 2, and nothing illustrates that better than this water-effects reel (100% CG) from Scanline VFX, which more or less obliterates the line between real and fak [...]
Posted by: Mike Withers on Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
It almost seems wrong to slot these words next to each other, but the reality is that we now live in an age where devices such as laptops, iPods, PDA’s and headphones can be charged wirelessly (and thoughtlessly). Wildcharge (Est. 200 [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Friday, December 8th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
A recent visit to my doctor with a complaint of a persistently plugged ear led to a CAT scan for a peek under my lid. The imagery is both fascinating and quite striking. Check out the videos of the CAT scan slices: topview & frontview. [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, November 20th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
The latest rage for iPod gadgets is the vibrator attachment (or so I’ve heard.) the OhMiBod, the iBuzz and the Audi-Oh iPod Vibrator have all come out with iPod attachments that vibrate in synch with the music you’re listening t [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, November 10th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Music, Technology | 1 Comment »
Vancouver lithographer Metropolitan Fine Printers has a new toy – and I like it. Imagine being able to pick out bad sheets as they are printed and guarantee that your customers only ever receive the highest quality product? asks Man R [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Categories: Design, Printing, Technology, Vancouver | No Comments »
I admit it, I check the CSS on about 60% of the websites I visit. (huge props to the Developer Toolbar for Firefox on this one!) And while looking through piles of XHTML, CSS, Javascript and whatever else you encounter is education and usef [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Technology, Websites | 3 Comments »
After a few days of reacquainting myself with flash (aka banging my head against a timeline 8 hours a day) I stumbled upon this great animation. It’s been around for a while but well worth another visit. I would love to know if any mo [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, November 6th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Inspiration, Technology | No Comments »
With a long history of innovation and leadership in the commercial printing industry, Hemlock Printers has just launched an online version of their popular newsletter, Inklings. With news and updates from their plant floor, e-Inklings newsl [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Categories: Learning, News, Printing, Reading, Technology, Tips | No Comments »
With a tip of the hat to Crocodile Dundee (THIS is a knife!) and The Simpsons go to Australia (I see you’ve played knifey spoony before!), I present to you, the ultimate knife! (via Miho @ Mira)
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Categories: Design, Pop Culture, Technology | 1 Comment »
It’s Monday morning and I had a bunch of cool blog postings I thought of over the weekend (stay tuned for a good game of bus chicken) and some cool ones I found this morning, but this one is HELLA-cool! (and I don’t use that wor [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Learning, Photography, Technology | No Comments »
Sometimes I never think to turn to places like Adobe for resources other than things related to the software of theirs we use, but I just came across their Design Center Think Tank filled with intelligent and thought provoking articles on t [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, Inspiration, Reading, Technology | 1 Comment »
Mouse, Mice…they’ve been the interface option for computers since the PC started to materialize. (see Scotty in Star Trek). Now some new ones are being developed and it’s easy to see the new possibilities for increased int [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, October 20th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
Forget drop shadows, neon and the jitterbug, Web 2.0 is the new craze. If your website isn’t 2.0 then you’re behind the times. Wanna see if you’re up to speed? Use the Web 2.0 Validator to see if you’re the hippest c [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Thursday, October 12th, 2006
Categories: Design, Fun, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
With increased CCT coverage and greenspace disappearing all over the world, teenage pyros have no place to practice their craft. In addition “grown up” pyros (note the large quotation marks and lack of use of the word reformed) [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Learning, Pop Culture, Technology, We love, Websites | No Comments »
The day after finding a bus that had crahsed into a building, I found myself wandering aimlessly around London’s South Bank and found what vaguely resembled an empty orchestra pit. In fact it was a project put on by the Philharmonia O [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, October 6th, 2006
Categories: Music, Pop Culture, Technology, Travel, Websites | No Comments »
Once again Apple has released a few new toys but it’s time to turn back the clock. Remember those old Apple computers we all had in our elementary schools (well at least I did!). About the only thing they were good for was playing bri [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Categories: Design, Guest, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
Jacque Fresco designs the civilizations of the future; and in the process, he defines how the human race will need to change in order to get there.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Categories: Architecture, Design, Film, Technology | 1 Comment »
All day, every day, the effects of downloading are constantly making news on one wire service or another. Looking to shake things up and give people a reason to buy a CD instead of downloading the single, Beck (also a cool site!) throws a w [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, August 28th, 2006
Categories: Guest, Music, Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
The discovery of Fritz Kahn’s work over at the always brilliant Bibliodyssey, immediately reminded me of some of the imagery that we were using way back in the day for the IBC brand. Really cool stuff.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Categories: Art, Industrial Brand, Inspiration, Technology | No Comments »
With new community sites popping up all over net for a grad project, the students of EMD12 designed and built a site to discuss and critique design work created in the program called The Langara HUB. Start to finish the project was done in [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Categories: Design, Guest, Technology, Vancouver, Websites | No Comments »
There will be no bribing your way into space via Bangalore. A photo gallery from today’s Wired blog of India’s Space Program.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, August 14th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
The next step in typography has officially been taken, well.. not so much, but it is interesting technology nonetheless. Akishima laboratories has teamed up with Osaka University to create a device that generates text on water using waves i [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
Categories: Art, Design, Technology | 1 Comment »
Cool iMac concept based on current Apple design trends, as well as the previous iMac incarnation.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
Watch Discovery on the first ever Independence Day shuttle launch.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
It seems that modern technology has taken a few pages from poorly written cinema in making a new breed of bioelectric prosthetics. They are grafted directly to a patients bones and controlled with “bionic neurons” or BION’ [...]
Posted by: todd smith on Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
Categories: Guest, Technology | No Comments »
A new JupiterResearch report claims corporate blog deployments will double in 2006 with 35 percent of large companies planning to initiate corporate blogs this year. Combined with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Categories: Marketing, Technology | No Comments »
Time Breakdown of Modern Web Design.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Categories: Design, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
Last week at Vidfest there was lots of talk about content. Who makes it, who takes it, what happens when it forms the basis for new work and who owns what. Everyone had their own say and perspective of course, even the lawyers. Terry McBrid [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, June 20th, 2006
Categories: Events, Marketing, Music, Technology | 1 Comment »
Saturday June 17, American Apparel will open the doors to their newest retail location, on their own private island. They are entering into the virtual world of Second Life and will be selling 20 of their most popular styles for $1 USD per [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 16th, 2006
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology | No Comments »
It’s been a long but intersting day today at Vidfest. We’ll tell you more about Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and creator of Pong and the session with Joshua Davis later. Early this afternoon I found myself in a little white [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Categories: Events, Film, Technology | No Comments »
For the next two days, we will be at Vidfest 2006 covering the event for the TAXI Design Network out of Singapore. Our review should be posted on their site later next week but in the meantime, we’ll be posting a few photos and featur [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, June 15th, 2006
Categories: Events, Film, Technology, Vancouver | No Comments »
Kids these days! A recent NY Times article cites how clever teens are using a steath ring tone to evade detection of incoming calls by strict disciplinarians such as their parents and teachers who restrict mobile phone use in classrooms (go [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
Categories: Technology | 3 Comments »
Developing for multiple browsers is can be a pain. Ryan Campbell over at Particle Tree shares some nuggets of wisdom in his latest notebook entry Developing for Multiple Browsers. Anyone who develops webbernet pages should give it a quick r [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
Volkswagens storage facility in Wolfsburg, Germany looks like something from iRobot. It is much faster than a lot boy and saves a lot of space. This stacking technique reminds me of the newly rebuilt Irving K Barber Learning Centre at UBC. [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, May 11th, 2006
Categories: Technology | No Comments »
Super cool software company Panic, of Transmit fame, has both great software and a wicked sense of humor. My close personal friend over at Daring Fireball (I don’t know him) pointed me towards Panic Software’s gallery of poached [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology, Websites | No Comments »
ACM Vancouver SIGGRAPH presents Artifex Studios & The Embassy Visual Effects at the Vancouver International Film Centre May 17th at 7:30pm. Join Marc Roth, Visual Effects Artist at The Embassy, and Adam Stern, President and Visual Effe [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Categories: Events, Technology, We love | 1 Comment »
Check out this innovative music video for the Presidents of the United States of America, for their Australian single “Some Postman”. This is the first music video in the world to be shot using mobile phones. Film Headquarters&# [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Categories: Inspiration, Music, Pop Culture, Technology, Websites | No Comments »
Everything just works better on a Mac. Get a Mac.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Technology, We love | No Comments »
2006 Flashbelt.com is live. Registration is open. 22+ speakers, 22+ sessions, 1 full day video workshop, 3 days (and nights), all things Flash. June 14, 15 & 16 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Spread the word: Tell your co-workers, friends [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Categories: Design, Events, Technology | No Comments »
Reminder: April 20th GDC Event in Vancouver. RSVP now to reserve your spot. What’s right and what’s wrong with your profiles in Photoshop? How much does all this have to cost? Can I do contract quality proofs on my Inkjet? Ernst [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
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Are you kidding me? Jet boots and skydiving? Could this finally mark the beginning of uninhibited human flying? Now THIS looks like huge fun! Check out the video.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology, We love | 1 Comment »
This has been posted on pretty much every blog and website I go to on a regular basis.. but it is pretty incredible. Apple releases Boot Camp, an app for dual booting Windows on Intel based Macs… And it will be built into OS X 10.5.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Categories: Technology | 1 Comment »
Check out the robot wrestling from Robo-One 2006. Does anyone know if this is real?
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, March 31st, 2006
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Easily one of the most informative and unique presentations at this year’s Flashforward 2006 in Seattle was given by designer and digital artist Jeremy Thorp of Blprnt Design. A former geneticist and rock star, Thorp will be presentin [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 20th, 2006
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You have iPhoto installed on your Mac and have billions of lovely, organized photos, right? You’d love to quickly and eleantly publish them to the Web like this or this, but PhotoShop’s Web Photo Gallery just isn’t cutting [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 13th, 2006
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Flashforward 2006 is underway with capacity crowds filling the Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. Primary sponsor Lynda.com‘s Lynda Weinman opened the proceedings with a warm welcome, proclaiming “The Web is back” w [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, February 28th, 2006
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While planning my upcoming trip to FlashForward in Seattle, I noticed their sponsor Lynda.com and was impressed by what they offer. Often confronted with the challenge of learning new technologies or new staff hires that aren’t famili [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
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Hemlock Printers, one of our valued vendors and clients, has been named the Most Environmentally Friendly Printer in Canada at the Environmental Printing Awards presentation held in Toronto. The keynote speaker at the event was Canadian sci [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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Solar Initiatives from the Netherlands has created the first full motion postage stamp in commemoration of the Olympics using lenticular technology. This goes way beyond those Cracker Jack prizes that we used to get as kids. Amazing.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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Atari 2600 cartridges contained executable code also commingled with data. Ben Fry took this code and rendered it as art.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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Take a break from the usual spray paint and try LED Throwies. Using LED’s, magnets, lithium batteries and tape you can make your mark last up to 2 weeks (depending on weather). Check out this video of them in action. [via Make:blog]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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Developed by Jeff Han and his friends at New York University’s Department of Computer Sciences , Multi-Touch Interaction Research, this is prehaps the coolest touch screen monitor ever. I wonder if they’re Mac-compatible? :-) Vi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, February 13th, 2006
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This little movie tells you why sharing is good, and not sharing can make people gang-up against you… Watch the rest of these cute and funny ad’s for Skype here.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
Categories: Film, Fun, Marketing, Technology | 1 Comment »
A NASA satellite captured this view of the aurora australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005, four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma-an ionized gas of protons and electrons-flying towards the Earth. This is pretty a [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, January 30th, 2006
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Apple has finally revealed their new Intel Core Duo Processor computers at this years MacWorld 2006 in San Fancisco. From the new advertisement released today, it seems Steve Jobs thinks THX1138 looks as cool as we do. Check out how similar [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 18th, 2006
Categories: News, Technology, We love | 4 Comments »
Skype is our new favourite toy (our Skype name is industrialbrand). And while upgrading our version recently discovered a brilliant little cross promotional marketing campaign they are running called Win a Conversation with Coldplay. Appare [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 14th, 2006
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Who has time for gaming on a Mac anyway?!? There’s far too much creative work to get done. [kudos to Keith for forwarding this one]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Categories: Fun, Technology | 1 Comment »
If your still reading this post after seeing a title with the phrase ‘IT’ in it you just passed the test. The IT Crowd is a new comedy set to appear on the Channel 4 network in the UK. The first episode, and all subsequent episo [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Categories: Pop Culture, Technology | 2 Comments »
Yeah, right. Google isn’t doing much these days. Now they’re planning to take over TV advertising.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 12th, 2006
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We refer to the term Communication Design often in our business, but what about design as communication? Well, Shot Code seems to have created a very cool way of making it easy for people with camera phones to access (marketing) information [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
Categories: Advertising, Design, Marketing, Technology | No Comments »
I’m back from my blogging hiatus and have some wonderful news. Google, that tiny company that isn’t really doing much these days put out Google Earth for the Mac. Why should you care? Well, I managed to blow half an hour without [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
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“This is what War of the Worlds should have been like” is how Spy Films plugs “Alive in Joburg”, the latest effort by Neill Blomkamp. CG expert turned director, Blomkamp has created some memorable spots with the team [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
Categories: Film, Technology | 1 Comment »
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I played with Lego and PRETENDED my creations were robots. I’d make “whirrr, buzzz, clang, beep” noises and march them around until Craig Brock’s bigger Lego-bot wou [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 5th, 2006
Categories: Design, News, Technology | No Comments »
One of our regular reads has long been the quarterly print magazine Graphic Exchange which covers a wide range of topics relating to design and digital media publication. Unlike conventional publications in it’s category, Graphic Exch [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
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An unsolicited video for Grandaddy’s “Jed’s Other Poem (Beautiful Ground)” programmed in Applesoft II on a 1979 Apple ][+ with 48K of RAM. Seriously.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, November 28th, 2005
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Recently we became aware of the startling similarity between our blog and that of another local company’s. How’d we find out? Well, they called on us to talk about a business relationship. Hell of an introduction! When confronte [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 25th, 2005
Categories: Branding, Design, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, November 25th, 2005
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*Update* The video is now online.Beck is not exactly known for doing things that are considered “normal” so who better to have a music video starring the only four functional QURO robots dancing? A trip down memory lane will rev [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Monday, November 14th, 2005
Categories: Music, Technology | No Comments »
As the online world moves towards Web 2.0, the very notion of “identity” is changing. At the recent Oreilly Open Source Convention, or OSCAN 2005, Dick Hardt, founder and CEO of Sxip Identity gave a funny and fascinating inside [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, November 11th, 2005
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What better way to write an article on Wikipedia, the freely distributable and freely editable online encyclopedia, than to have it completed by the community it’s about? Writer A.J. Jacobs posted a crappy, error-laden first draft of [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, October 13th, 2005
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Another Apple unveiling could not happen soon enough (even though the last one was less than a month ago). Apple will be hosting an even next Wednesday titled “One more thing.”. Rumour has it they will be releasing a video iPod [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
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The new Sony AIBO will snap his own photos, blog about his day and instead of bringing you the newspaper he will read it out to you using text to speak software.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
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October represents the debut issue of Treehouse magazine. The magazine goes beyond what you would expect. Code snippets are only a tenth of the sum total. Stunning layout and typography, discussions on business, design, and interviews with [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
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I’m not sure how I feel about the issue of Trusted Computing, but this movie, directed, animated and produced by Lutz Vogel and Benjamin Stephan, is one of the slickest motion graphics shorts I’ve seen in a while. Watch Trusted [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 26th, 2005
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I wonder what marketing genius came up with the notion of releasing cars named for the following year? We just bought a 2006 Mazda 3 Sport GT, but it’s only September, 2005! We have a car from the future!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 23rd, 2005
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Bitter rivals Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada, who are traditionally each other's biggest competitors, have agreed to jointly build and manage a wireless high-speed Internet network that is expected to reach more than two-thirds [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 16th, 2005
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Wouldn't it be nice to be able to easily and quickly browse your fonts like you do you iTunes music library?
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 15th, 2005
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For all you iProducts out there. iPod Nano.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
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The hype is over… Introducing the Motorola ROKR E1. The first phone with iTunes integration, provided by Cingular (unfortunately not available in Canada). Check out the specs at Cingular’s website.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
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While we wait patiently for the “big announcement” from Steve Jobs today, enjoy the gallery Gizmodo has set up of all previous iSpoof artwork.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
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As gas prices continue to climb to astronomical rates, the idea of having a car that burns recycled grease from restaurant deep-fryers doesn't seem so crazy anymore.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 1st, 2005
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The Domain Registry of Canada is currently engaging in the shameless practice of “Domain Slamming”; sending out mass letter mail branded to look as if it is from an official department of the government. The letter goes on to te [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Thursday, August 25th, 2005
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iLounge has just released their latest iPod Book stuffed with product reviews, resources and tips. Download it for free from their site.Copyright 2005 Industrial Brand Creative
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, August 18th, 2005
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Riding on the Canada made robotic arm into space, Steve Robinson, aboard NASA’s Discovery mission described it as “a ride of a century” as he was maneuvered through space to the shuttle’s belly and gently plucked fil [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
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Backing up my theory of Google’s world domination, they have now made their leap to the moon. In honor of the first manned Moon landing that took place on July 20, 1969, they have added some NASA imagery so you can take your own tour [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
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According to PBS writer Bob Cringley, there is more to the Apple/Intel deal than we first were led to believe. He’s uncovered clues behind the scenes that seem to contradict Steve Job’s claims and rationale surrounding AppleR [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, July 17th, 2005
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Watch todays shuttle launch live, 12:51 p.m. PST (3:51 p.m. EST). [Real Player] [Windows Media Player] [UPDATE: A fault in the shuttle's fuel-tank sensor system forces NASA to call off today's launch of Discovery.]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
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IYHY is an attempt to fix the mobile web today instead of one or five years from now. It is a site that takes any website and converts it to a format mobile devices can view. View our site converted here.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 12th, 2005
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Wake-up calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude. I wouldnt mind being woken up in space [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 12th, 2005
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Motion tracking, computer vision technology and a custom C++ application, record and analyzes a graffiti writer’s pen movement over time. These gestures are processed and used to produce algorithmically generated digital projections w [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, July 11th, 2005
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The World’s First AIBO Dance Contest… and it is set to Daft Punk. I almost expected one of them to be holding an iPod.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
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Following up the “Secretary even you wife will like” entry a few months back, this is another one of the robots that is circulating the World Expo. Would you know the difference if one of these walked up to you?
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
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Executives at Sony BMG and EMI have said they plan to begin rolling out CDs with technology designed to limit copying. The technology allows buyers to burn onto CDs only three full copies of a disc’s songs, and the burned discs cannot [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, June 20th, 2005
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The world’s largest restaurant chain is tinkering with various possibilities in technology and design to try to ensure it is a hangout of choice in the future. I’m [not] loving it.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 17th, 2005
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Take a sightseeing tour of the best spots in the world via Google Maps’ satellite imagery. While you are there, check out the giant postage stamp on top of the Vancouver Post office.
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 17th, 2005
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Google just launced a beta version of a mobile search engine that will deliver search results specifically from websites formatted for mobile phones. That means you will only get results that will be viewable on your phone and not a bunch o [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, June 17th, 2005
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Fetch and the OS 9 Graphing Calculator have interesting, inspiring and genuinely odd stories behind their creation. From being funded by game show winnings to literally breaking into multinational computer manufactures offices and finishing [...]
Posted by: Brandon Tennant on Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
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Apple says the next version of iTunes will give people a way to find and subscribe to podcasts. Listeners subscribe to shows for free, the latest of which is sent automatically to digital music players. Free programs have been built to do t [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, May 27th, 2005
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In the four years since its introduction, the iPod has proven to be a versatile little device. Despite a relatively closed architecture, hackers have found their way in. Here are a few dozen things you can do with your iPod besides listen t [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
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Collective Subconscious is an installation that imprints reverberating thoughts on a public space as people move through it. This project involves leaving behind traces of one’s thoughts in the space that one passes through and collag [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, May 11th, 2005
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TouchMe is an interactive installation that allows its users to create and contribute a personal image to the otherwise impersonal public space. Images that are created by interacting with a plate of frosted glass, remain a part of the piec [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, May 5th, 2005
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Adobe Systems Incorporated acquires Macromedia. Hopefully this will mean less bugs in the new “Adobe Flash” with better Illustrator integration. Macadoberomedia
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, April 18th, 2005
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There’s nothing worse that having to pee so badly but nowhere near a urinal. Peeing against a tree or in a parking garage stairwell is fun, but apparently not appreciated. The guys at UriLift have our needs at heart gentlemen! Remote [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 5th, 2005
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Now, up until today, I thought the only way to ‘Shank’ (or as we like to call it at IBC, ‘iPod raping’) someone elses iPod was to connect it to your computer, use iRip, then disconnect and reconnect your iPod and add [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, March 17th, 2005
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PC accessory maker Buffallo will be providing wireless internet access to those visiting the World Expo in Japan via a Solar Powered Blimp “SoLan”. Four wireless access points will be installed inside the blimp, and will fly abo [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
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The upcoming 2005 World Expo in Aichi (March 25 – September 25) will be a showcase of Japan’s technologies and robotic culture. The Expo will feature Actroid, the naturally spoken robot. It can carry on a conversation with a gue [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
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Fine. I’ll admit it. After many years using both Macs and PCs, I’ll acknowledge they both have strengths. For my design needs however, I strongly prefer the Mac – for many reasons. There’s little point arguing with a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 17th, 2005
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While on vacation, at work, or on the road, pets can be contacted by that friendly recognizable voice of their owners. SAD.
Posted by: Charlie on Tuesday, February 1st, 2005
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Brushed-steel rod that delivers 12,000 volts of electric death to anyone who even brushes your iPod. iRule
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, January 28th, 2005
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I have issues waking up in the morning. Every night I set my alarm for a reasonable time to wake up…but it never really works that way. When I hear CBC in the morning I know it is time to get up, but some how the classical music trigg [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, January 26th, 2005
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If you’re a fan of the documentary Project Grizzly, you’ll love this. Troy Hurtubise dedicated his life (and a considerable amount of cash) to build an armoured suit that would allow him to go one-on-one with a grizzly bear. His [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, January 20th, 2005
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When you are as rich as Bill Gates, how can you let pictures like this get out? One & Two [UPDATE: He was actually posing for a Teen Beat magazine photospread in 1983. What were they thinking?]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, January 18th, 2005
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For all of you that have iPods (approximately 5 million of you) out there, Griffin just released a “Smart Deck” Intelligent Cassette Adapter for iPod. It plugs in like a normal tape adapter, but it allows you to control the ipod [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, January 11th, 2005
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I can’t tell if this is real or not? Apple is supposed to be putting out a phone in collaboration with Motorola, possibly January 10th at the Apple Conference… I hope this isn’t it though!
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, January 5th, 2005
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In the year 2014, The New York Times has gone offline. The Fourth Estate’s Fortunes have warned. What happened to the news? And what is EPIC?
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
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