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Hey Rogers, here I come
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...
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Processing ‘House of Cards’
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...
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Captcha Dead?
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...
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Re-Sizer Photoshop Actions
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...
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Wikis vs. E-mail
Confused by Wikis? Rather just use e-mail? Check out this graph and see if your opinion changes. (via Tantek Çelik on Twitter)
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DNS Security
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...
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Scamming the scammers
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...
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LA Auto Show: Where ‘Green’ Means “Go, Go, Go”
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...
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Lessons Learned: Backup!
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...
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An Event Apart
A week into starting my job here at Industrial Brand I found out I was going to a web design conference with our art director, Matt. I hadn’t heard of An Event Apart (AEA) before, so I went to the...
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Coda. Cool.
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.
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Getting Real: 37signals on Web App Development
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....
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Backup isn’t sexy (a short screed).
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....
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Simple. Not simplistic.
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...
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Vancouver Chosen as Host City for SIGGRAPH 2011
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...
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Mahjong Without All The Noise
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....
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Google on the road
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...
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Here’s lookin at you…
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...
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Personal Branding
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...
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Getting Real: 37signals on Web App Development Processes
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....
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