The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) once again brought together a spectacular panel of design leaders in the Bay Area to discuss issues in design. This event, hosted by the AIA on June 23rd, focused on environmental user experiences. These are not the type of experiences we go through…
Developing applications to work on these two leading mobile devices is split between two programming languages – java and cocoa. One is more widely used than the other, but the lesser is still building more apps.
In addition to Obama’s campaign winning top awards, one of the most interesting items to come out of Cannes was a new potential partnership between classic advertising agencies and big internet companies, like Google and Microsoft. The question I have is, what took so long? Did the recession finally give…
With the conclusion of last week’s Cannes Lion Advertising Awards and Show, there is a lot of fascinating news that has great impact on the marketing and advertising industry. The first item is the winning of both top awards, the Titanium and the Integrated, by Obama’s campaigns in 2008. The…
We’re all makers and once a year we get together to show off our craft. Here’s what I was able to capture at this year’s event. Robots, rockets, giant mouse traps, and plenty of colorful characters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQiHVhKbso
With the end of the recession faintly appearing on the horizon, marketers, creatives, and investors are evaluating what will be important in the coming months. In other words, they are predicting trends. Here’s a summary of reports. Churchill Club’s 11th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Oya’s CEO and VP were…
That august publication, Time, has just published their worst 10 tech failures of the past 10 years. While everyone may agree or disagree with Time’s take on the worst of the worst, I find their presentation of the material to also rank as one of the worst ever! Naughty, naughty,…
This week marked the passing one of the best comedians of all time. Dom DeLouise. Truly a master of characters, improvisation, and general insanity, he was the inspiration of an entire generation of “new” comedians such as Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. I had the pleasure once of seeing Dom…
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Information design is adopting more ways to reach out to its audience through technology. Designers are also expanding their knowledge on how people experience information and how interaction enhances the learning process. This is a big subject to cover in one blog and I’ll likely come across other great examples,…
