February 2006
What if Microsoft designed iPod packaging?
"More bullet points!"
A very funny - and sadly, accurate - YouTube video, via Todd Dominey.
brief notes from the interweb
- If you've posted a comment here and it doesn't appear immediately, it's because we're running an older version of Movable Type that has an email notification bug. We'll be moving servers soon and migrating to a spiffy new install.
- About 10 of the top 10 Google hits for "guitar manufacturing industry" are all related directly or indirectly to Garrison Guitars, a Newfoundland company (started when the owner was just 19) that started in the custom guitars and repair business. Their breakthrough: acoustic guitars made with single-piece, injection-molded composite frames, which can be made in merely 45 seconds on their custom machinery. It's an Industry Canada success story!
New Article: Tips for Creative Takeover
My latest article, Tips for Creative Takeover, is up at The Creative Forum, featuring a quote from my friend, Edmonton-based web designer Lea Alcantara.
While you're there, you can also check out my previous piece, Internationalizing Art Direction, which mentions Hydro-Quebec ads and Monsieur Bell, the Cannes Advertising Festival and the lack of Indian ads in it.
February 8, 2006 in Published Articles
Anniversaries & Updates, Merges and Purges
This blog is a strange hybrid (no, not Lycan and Vampire).
It started life on Blogger, then moved to TypePad, then earlier this year I unsubscribed from that account because $200 a year for blogging is a bit much.
It was all saved away on a corner of my hard drive while I started this new, professional Movable Type blog. Recently, I imported all those old posts but set them all to Draft mode as I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them.
Tonight, I purged nearly a hundred older entries. And it felt good.
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February 6, 2006 in Blogging | ✍ 2
