Thursday, June 30th, 2011
design, google | No Comments
Happy Birthday Doodle from Google
Well, today is my birthday. And doesn’t Google know it. To some people it may seem scary that someone, or some thing knows so much about you. But this little Google Doodle for MY birthday is such a nice little touch, I don’t think anybody would mind seeing this.
It’s All in the Details
The birthday doodle is really cool, but what seals the deal for me is the Alt Text. Hover over the doodle and it says “Happy Birthday Kevin!” I know it’s a minor detail, an aside, something that not everyone will even notice. But it shows us two things:
Google is focused on the details of all …
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
desktop, download, wallpaper | No Comments
Download FREE Irish Wallpaper
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, all! Here is a free desktop wall paper I designed just for today. Feel free to use it for whatever you wish. It’s large enough, (1920×1200) for bigger monitors but should still look decent on smaller sizes since all of the main content is relatively small and centered.
Download 1920×200 .jpg
If you want to know more about the resources I used, here goes:
Tileables Pack #4 – Fabric
Tileables Pack # 5 – Wood
Marketing Script Font (Font Squirrel)…
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
branding, budweiser, commercial, television | No Comments
New TV Commercial Sells Anticipation of Baseball, Music and Sex
I’m not much of a Budweiser guy, not at all actually. But their new commercial has really caught my attention. In the 60 second version of the spot they show glimpses, or vignettes, of people getting ready for something. The scenes range from a guy barbecuing in his yard, people getting ready for a baseball game, a band gearing up for a concert and my favorite, a woman getting ready to go to work. The art direction here is spectacular. The music (You! Me! Dancing! by Los Campesinos) has that driving baseline and …
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
books, business, seth godin | No Comments
The Mesh, Why the Future of Business is Sharing by Lisa Gansky
Seth Godin likes to share. He has written books, he has a blog, he has written books about his blog. I like to read what Seth shares and I believe what Seth shares.
I also like to get mail. In the mail box. It feels good, and I know that if someone spent the time to send me something then it must be worth sharing with someone else. Well, I got a book in the mail today and it was from Seth Godin. The Mesh is a book about sharing and how businesses would be smart to get on the …
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
blackberry, technology | 1 Comment
Study Your PlayBook
I’ve talked about BlackBerry before with there ‘All You Need is Love’ commercials here and here. And it seems they haven’t strayed too far from course when introducing their brand new tablet the BlackBerry PlayBook. Although not as obvious this time around, the BlackBerry PlayBook Preview does a nice job tying this one into the old campaign in a very subtle way. The song in the video is Where I’m Going by Cut Copy and the lyrics start off with “All you …
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