Monday, October 19th, 2009
branding, business, commercial, iphone, technology, television, verizon | No Comments
Oh, I hope it does!
I hope the new Droid phone is everything the iPhone is and isn’t. Everything it is because I was just at an Apple store yesterday and the iPhone is awesome and of course, I want one. And everything it isn’t because it will be available from Verizon so I can actually get one. And since I’m using a BlackBerry on Verizon’s Network, I’m pretty excited about the chance to try out a new phone without having to switch carriers.
iDon’t Believe the Hype
Verizon’s newest smartphone, scheduled for a November release according to …
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
blackberry, branding, business, commercial, television | 1 Comment
All You Need is Love
Apparently, all you really need is love and a BlackBerry and everything else in between takes care of itself. According to the latest commercial in the ‘Love What You Do’ campaign, BlackBerry is insinuating that if you have one of their smartphones you’ll be able to do whatever you want. Like start a rock band and become really, really, ridiculously famous. I’m just not sure how the phones actually accomplish this for you.
For those of you who haven’t seen the commercial, let me break it down for you.
BlackBerry Saves the World in Five Easy Steps:
1. There’s a band
2. …
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
design, fonts, illustrator, logo, type | No Comments
My wife likes to remind me when we’re out to eat that there are other things on the menu besides cheeseburgers. What? I beg to differ.
I don’t know where my love of burgers comes from originally, but I do I remember going to Hardee’s on Millersville Pike as a kid vividly. (It’s not there anymore.) Specifically, I remember the first time I looked at the logo and realized the “a” and “e” were the same letter forms. I was so proud of myself. Let’s take a look at the logo below….
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
business, design, software, technology | No Comments
Q: PhotoSketch: Is it real or is it fake?
A: Who cares?
In case you haven’t heard, Photosketch is program that seamlessly stitches several different photographs (found on the internet) into one final image based on a simple sketch with notes. It is brought to you by the brains of five super-computer Chinese technology students at Tsinghua University. The idea is that anyone can do a basic drawing to provide the concept and that PhotoSketch will pump out a picture worthy of sharing with your coworkers to get approval.
The key here is that it is done to provide slightly better than stick figure drawings to help get your point across without having to waste …
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
business, buzzword, rant | No Comments
It’s happened to all of us. Sometimes you see it coming; sometimes it sneaks up and punches you in the gut. Sometimes it steps out of the dark to trip you on your way into the board room. Yet no matter how it happens, your reaction is always the same. A look of disgust accompanied by shock, disappointment and sometimes even humiliation. Yup, you guessed it… you’ve just been buzzworded.
If you work in an office or have ever been to a corporate meeting, there’s a good chance you’ve been buzzworded a time or two. You may have been the direct recipient of a buzzword (ouch) or you may just have been in the room …
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