7February2008
Posted by Toner under: Design; Nerd Culture.
Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Evolution of Tech Companies Logos. Walk down memory lane with Microsoft (with one very “green” logo- you’d almost think they were a trail mix company), Apple, Google and others.
1February2008
Posted by Toner under: Nerd Culture; UX.
A while back I blogged about how ridiculous it was when people were throwing out phrases like “Facebook is the future.”
The register reported yesterday that folks are just getting tired of all this Eddie sent you a “virtual hamburger” shite.
31January2008
Posted by Toner under: Nerd Culture; music.
Thanks to Jon (who once said to me about ELP’s Prog Rock Classic Tarkus, “The beauty of Tarkus is, the song is what you make of it, as long as what you make of it involves hybrid armadillo tanks,”) a look at 18 Ridiculous Prog-Rock Album Covers.
From Factiva’s own Ken, a look at the glory days of old technology
And from the giant brains at Princeton University, a freakin’ map of the universe from Earth, until, well, as far as we know.
28January2008
Posted by Toner under: Nerd Culture; UX.
An interface to die for, the cockpit of the Airbus 380.
Nice piece on Boxes and Arrows about why Advanced Search is the “ugly step-child” of interaction design. And a corresponding interview with Amanda Spink (Professor Info Technology Queensland University of Technology) which has some great insight into how people search. Normal people mind you, not, mutant info-pros from planet Dorkcom.
Finally, learn how to suck less at photoshop. The voice over has to be Dane Cook– which makes me wonder what the marketing angle is… Hmmm… Not safe for work, btw. A little bad language.
See, that’s like a whole day of fun, just from stopping by sadrhino.
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