February 2008
101 posts
Port O’Brien - I Woke Up Today These guys...
LinkBlip →
Send a link to someone, get an email when they click it. It’s like TinyURL for Big Brother. Sneaky.
Tumblr Audio Playlist
Like many of you, I’ve been using Tumblr to discover new music. A few times a week, I visit my Tumblr Dashboard, filter by audio posts (using the magnify glass button), and then click through all the music posts from people I follow. It’s a great way to discover new tunes. The only problem is that I have to click each individual track rather than listening to them as a playlist in...
WatchDaily Monster #161 Daily Monster has been around for some time, but I hadn’t looked at the site in a while and thought I’d post a clip for those who missed it. Everyday, Stefan Bucher draws a new monster illustration and films the process with stop-motion video. The creatures are very cool. See all 161 monsters (and counting) at Daily Monster.
Flevans - 12 Apostles A funky track by Flevans out...
Tumblr Radar →
It’s baaaack!
Flip City - Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)...
WatchMOKB Covers Project: Hallelujah My Old Kentucky Blog (MOKB) gathered a collection of covers for Leonard Cohen’s classic song Hallelujah. Artists covering the song include Beirut, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, and about 40 more. You can play the entire set as a playlist using the player above or click over to MOKB for the individual tracks.
WatchFindlay Brown - Nobody Cared A mellow music video from Findlay Brown, who reminds me a bit of Fionn Regan
“Only a few years ago, a Web site’s home page was the most prime piece of digital...”
– Avenue A Razorfish 2008 Digital Outlook Report (download the full 156 page report)
Bob Schneider - Bullets Bob Schneider is one of...
BricaBox is live. →
kylewritescode wrote:I have been hard at work developing and designing this application since about June of last year. I’m proud to say we’ve finally launched. I like this concept - an easy way to create your own social content sharing site like YouTube, Yelp, Flickr, etc. Congrats on the launch, Kyle!
WatchOK Go - Million Ways The latest from Fishel at the Davey Dance Blog. Precisely what I needed this Monday afternoon. If I was the CEO of a big travel company, I would hire Fishel to tour the world and film clips like this for TV commercials and a viral online video campaign. They are pure genius.
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts... →
A nice visualization from the NY Times. I wish LastGraph offered an online flash version like this instead of just their PDF download. I also wish more sites offered interesting ways to view data like this. See Stamen for more examples.
Instant Ascii Cam →
See live Ascii art in video format using your webcam. If your camera doesn’t activate, try the “pick camera” button”. Krazy Dad is great at making these fun little apps.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24) →
The Bird and the Bee
Jamie Lidell
El Ten Eleven
Donavon Frankenreiter
Eddie Vedder
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Camille - Ta Douleur This song is in French with...
WatchUrsus Maritimus: Polar Bear Slideshow If you’re reading this in the Tumblr dashboard or a feed reader, click here for better viewing. The dashboard cuts off the bottom of the slides for some reason. Photo set by ucumari (via Tom Coates)
Dilandau - Music Search →
Yet another MP3 search engine.
Jamie Lidell - Multiply Photo by Merlijn Hoek
Autism Breakthrough: Girl's Writings Provide... →
Interesting story about a young woman with autism who suddenly and unexpectedly gained the ability to type thoughts and emotions on a keyboard that she’s otherwise unable to articulate.
Sunparlour Players - Talk It To Death This song...
MyBlogLog API Personalization Voodoo
The MyBlogLog team launched an enhancement to their API this week that opens up some really interesting personalization possibilities for developers and site owners. If you have a profile on MyBlogLog and also registered a blog with them that you own, visit this page on Intense Debate to see a working prototype of the personalization voodoo I envisioned when I first wrote about the initial launch...
Lolo Restaurant - San Francisco, CA →
This place opened in my neighborhood back in September, but somehow I missed it till last night. It’s a new favorite. The food and atmosphere is an eclectic mix of Turkish and Latin cultures. The staff is both friendly and knowledgeable and the food is delicious. Try the huitlacoche appitizer, which is some sort of corn fungus similar to a mushroom or truffle. That’s right, yummy...
Interview With The Founders Of MOO →
Moo, as you probably know, is an innovative business card and printing site. This is an excellent interview with the founding team. It’s chock full of helpful, creative advice for any online business / small business owner.
The Greyboy Allstars - V Neck Sweater It’s...
Tumblr SEO Traffic Tip
The other day when I was futzing with my Tumblr theme, I made a change to the way my page titles are generated for Google and other search engines. By default, most Tumblr themes display page titles as a combination of blog name and post name in that order. For example, this post would typically appear in Google as… Joe Lazarus - Tumblr SEO Traffic Tip If you’re comfortable editing...
Sam Baker - Sweetly Undone Photo from...
Word of the evening...
Heliotropism: plants turning to face the light (via a blackboard in the restaurant where I’m having dinner).
WatchUmair Haque Responds to a Reader’s Comments I’ve been reading Umair’s blog for some time now. He’s a fascinating guy and one of the brightest minds around when it comes to business strategy and innovation. For some reason that I can’t quite put my finger on, prior to watching this video from his new blog at Harvard Business, I used to think that his writing was...
Theme of the Day
I’ve become slightly obsessed with my Tumblr theme this week after teaching myself some basic CSS & HTML. I’m happy with the general layout I have now, but I keep experimenting with different background images and color palettes. My apologies for the schizophrenic appearance. I don’t think I have the temperament to be a website designer (even if I had the talent). I think...
WatchRobert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise - California After a morning of rain, the clouds just parted and it’s shaping up to be a nice day here in California. This song from Robert Bradley seemed appropriate.
Aviary - Creation on the Fly →
Awesome online image editting tool. This just replaced Splashup for me and is a serious competitor for basic Photoshop editting. More creative tools coming soon including advanced image tools, audio and video editting, typography tools, and more.
How To Convert Photos Into Illustrations
I thought I’d share a little trick I just learned. I wanted to include a picture of myself on my Tumblr page, but I didn’t like the way most of the photos looked in relation to the rest of the site design. I wanted an image that wasn’t too distracting. I also wanted the image to contain some colors from my site palette so the image blended in with the rest of the page. I...
Logo Font Advice?
I’d like to make a simple logo to go with my updated site design. I’m not a designer, so I doubt I’ll create something from scratch. Instead, I thought I’d try to find a nice font that I can modify slightly to make it my own. I really like Vimeo’s logo and Carsonified, for example, which are based on interesting fonts. Are there any typography gurus out there who...
The Streets (ft. Chris Martin) - Dry Your Eyes...
Monster Factory →
Handmade plush monsters. Cute gift for kids.
Beach House - Master of None Beach House has a new...
Five (really) good things. →
Katy made a list of 5 things she did for herself today and asked dared us to do the same. Here’s my list… Slept in: I didn’t get much sleep this week since I was busy working on the Sound of Color project for The Gap and some other stuff. I needed some rest and got it. Brunch: I had a delicious brunch at Tartine, the best bakery in San Francisco. City Hike: I went for a long...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-17) →
The Postal Service
Rebirth Brass Band
Red House Painters
The Blakes
Dntel
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
Orillia Opry - I Lied Orillia Opry is a folk duo...