October 2008

Apple doesn’t even seem hurt by that clean uppercut from Microsoft. But then again, who would have thought that.

October 20, 2008

So the fight continues. I’ve written about Microsoft getting back on Apple a couple of times before. In my first post on the subject I especially commented on the fact that before Microsoft starts to spread the dollars they should take care of their product. Vista just doesn’t do it. According to Gartner only 6% [...]

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First came the voice, then came the finger and now comes the voice again

October 19, 2008

Aha. So you’re still at home crying about that car you drove of the bridge while texting ‘Look, I can drive without holding the steering wheel’. Well, not to worry. Vlingo has got just the thing for you. These guys have launched an application that allows mobile phone users to speak and look-up information such [...]

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Who do you trust?

October 19, 2008

Watching the news as I suddenly spotted Abe. I wonder who this other guy was?

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Damn we’re small

October 19, 2008

This image was taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. At the time the image was taken, Earth was 142 million kilometers from Mars, giving the HiRISE image a scale of 142 kilometers (88 miles) per pixel, an Earth diameter of about 90 pixels and a moon diameter of 24 pixels. It’s a makes [...]

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Peter Jaworowski and Fonterutoli makes life easier

October 18, 2008

Saturday. It’s half past ten and I’m working an idea for one of my new clients. The concept is pretty finished and I have this idea about how the art direction should be. As I browsed my feeds I found Peter Jaworowski from Bialystok, Poland. Peter is this great retouch, illustrator, master ‘photoshopper’. Spot on. [...]

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The tip that will safe your life…or at least your files

October 17, 2008

I have spent the last 14 years making sure I don’t loose my files. Work, offers, project plans, cv’s, mails, photos, music etc. Everything that is valuable has a certain place on my computer. Loosing all these things would be a disaster, so I back up, burn DVD’s, hide copies here and there. But the fear [...]

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Communication is easy. It’s the branding that is hard

October 15, 2008

Right now I’m in the middle of some planning work for a Swedish brand. I’m spending quite a lot of time trying to understand their products, their target group and especially their brand. When I’m working I like to keep a drawing pad close to me so that I can write down and doodle on [...]

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Here’s a tip on how to waste 2 hours of your morning

October 15, 2008

My CV. That’s what this first visualization above is. I was reading ReadWriteWeb this morning when I spotted a nice tag cloud that visualized Web 3.0. After following that link I found Wordle.net. Wow. Wordle let’s you visualize words with typography, colors and different layouts. There’s 3 options. Either you go ahead and paste a bunch of text into the tool, [...]

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Damn. I’ll be out of money

October 14, 2008

But it’s worth it. Apple released their new Mac Book Pro and I was seriously thinking about buying a used one until I saw the specs on this beauty. Well at least I can say I really need the extra power, the ‘glassy’ touchpad and the unibody construction — a seamless enclosure carved from a [...]

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50 movie posters that will bring you back in time

October 13, 2008

I was 12 years old. My mother and father couldn’t stop me from watching. The birds, a classic Alfred Hitchcock movie that sends chills along my spine. The Smashing Magazine has gathered 50 beautiful movie posters that brings you back in time and on top of that inspires you. Get over there and enjoy

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The Tap’d communication package makes you believe (almost)

October 13, 2008

Tap’d water is this new tapped water on bottle from New York. It’s basically water straight from the tap, poured into a wonderfully designed bottle and sold on the streets in NY. The people behind this product must be marketing geniuses. Read this statement taken from their website: “New Yorkers are known for having great [...]

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IKEA makes me wanna go to sleep

October 12, 2008

It’s sunday evening. I wanna sleep. And this nice ad from IKEA Canada finally makes me shut down and get to bed. But before I do I gotta share the piece with you as it proves interactivity is always appreciated even thought it might not be digital. The idea “So comfortable, you’ll need shorter bedtime stories” has [...]

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