Check out this amazing video of a new iPhone app called Ocarina. For any of you Zelda geeks out there or the musically talented, then this is a must-download. What it doesn't show on this video is that you can listen to people's live compositions from around the world too!
More videos and information can be found on the official site for the app.
Check out this poster design for software-asli.com. A real photoshop, the colour palette is great!
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Long Tail has been a buzz word in digital marketing and the broader economy for some time. We have seen its effect in both search marketing and e-commerce; Interrogation of a site's analytics will often reveal a large number of search terms collectively delivering a majority of site traffic over a few key phrases. Likewise, the bulk of sales at online stores such as Amazon come from a large variety of titles rather than a small number of best sellers.
We have also seen this effect in the success of Barack Obama in terms of his political appeal. Whilst Bill Clinton’s success in 2 presidential elections was largely attributed to attracting key swing groups such as ‘soccer mums’ Obama is maintaining the momentum of his campaign through the recruitment of a broad base of support. The same is true of his record breaking campaign funding:
Recently I needed to write some code which involved matching any given colour against a custom palette of colours. I found it hard to find any decent javascript out there... So I wrote my own.
Introducing: Color Utils
Main features:
Check out these custom "Obama-o's", there's "Cap'n McCains" too if you're of a republican persuasion.
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Should we design a MadeByPi cereal?
Currently in Brighton at the 'fantastic' Flash on the Beach conference, yesterday at an Adobe Town Hall meeting session an exec. from Adobe confirmed that they are working on Flash for the iPhone, didn't give much away. Read more here...
Google's latest innovation has seen them file a patent to house their data centers offshore where they will harness wave power to generate electricity and cool their servers! All very honourable, but there is also a great business case, as taking to the sea will mean that the company can avoid property tax.
One for the designers really, but this article on Mark Boulton's design blog makes good reading and is worth checking out for all the "dos and don'ts" of typography. Even when laying out copy in a webpage there are some fundamental rules that are there for a reason.
