This video is brilliant. Its video and audio reinforce each other, its content engages, and it makes you smile. Plus it’s genius marketing for a book. By the time it’s over, I want to go out and buy “Where Good Ideas Come From.”
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 FILED UNDER: Cool Sites, Pictures & Videos, Think  TAGGED: books, design, ideas  COMMENTS: Comments are closedJust tried this “cloud art” using Wordle–a self-proclamied “toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.” You can pipe in your website URL, or paste in any text. Then you have a bunch of cool control over design, layout, color, and more. Here’s one of the pictures it made for SalvoLavis.com: . . . → Read More: Wordle – word cloud art FILED UNDER: Cool Sites, Pictures & Videos TAGGED: art, blogging, design COMMENTS: Comments are closedThanks, Wikipedia! This is really useful: FILED UNDER: Cool Sites, Pictures & Videos TAGGED: English, information design, language COMMENTS: Comments are closedFrom the cool “Information is Beautiful” blog, they present the The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions:
FILED UNDER: Cool Sites TAGGED: distraction, focus, internet, technology COMMENTS: Comments are closedI was just watching a TV special on the Hubble Space Telescope, which has proved immensely useful to scientific research. Then started reading more about the next generation, the James Webb Space Telescope. Seems really cool. Fun if you’re into physics, astronomy, space, or just plain old discovery. Bill Gates has funded a project at Microsoft Research to provide classic lectures in physics for free online. Some of the famous Feynman Lectures are presented with searchable video, embedded information, and educational resources. Check it out at Project Tuva. FILED UNDER: Cool Sites, Online Fun, Pictures & Videos TAGGED: education, physics, science COMMENTS: Comments are closedAwesome video of Post-It notes in stop motion: (Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link) kuler, from Adobe, is a fun way to experiment with color and design online. Make custom color swatches, create or browse color schemes, or just play around. From the PostSecret Twitter feed: Gina gets a pleasant message on Google Maps: View Larger Map Found a cool Flash piece: Advice for Emerging Designers, which speaks not just to the world of design but to work in general. (From AIGA | the professional association for design) The economy’s on my mind. Not just the woes of a world economy in free fall. But I’m trying to (re)learn as much as I can about the fundamentals of economics and finance. I’m enjoying the EconTalk podcast these days. I’ve listened to a couple of their episodes and liked them. Dry, but informative and . . . → Read More: Podcast Bailouts Scott has been working on a new site, and it’s really cool. The Photo Stream features all sorts of online content at-a-glance. Some very cool stuff is in the works, so I’d keep my eyes peeled for this site. Check it every now and then, because the content is constantly updating. . . . → Read More: The Photo Stream |
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