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Want to Generate Color Schemes from Your Photos?
Here is a cool application that can extract color schemes from an existing photo. Color Suckr. is a good tool for web designers and for those who want an easy way to get the colors from a favorite photograph or website. FireFox add on is already available. Check it out. Real helpful and really h ...
Google’s Larry Page | Tips for The Entrepreneur
Starting a business, especially a design company, can be daunting to say the least. There's so many aspects that needs to be looked in to in order to make sure you are ready for your clients. Not only do you need a good and healthy approach to your idea but also a short as well as a long term plan o ...
How To: Make An Extreme Pumpkin Carving
Halloween is a big deal in the States, and it’s hard to believe it’s that time of year again! My son Henry and I love to carve pumpkins each year, put candles in them, and light them at night throughout the month of October. It is one of our favorite Halloween traditions.
We normally carve the st ...
A Rain Forest you’ve never seen before
In my personal art, I love to manipulate everyday objects, taking them out of their original context and therefore transforming their meaning. When I stumbled upon Japanese artist Yuken Teruya, I was immediately drawn into his paper cut-outs using toilet paper rolls. Looking through his beautiful po ...
Introducing the Vertical Web | Layers.com
Layers enables you to speak your mind, overlaying videos, images and texts on top of any web page, and then to share it with anyone you want. Layers is a new service that enables you to speak your mind, overlaying videos, images and texts on top of any web page, and then to share it with anyone you ...
Thounds: Music Accessible Thru SNS
Thounds is a music platform, easily accessible through a social network.
Thounds helps people capture their musical inspirations which can be recorded live with a computer microphone or by plugging in a real instrument.
Finished tracks can be shared through blog pages, Facebook, Myspace, Virb and ...
Stupid Designs | Far from Perfect
No matter how you see it we all look at the world through the same eyes, hopefully. Talking design is always fun and there are lots of areas still not processed and these are the areas where things quickly can develop into something awkward and weird. Is there really something called "Perfect Design ...
App the Big Apple & Win Money
DO you think you could improve the way New York City opperates? If you develop a web or moble app that improves the transparency, accesibility, or accountability of the city you could score yourself $20,000!
New York recently launched NYC Apps, a public calling for entries (Web and mobile apps) that ...
A Hooligan Turned Hero
We all read the stories about drunk drivers. They make us hug our children and cringe.
This story has a refreshing twist to that usual reaction. It is a drunk driving story with a happy ending.
David Heim drove drunk 14 years ago and got into a serious accident. He didn’t hurt anyone else, ...
2010 Snowboard designs
For all of us who can't wait for the snow to cover the mountain tops with enough of the powdery stuff so we can GET OUT THERE and ride the slopes........ this post will hopefully get your mind focused on boarding {again}. I've previewed the Burton Endeavor and Salomon and hand picked my favorite des ...
How to Make a Baby!
Here is an interesting way to make a baby! Found this interesting video of a couple and how they made a baby. The video was made using a technique called "pixilation", which is a fancy term for stop-motion animation done with real people instead of puppets.
Here are notes from Cassidy Curtis a ...
Design Board | The Evil Side Effects of Spec Work
There is a riot going on. It's about amateur designers diluting the pool of advanced professional work. It's a great controversy really. Some designers think that spec work is a great way for amateur designers to get a foot in. A way for them to learn the trade and to develop the skills they need in ...
Is Wii for Kids? Hell-yeah!
Since I was a kid, I have always loved playing video games. I now have three of my own [kids] and don't have the time I'd like to sit back and kick some virtual butt. We do own a Wii, however its mostly used for social get-togethers, guy nights, and sick days.
The kids are 4, 3, and 6 months - a ...
Web Design Rap | Making Design Sound Cool
Or not! I haven't decided yet. However, you have to hand it to the guy. It's quite original and by the number of views he's had so far (with almost 500,000) it must be appealing for some. Maybe it's the message in itself and the fact that the guy knows his stuff. I can't tell anymore. My reoccurring ...
Where do iPods come from?
Ever wonder where something like your iPod, television, or favorite juice mixer was made? I know the brains over at MIT's Media Lab do - they have recently launched a new online tool to help answer those questions.
SourceMap is s a platform for researching and sharing the supply chains behind com ...