Signal Response

One Pixel

2010-03-10T13:47:42Z

Via @rands - 1pixel = 1 million dollars. That should get you fired up.

The Story Of The Apple Startup Chime

2010-02-27T01:12:45Z

Via my lady(?)–Jim Reekes, the man behind the Macintosh start up tone. Interesting/fun sidenote, the legal disclaimers on the Apple site have a class of sosumi.

Smoke a pole

2010-02-25T11:07:34Z

Via @danlapoo–this French ad campaign equating smoking to giving some old man a BJ. Look, I’ve been a smoker for quite a few years and never-not-once has a cigarette blown up in my face.

Demonstrate The Value Of Your Work

2010-02-23T12:50:41Z

Joshua Hughes on Solving The Problem of Undervaluation. Good advice for managing client interaction/expectations.

EECI2010

2010-02-23T12:14:18Z

Just a note that Early-Bird tickets for the ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter Conference 2010 end on March 1st. Holy smokes! That’s next week! $525 gets you into the full conference including MasterClasses so if you’re into that sort of thing, get on it. I’ll be there taking in the sights, trying to come out of my shell and attempting to meet nice people while I try to get a little more in tune with extending EE. My wife will be there exploring the city and shops and listening to me talk about the things I’ve learned or to the nice people that we meet. Should be fun!

McCain on EE.

2010-02-10T13:00:38Z

Forty on the process behind creating John McCain’s 2010 Senate site. The site is built with HTML5 for the markup and ExpressionEngine for the backend so, you know, it’s like total wade-bait.

I hate you. Don’t leave.

2010-02-10T12:23:03Z

I Hate You. Don’t Leave.–a short film by the incomparable Jeff Way. Jeff should make more videos.

Creatives Wanted

2010-02-09T15:37:39Z

Local Regina ad agency Brown is looking to fill 3 positions. Specifically, an Art Director, a Copywriter and an Interactive Producer. If you, you know, have training in any of those areas and are looking for a job, it might be worth your while to send a resume in that general direction since jobs in the field here are pretty scarce.

Ribbons Everywhere!

2010-02-08T17:57:35Z

Wow! Do you know what’s all over the place right now? Yeah, that’s right. Ribbons! Well of course you realize I couldn’t be left behind in the growing trend of “Ribbons on the Internet” so I had to make one.

What? Yep, it’s that tiny. Yep, it’s a layered Photoshop file. Don’t like the texture? Go ahead and change it. Don’t like the colour? That’s cool. A moment with Hue/Saturation should make short work of adjusting to taste/scheme/whim. They’re all over the place! It’s trendy! Yeah, I likely made it ‘cause I’m going to use it on something! Aren’t I creative? Since I’m lazy and you’re quite possibly lazy, feel free to download it, use it, break it, stretch it. Do whatever you want with it, it’s my gift to you.

Download the .zip here: Ribbon.zip and remember, ribbons are usually for prized horses, trees and lapels. Zoom in to 3200% at your own peril.

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

2010-02-05T11:18:36Z

Jim Pankiw, who’s made some bad judgement choices in the past, has thrown his hat into the ring as an Independent candidate in the Saskatoon-Humboldt riding. Mr. Pankiw has taken the bold step of using the internet to get his message of equality out into the world. And how can I be certain that his message is equality? Equality for all people everywhere? Sometimes you just have to check with the source.

Makes me wanna pee the bed.

2010-02-02T11:36:47Z

Copyranter finds two of the most awesome Goodnights ads you will ever see. Unfortunately missing is a Ghostbusters re-enactment. Don’t cross the streams.

The Smiths Project

2010-02-02T10:57:38Z

Janice attempts to sing every Smiths song before the end of 2010.

How You Got There

2010-01-26T12:55:43Z

Processed Identity–“a source for information about the value of the creative process designers have used to define visual identities for clients.” Yeah, that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue but probably worth following if you’re interested in process/decisions/defence.

Internet Online Website!

2010-01-20T13:23:32Z

Aquent’s Internet Online Website. From the copy: “Aquent’s InternetOnlineWebsite.com is a website about websites (and marketing, direct mail, t-shirts, etc.). Each familiar feature of the site is designed to be explored; rolling over them will pop up a helpful information window, letting you know what disciplines and technologies go into making that thing, and the type of people you’ll need to get the job done right.” Soooo…that means you need more than just a copy of Dreamweaver?

Vintage Ad Browser

2010-01-12T12:42:33Z

The Vintage Ad Browser–100,000+ Vintage Advertisements to Explore. (Via zeldman.com.)