Archive for October, 2006

Great video of Wii gameplay / interaction

October 19th, 2006 by schlemmsy

This demo really helped me understand just how revolutionary the Wii controller is going to be.

Font hit parade - September

October 18th, 2006 by hobart65

1. Neue Helvetica™
2. Helvetica
3. Satisfaction
4. Univers
5. Linotype Zapfino™
6. P22 Cezanne™
7. Frutiger™
8. Trade Gothic™
9. Witchfinder
10.Boycott™

Witchfinder? It’s obviously due to the Da Vinci Code

5 Reasons Why RSS Feeds are Not Popular

October 17th, 2006 by schlemmsy

http://www.hiveminds.co.uk/node/3139

How Rich Are You?

October 12th, 2006 by schlemmsy

A neat and effective interactive tool for raising awareness about poverty.

(Created by Poke)

Martin Sorrell on Google, China and the internet

October 10th, 2006 by hobart65

Interview with Martin by E-consultancy.com

“It’s important we have the ability and the facilities to [to figure out what works]. It’s no different to Murdoch investing in Myspace or Jamba, or ITV doing Friends Reunited. We have to position ourselves and understand what’s going on.”

stunningnikon.com

October 10th, 2006 by hobart65

stunningnikon.com
Originally uploaded by hobart65.

At last, someone does a great flickr based campaign idea. Like all great ideas, it seems horribly obvious when you see it. Perfectly executed, nice to see they can get the url right on the posters.

“We gave them the new Nikon D80, what they gave back was stunning.

They shoot for photo sites like Flickr. They shoot for family photo albums. They shoot because they’re passionate about taking pictures. What did they capture with the new Nikon D80? See more of the jaw-dropping highlights at stunningnikon.com/dsir”
www.stunningnikon.com

Flash website flowchart

October 9th, 2006 by martin

“The process of making the decision about flash web sites for SEO (search engine optimization) purposes is actually quite difficult, so I took the time to create a flow chart on whether or not you should create an all flash web site.”

http://www.thegooglecache.com/?p=46

Mac Game authoring - publish to Mac/ PC/ browser

October 9th, 2006 by mcadwallader

Unity 3d is a game engine/ authoring system for the mac, but can create 3d interactive environmental material ( PS2 look ) that can be issued as stand-alone pices for the mac and PC, or as browser viewable pices via downloadable plug-ins. Used as well for architectural walk thru’s, trading off photo-realism for realtime interactivity - could be very useful for client reviewing , interactive teasers etc.

Assets are created in maya, 3ds max etc, then assembled in Unity together with lights , attributes event triggers etc