Monthly Archives: September 2011

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And not just the twins. Pistachio (among many other things) vendor Roll Global is in the process of creating one of the most internet-friendly ad campaigns ever. It’s already recruited Snooki from Jersey Shore, Keyboard Cat, Angry Birds and other reposter-baiting virals.

Obviously, we’re sold.

Coming soon: the crazy, nasty-ass honey badger.

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A satirical but oddly plausible vision of the digitally-augmented future (originally posted in 2010, but currently doing the rounds again) by London/Tokyo based filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda:

Augmented Reality (AR) is an emerging technology defined by its ability to overlay physical space with information. It is part of a paradigm shift that succeeds Virtual Reality; instead of disembodied occupation of virtual worlds, the physical and virtual are seen together as a contiguous, layered and dynamic whole. It may lead to a world where media is indistinguishable from ‘reality’. The spatial organisation of data has important implications for architecture, as we re-evaluate the city as an immersive human-computer interface

(Thanks Carla)

From Gawker:

The Boston Globe rolled out a handsome new website, and it’s exemplary: No confusing mess of links, no upchuck of annoying ugly ads, and, best of all, no special crippled version for the iPhone or iPad.

Open the site on a regular computer and try slowly squeezing the browser window from full width down to a quarter or an eighth of your screen. The layout progressively and intelligently resizes itself, hiding section links, scaling photos, and resizing fonts.

“Stunning,” writes outspoken designer Jason Santa Maria. “Fascinating,” writes Daring Fireball publisher John Gruber. “The design is uncluttered and reader-friendly. How many newspaper website designs can you say that about?” Not many.

The catch?

It’s all going behind a paywall very soon.

Bah.

An Incredibly Smart newspaper Website (Gawker)