Design news | Nov 01
/ Nose Pilot is probably one of the first flash short film ever produced, Nose Pilot got so many visitors that it regularly busted hosting packages, kept disappearing until it has reemerged under the wings of Globz.
Alex Sacui produced an endearing storyboard, simple vector designs floating around the screen taking you on a visual voyage that is still, today, a chef d'oeuvre in the genre.
From a technical perspective, must be considered ground breaking work!
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ndlr: I found this archived exhibit he did at Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, as you can see, not all he had drawn made it in the movie. _#16 + _#17 + _#18 + _#19.
Poll results:
“...effectively creating a cyber wall between the Internet in China and the rest of the world,” the report notes.
What do you think of that?
a) agree with a *cyber wall* = 0%
b) disagree with a *cyber wall* = 99,05%
The 0,05% came from someone who mentioned there's nothing we can do about it!
Check reservocation online magazine - redesigned and with more content added!
Stuart Robertson - webmaster @ uoguelph.ca says: Any good web designer who would really like the opportunity of working here at the University of Guelph?
New ezine on the block: MAPLE is dedicated to highlighting excellence in all fields of Canadian design. Content driven, Maple's main goal is to inform the international community of the high level of work being created by Canadian digital artists.
*Feed your talent!* column on Wowwebdesigns - my new article: Don't kid yourself!
Interview with Carlos Segura founder of T26 (among other ventures) @ Pixelsurgeon!
Excellent article and a must read: What's happening? A new look at Web pages by Miraz Jordan.
Wanna help through donations or computers (Tribeca area, NY)?
Comp2kids Foundation was established to provide computers to children and schools who are otherwise unable to have computer access. Our organization is dedicated to establish technology as integral part of the development of children in the 21st century
Trip Kilpatrick reported this: “You've got Drivers.com listed in your toolbox section on Netdiver, but it seems that they are the world's leading site on drivers and driver behavior. That's as in cars and ... , not as in software and hardware...”
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ndlr: There's a bot that roams netdiver site weekly and reports 404 BUT it doesn't READ content. The site Trip mentioned was probably bought and turned into an ad-popping and (almost) spam site... there's a link to *device drivers* which lead to another page with more ads and to another site with more ads... Well you get the point!
So - were you to find such a *change* in content in any of the links in the toolbox or the brainware area - please let me know and tx for caring for the *quality* of content.
Needless to say that above mentioned site was pulled out of netdiver.
/ Heidi Schmidt new illustration website
The 10 (or so) Commandments of Web Design -> laugh, cry and make sure your obey them!
Zoolworld thinks *the general ethos of the company is that all forms of visual art influence each other* have launched a free *newswire* service - choose from:
advertisingwire; architecturewire; artswire; graphicswire; movingimagewire; photographywire; productsdesignwire.
Saul Bass said: Design is thinking made visual!
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via: Val Casey
MediaInspiration new magazine interface!
Here's Karl Moeller review of VR best softwares:
Apple's QuickTime VR runs on any browser on any platform with one initial plugin.
By using 360 Degrees of Freedom s(r) Java Applet panorama viewer, it loads automatically and the panorama is viewable on any browser that supports Java.
(Netscape(r) 3.0 and higher, Internet Explorer(r) 3.0 and higher, Neoplanet(r) 2.0, etc.). No need to send your visitor off your site to download and then install a Plug-in. Plus, the Panorama images are small in file size -- less than 100K!! Therefore there are no long waits while large images load before viewing it!
PMVR (Poor Man's Virtual Reality)
PMVR is “Poor Man's Virtual Reality” and is a kit of tools for building 360' panoramas, including various FREE image stitcher packages, with only a Java enabled browser required for viewing.
Here are the results of the mini-survey which is a *qualitative* evaluation of your level of satisfaction accessing netdiver - no matter what type of internet connections you use.
Access to netdiver from all over the world is?
slow: 18%
ok: 82%
So those of us experimenting slower access is due to our ISP connections. :((
spark online spot light. icon. 15 minutes.
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ndlr: Only the archives remain available. From an historical point of view, worth spending some time to learn about what was 'it' a couple of years ago.
The END of MS-Dos??? Yeah! Good riddance 16 bit OS.
Molly Holzschlag has got a brand new book out - XML, HTML, XHTML Magic!
Send a note of appreciation to someone who has influenced your design skills; you would be surprised how this can make a huge difference and validate the efforts that person put in to excel as a designer!
I think one of the smartest idea that came to a stock company came to Digital Vision. They have issued a collection named the *Infinity Series*. What's in a name? Guess? These cd's are .PSD files with layers that you can use and add your own flavor too.
Commissioned work to some of my favs designers: Mike Young (designgraphik), Jens Karlsson (chapter3/threeOh), Sean Rodwell (aeriform), Adrian Luna (purusdesign), Nathan Flood (ningco) and many others.
Sensational books from the editor Friends of Ed - you must visit their online book collections.
Here are 3 recommendations:
Flash Games Studio:
This is the absolute geek talk book: from music in games to the Third dimension going through Real 3D to Ultimate 3D skimming through artificial intelligence... Ouf! For serious apps developers.
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New Masters of Photoshop: For the advanced designers - no - for everyone! (Do you know anybody who doesn't want to be an advanced designer?) Written by real masters and surely not like some of those drone making books that don't use any visual substance to prevent us from snoring while learning! Written as a real book with lots of images and snapshots of commands and a cool cd too.
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New Masters of Flash:: The 2002 Annual! How hard is it to beat your own odds? Well this 2nd edition did! Finally some vavavoum flash recipes are available right in the book - with good visual support and cd. Same magazine feel that doesn't cause mental retardation while reading.
Days are shorter in this hemisphere. Just received my latest bot report: netdiver has... 4,071 links! Now that show how our online new media community is striving! :))
