Do you read the trades? You know those jam-packed issues of How, Commarts, and AdWeek? Well, I read the trades and I’m overwhelmed with inspiration after just wrapping up my tour of the latest Communication Arts (advertising annual 51). Number 51 showcases pinnacle creative, especially in the integrated campaigns section. It’s ultimately inspiring and thoroughly [...]
By Dan | Published:
October 29, 2010
So I’m currently in process of reading the infamous “Code Complete” by Steve McConnell. So far it’s been an amazing book and I definitely guarantee it to any programmer out there. I’ve just read the section on recursion and it mentioned how doing recursion for a factorial (or Fibonacci) function is not as efficient as [...]
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By Dan | Published:
October 13, 2010
There are several ways to stay up-to-date with tech related news. Whether it’s via RSS feeds, newsletters, forums, user-groups—you name it—tons! What do all these have in common? You have to use your eyes and can’t consume them while driving! So, if you want a more passive way to stay in touch with what’s going [...]
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By David | Published:
October 11, 2010
WebP is pronounced “weppy” and it’s Google’s new WebP graphics format which has the potential to reduce image file sizes by approximately 40 percent when compared to the industry standard JPEG file formats. If you’re a skeptic like me, you can use Google’s webconv converter tool described here, to measure the results for yourself. Okay… [...]
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By David | Published:
August 30, 2010
“Time” has been a topic of interest for as long as there has been time to think about the topic of “time”. William Penn said, “Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst” and Jim Bishop said, “Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.” And, Albert Einstein said, “The only reason [...]
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By John | Published:
August 2, 2010
Too many statistics can make you dizzy. That’s why this infographic is so cool. It uses visuals to tell the story of the seismic shift in human communication and persuasion. Nice lesson to all of you PowerPoint heroes out there. Thanks to the folks at en.gauge media for posting.
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By John | Published:
July 15, 2010
Here’s some welcome news from eMarketer. Online video advertising spending will grow more than 48% this year, reaching $1.5 billion. This is good news for brand builders. Nothing can deliver an emotional selling proposition as well as moving pictures with sound. It will be interesting to see how the metrics police will determine the ROI [...]
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Designers, like engineers, carefully study and predict behavior. On your way to work today, you may have stopped at a big red octagon. You did this not because you felt like it. You stopped because you knew it was a stop sign. You didn’t have to process the meaning of the sign. You knew what [...]
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By John | Published:
June 29, 2010
So print is dying. But the smart print brands are whistling past the graveyard. They are assessing their content and figuring out new ways to cash in. Meredith Corporation, the Des Moines based publisher of Family Circle, Better Homes & Gardens and Ladies Home Journal has evolved into a digital licensing giant. The New Yorker’s [...]
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