life was so simple then
Friday, April 13, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
i've been licking my screen all morning
this test REALLY works. it WILL NOT work unless you put your tongue on the screen.
"We've been licking our screen all afternoon and still can't figure out the insane new technologies behind the Barbarian Group's latest addition to the Milwaukee's Best Light microgames site. All we know is the T Scan 2000 Biometric Taste Analyzer knows us better than we know ourselves. Simply place your tongue on the screen and click the box to scan the science stuff in your mouth. It'll let you know if you have a man's taste and dispense the prescription: a cold beer. If it doesn't work the first time, fiddle with the settings a bit to adjust the Zone Recursivity or Moisture Threshold. If you've got a tough time keeping your tongue on the screen and finding the button to click, call a friend over. And for heavens sakes wipe the monitor before he or she has a turn."
UPDATE: With a collective group of people. we finally figured it out but still a good joke to play on friends.
mikekarnj (3:02:30 PM): its triggered for timed responses
mikekarnj (3:02:43 PM): bc if u cheat and dont put your tongue down, you tap scan
mikekarnj (3:02:50 PM): when u put your tongue on, you hold it down
mikekarnj (3:02:59 PM): so if you hold it down, it works every time after the first time
mikekarnj (3:03:04 PM): bc the first time, everyone cheats
"We've been licking our screen all afternoon and still can't figure out the insane new technologies behind the Barbarian Group's latest addition to the Milwaukee's Best Light microgames site. All we know is the T Scan 2000 Biometric Taste Analyzer knows us better than we know ourselves. Simply place your tongue on the screen and click the box to scan the science stuff in your mouth. It'll let you know if you have a man's taste and dispense the prescription: a cold beer. If it doesn't work the first time, fiddle with the settings a bit to adjust the Zone Recursivity or Moisture Threshold. If you've got a tough time keeping your tongue on the screen and finding the button to click, call a friend over. And for heavens sakes wipe the monitor before he or she has a turn."
UPDATE: With a collective group of people. we finally figured it out but still a good joke to play on friends.
mikekarnj (3:02:30 PM): its triggered for timed responses
mikekarnj (3:02:43 PM): bc if u cheat and dont put your tongue down, you tap scan
mikekarnj (3:02:50 PM): when u put your tongue on, you hold it down
mikekarnj (3:02:59 PM): so if you hold it down, it works every time after the first time
mikekarnj (3:03:04 PM): bc the first time, everyone cheats
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
seriously?
http://wkstudio.typepad.com/studio/2007/04/rock_steady_cre.html
color me jealous. now that's a party.
color me jealous. now that's a party.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Big Wheel Keep On Turning
San Francisco pretty much just kicks ass. After my Adult Easter Egg hunt a bunch of us walked the two blocks to the always tourist trappy Lombard Street where the 7th annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel event was to take place. It's a bunch of silly ass adults wearing crazy costumes who bomb down the crazy crooked road. That's it. It isn't sanctioned. It stops up all traffic for about an hour (they do three runs) and is pretty insane- they get those little wheels rolling. The one cop that was there pretty much just asked people to move out of the way of the Trolley.
Here is a link to a rather long video of the event.
http://www.sfist.com/archives/2007/04/09/big_wheel_keep_on_turning.php
I had trouble getting my hands on a big wheel (they were understandably scarce in the week preceding). Just a WTF or maybe Why The Hell Not kind of thing that makes living here always interesting.
Friday, April 06, 2007
Riddle
Brain stumper.
Who's been in more random movies than Luis Guzman?
Major roles do not count.
I'll send the winner beads from New Orleans.
Who's been in more random movies than Luis Guzman?
Major roles do not count.
I'll send the winner beads from New Orleans.
End of the Week
Has anyone seen the Chapelle lost episodes? They are 'hilarious like Nick Cannon', funny.
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/index.jhtml
Meet Zeus Jones.
http://www.zeusjones.com/
Quote of the Week.
'My answer is get out my car'
(Bet you can't guess what show that is from)
Song of the Week.
(This video is actually good)
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/chappelles_show/index.jhtml
Meet Zeus Jones.
http://www.zeusjones.com/
Quote of the Week.
'My answer is get out my car'
(Bet you can't guess what show that is from)
Song of the Week.
(This video is actually good)
Thursday, April 05, 2007
What's your favourite cover song?
I've been listening to a lot of covers lately and would like to know what your favourite cover song is.
According to the Rolling Stone, the best cover songs are:
* Jimi Hendrix: Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”
* Johnny Cash: Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”
* The White Stripes: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”
* The Fugees: Lori Lieberman’s “Killing Me Softly”
* Eric Clapton: Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff”
Here is one with Ben Folds doing Such Great Heights
And Mat Weddle doing an acoustic version of Hey Ya.
According to the Rolling Stone, the best cover songs are:
* Jimi Hendrix: Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”
* Johnny Cash: Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”
* The White Stripes: Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”
* The Fugees: Lori Lieberman’s “Killing Me Softly”
* Eric Clapton: Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff”
Here is one with Ben Folds doing Such Great Heights
And Mat Weddle doing an acoustic version of Hey Ya.
yes or no? yay or nay?
a little bird (named danny burke) heard that they were changing the name of adcenter...to the "brandcenter"...um, yeah, gross.
true or not true? what have you guys heard? what do you guys think?
true or not true? what have you guys heard? what do you guys think?
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Ok, so ideas trump polish.
Maybe this is systemic of my total abhorrence for presentation flourishes, especially those that are created in anything over three minutes, in anything ending in note or point (how topical!), but this is a really sweet example of an idea done simply, and done well.
http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/
It's for a new book. Done by the author (probably?). No, I haven't read it.
Powerpoint Sucks
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/03/1175366240499.html
Anna Patty Education Editor
April 4, 2007
If you have ever wondered why your eyes start glazing over as you read those dot points on the screen, as the same words are being spoken, take heart in knowing there is a scientific explanation.
It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you in the written and spoken form at the same time.
The Australian researchers who made the findings may have pronounced the death of the PowerPoint presentation.
They have also challenged popular teaching methods, suggesting that teachers should focus more on giving students the answers, instead of asking them to solve problems on their own.
Pioneered at the University of NSW, the research shows the human brain processes and retains more information if it is digested in either its verbal or written form, but not both at the same time.
It also questions the wisdom of centuries-old habits, such as reading along with Bible passages, at the same time they are being read aloud in church. More of the passages would be understood and retained, the researchers suggest, if heard or read separately.
The findings show there are limits on the brain's capacity to process and retain information in short-term memory.
John Sweller, from the university's faculty of education, developed the "cognitive load theory".
"The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It should be ditched."
"It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented."
The findings that challenge common teaching methods suggest that instead of asking students to solve problems on their own, teachers helped students more if they presented already solved problems.
"Looking at an already solved problem reduces the working memory load and allows you to learn. It means the next time you come across a problem like that, you have a better chance at solving it," Professor Sweller said.
The working memory was only effective in juggling two or three tasks at the same time, retaining them for a few seconds. When too many mental tasks were taken on some things were forgotten.
Anna Patty Education Editor
April 4, 2007
If you have ever wondered why your eyes start glazing over as you read those dot points on the screen, as the same words are being spoken, take heart in knowing there is a scientific explanation.
It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you in the written and spoken form at the same time.
The Australian researchers who made the findings may have pronounced the death of the PowerPoint presentation.
They have also challenged popular teaching methods, suggesting that teachers should focus more on giving students the answers, instead of asking them to solve problems on their own.
Pioneered at the University of NSW, the research shows the human brain processes and retains more information if it is digested in either its verbal or written form, but not both at the same time.
It also questions the wisdom of centuries-old habits, such as reading along with Bible passages, at the same time they are being read aloud in church. More of the passages would be understood and retained, the researchers suggest, if heard or read separately.
The findings show there are limits on the brain's capacity to process and retain information in short-term memory.
John Sweller, from the university's faculty of education, developed the "cognitive load theory".
"The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It should be ditched."
"It is effective to speak to a diagram, because it presents information in a different form. But it is not effective to speak the same words that are written, because it is putting too much load on the mind and decreases your ability to understand what is being presented."
The findings that challenge common teaching methods suggest that instead of asking students to solve problems on their own, teachers helped students more if they presented already solved problems.
"Looking at an already solved problem reduces the working memory load and allows you to learn. It means the next time you come across a problem like that, you have a better chance at solving it," Professor Sweller said.
The working memory was only effective in juggling two or three tasks at the same time, retaining them for a few seconds. When too many mental tasks were taken on some things were forgotten.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
he has my eyes!
Saturday morning was very joyous for me - I bought a bicycle! It was from a guy named Carlos, at an East Village flea market. He is from Puerto Rico and I warmed to him immediately. Anyway, the bike is a boy, and I named him Tony. We bonded all day in McCarren Park and other parts o Williamsburg and Greenpoint. I'm excited for more of this bicycle weather. Who in NYC has one too? Tony needs friends.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Happy Friday
Eric Boyd and I have named him Herman.
He is totally bizarre looking and yet fascinating.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The future
This one is longish, but worth it I promise.
A few times a year I stumble across something that changes my perception of community and social networks, and a few other times I discover some art form or movement that compels me to talk about it incessantly. Yesterday I found something that is both.
http://www.wefeelfine.org/
This is the latest iteration of social amalgamation on the web. It was just unveiled out of beta at the TED conference last week. The idea behind sites like this, and others like www.moodviews.com, and offline works that are displayed online like http://postsecret.blogspot.com/, is that there has to be a way to show, on a mass scale, how people are feeling. With the explosion of blogs and the leaps of technology Spiders have made in the past few years, it is now totally possible to troll for specific keywords on a global scale.
Wefeelfine.org would be cool if that was all it did. The interface alone is fun, and if you play with the key on the lower left hand side of the window when you run the applet, you can find tons of info to spark your imagination, but it is the gallery that truly offers something amazing:
http://www.wefeelfine.org/gallery/index.php
I say amazing because what you are seeing is completely honest and unflinching. It is without a conscious author. The site simply crawls blog pages for sentences that have the words "i feel" and places them against the closest picture available. It doesn't take into account flow, or structure, it just cuts and overlays.
Some of the art that comes out of this is, well, go see for yourself.
There is a broader message here, a beginning of something that has to do with web identity, and humanity as art, and I think that this is going to convalesce in new and striking ways- that inspire everything from universal communication to design to the squashing of racism and xenophobia. Maybe I'm stretching a little here, but I don't see how this movement won't rise to fundamentally change the individual viewpoint.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Time to Celebrate
OK, since we are in advertising and since I KNOW you would want to be reminded...... today is my birthday! And as it is my birthday, I want to say to all of you that my life is unbelievably great a) because I got it together enough to have three great kids, b) I had the amazing experience of working with all of you ... plus about 85 more of you from other years and c) because I made the decision to design my life and move my ass to California. What a great idea that was! Anyway, blessings to all of you and I hope you all come here to see me tonight with a cake... cheap airfares right now don't cha know. Don't bother with candles - they don't make cakes big enough to put them all on....
GAH.
It's really fucking hard to concentrate when it's so gorgeous outside. Half of the office is doing work on our fire escape.
Monday, March 26, 2007
hey you crazy kids
take this survey.
it's about being a planner and your personal situation.
it tallies all of the answers and then sends them out to everybody.
in the end we will hopefully see the places that suck, the places that totally rule and the places that are only good for paying for your chipotle.
here's the link to the survey
and then here's the link to receive the results
i know y'all have 3 minutes of time, or else you wouldn't even be spending time here.
it's about being a planner and your personal situation.
it tallies all of the answers and then sends them out to everybody.
in the end we will hopefully see the places that suck, the places that totally rule and the places that are only good for paying for your chipotle.
here's the link to the survey
and then here's the link to receive the results
i know y'all have 3 minutes of time, or else you wouldn't even be spending time here.
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