my new favorite podcasts

eBiz VodCast is a weekly video podcast covering e-commerce web site design and management.

eBiz VodCast iPod Video

These guys are so totally normal... a few years ago this info would have cost $700 at a half-day seminar. The idea that "if it is easy, maybe we don't have to charge for it" is really catching on.

speaking of GREAT podcasts (vidCasts??) GeekDrome

These two guys are so familiar... I can't even judge the "quality" of it... I feel like I am sitting in my rented house in Orlando, back in the day when my roomate attended FullSail. We'd pack the house with geeks... film geeks, digital media geeks, 3d modeler geeks, audio geeks... We'd watch StarWars on laserdisc, fill the keg and fire up the grill, set up the amps and drums and rock out... or just geek out on the multitude of computers...

man... those were the days...
Then again so are these...

50 ways to be a better designer

05 KEEP YOUR BRAINSTORMS REALLY SHORT “When coming up with ideas it’s essential to bounce ideas around with a colleague, but the secret is to keep the brainstorms as short as possible, otherwise they’ll get stale. It’s better to have a couple of smaller sessions than a single mammoth session.”SUPPLIED BY: JASON ARBER

Computer Arts - 50 ways to become a better designer

I love this idea... I'd like to see an 8 minute timer for these sorts of things. Not only does it keep discussions short but it keeps people honest,  focused and humble... knowing that our natural tendencies aren't always "correct" is good for a work environment. Especialy when working hard and doing a good job... Arrogance and short-sightedness can really create unusable applications.

Pixel Corps

These guys a relly great... a collective of digital artists... doing software development, education and outreach in the digital media arena

Alex Lindsey, one of the top dogs over there, is a regular on TWIT
as well as the primary host of This Week in Media a good media centric industry podcast.

check out the videos of this software they developed, in action... BijouBullet... it creates 3d environments out of moving images...for only 399.

technorati tags:3d, software, pixelcorp

I'm in love with a $135 font

All common monospaced fonts have hinting imperfections from 9 to 12 points and above.All but Pragmata.

Pragmata™, designed by Fabrizio Schiavi

staring at code all day can make one crazy... but mannnnnnn ooo mannnnn.... she's a beeeeeeeYoooot!!!

technorati tags:fonts, pragmata

more than animal but not better...

DevilDucky - The Little Girl Giant
This is soooo totally creepy... I IM'd it to a friend who googled it and sent me the link to more info

so it is some European troupe... and the best part is that there "performances" consists of

the animal or giant arrives in town and lives its life, going about its business for a few days. Extraordinary interactions take place between passers-by and the performance; residents become enchanted with the activities of these miraculous beings and begin to follow their every move. By the end of the performance, huge crowds gather daily to watch the latest episode in the life of the visiting creature.

I am mesmerized by this... If only we (humans) concentrated MORE on art like this... and less on hating eachother over money... and oil... and God...

also check out we make money not art

I don't go for the "Burning man" stuff so much, I think it has something to do with the glorification of the individual vs this GIANT GIRL wich isn't about any "person" but involves great love and skill from many people (artists).

** side note... while grabbing that URL for the Burning Man link... I notices "REGISTRATION DEADLINE APPROACHING"... did I go to the wrong site? that doesn't seem like message relating to a temporary autonomous zone

technorati tags:art, burning