An Unfortunate Name Choice
As an FYI, here’s a Wikipedia link for those unfamiliar with the Pr0n reference. It’s almost as bad an oversight as the new British OGC logo. Ah, the dangerous waters of branding and identity!
Archive for April, 2008
Akon Calls T-Pain: Funny Vocoder-riffic Animation
I watched this twice, and laughed hard both times. Ever since, I’ve not been able to get the “Butternut Reduction” melody out of my head. [via]
Emmis Interactive, Inc. – New Site Launch, New Company
It’s official! While we’ve been a part of Emmis Communications these past few years… today marks a pretty significant milestone for my company. As of this morning, Emmis Interactive is its own company. We’ve even got our own Press Release and everything. Woohoo! A ton of folks were involved with our new site redesign and…
Wedding Planning: Reception Recon
Part of the plan today was to go out and about, scouting potential places for our wedding reception. Liz had a few spots picked out, and so we hopped in the car and headed to a few areas to do some recon. The first spot was the South Shore Cultural Center, just off of Lake…
One Step Closer to Internet Celebrity Status
Today, while getting coffee at the Starbucks on California and Logan… a woman behind the counter stops me mid-order, and said: “Excuse me, but do you work at Q101?” I mentioned that yes, I used to work in a back room a while back. She said “I thought that was you. I was on the…
Peabe @ A.Okay Official: The Return of Dr. Aquard
Liz and I headed over to A.Okay Official this evening (3720 N Clark St.), to check out Bryan’s show there. A quick view of the interior. The show/gallery was near the back, in an adjoining space. Walking around looking at the paintings, I wondered where Bryan was. Glancing out the window, I spotted him immediately….
Happy (Early) Birthday, Liz!
Liz and I went down to Katie and Dan’s house, to help Liz celebrate a bit of an early birthday (the actual day is on Sunday, two days from now). Not a ton of pics from the evening, but I grabbed this one right before we all started singing “Happy Birthday.” When she was asked…
New Old Business Cards
Earlier this week, Jane and I both got some new business cards. Now that we’ve both got new positions, I guess new sets (with the updated titles) are in order. I was reminded of when Ben first designed our cards, and how we all waited around for them to arrive. Hard to believe that was…
Careless or Dead: Hypnotic George Michael and Bon Jovi Mashup
Just a quick audio post today. This is Careless or Dead, a mashup by The Kleptones for the album Best of Bootie 2006. If you like this, there’s a ton of downloadable tracks over at bootieusa.com (links to albums at the bottom of the page). Thanks to Ben and Chris for passing along the track.
Artropolis, Revisited
I got an email from Rob tonight, letting me know that Artropolis is back at the Merchandise Mart again. While I’m not able to swing over and check things out… I would be remiss if I didn’t take a brief pause, and mention last year’s shenanigans.
I Love the Whole World: Discovery Channel Ad That’s Just Awesome
This absolutely made my morning. [via]
We’re Hiring: HTML/CSS and Graphic Designers Wanted
The company I work for is Emmis Interactive. What started as a temporary freelance job working on a leftover flower-power iMac has, nearly six years later, turned into a full-on career. It’s been quite the ride. There was a time when, back in the day, there were only dial-up connection speeds at the work place….
I Want You to Want Me: Online Dating Visualization
Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar recently launched I Want You to Want Me, a fantastic visualization of snippets from online dating profiles. Similar to their previous work (We Feel Fine), this is fascinating, captivating stuff. Though there are only screenshots available on the site, there’s a YouTube video I’ve posted (below). The real interface/piece is…
A Lazy Day Planning the Big Day
We had a pretty wedding-planning-filled day today. The morning was spent watching Rick Steve’s Europe DVD’s, looking around for possible places to go on our honeymoon. After that we went through a few chapters of “Bridal Bargains,” going over all the things we need to know before getting a site for our reception. It was…
Productivity Through Ignorance: The Broken Clock Theory
Earlier this week, I was working at my desk and looked up at the little clock in the right hand corner of my screen. It was before noon and while things were a bit busy… I felt like I was working at a pretty decent clip. I went back to some emails, and to some…