digital media Archives - Page 9 of 18

SporeVote

by natecooper | Jun 20, 2008 | culture, digital media, internet, technology

Since the release of the Spore Creature Creator [link] EA is starting the build up to the official release. One novel and funny idea is Spore Vote [link]. Get a bunch of B-list celebs to design creatures and use their creations to promote your product. There’s...

Ken Burns Effect Before Ken Burns

by natecooper | Jun 14, 2008 | culture, digital media, media, technology

This trailer for 1970’s Love Story is essentially an iPhoto Slideshow pre-PC. Analog panning and zooming effectively communicate a story. [VIDEO – LINK] If they only knew then how many countless Senior Proms would cop their style perhaps they would have...

That design is money – physical interface

by natecooper | Jun 14, 2008 | aesthetics, culture, digital media, technology

An in-depth tour of Wells Fargo’s new ATM interface and some of the design decisions. This makes me miss California a bit. My current bank’s ATMs don’t come even close to looking that pretty or being that functional. Plus why is Wells Fargo the only...

socialthing! Fancy Maintenance Page

by natecooper | Jun 12, 2008 | culture, digital media, internet, technology

Socialthing has a really gorgeous 404 page while they gear up for version 2.0. [link] This has me a bit excited about the possibility of MySpace integration (something that no firm seems to have been able to pull off yet) but we’ll have to wait and see. I...

Buttersafe – The Organ Lender

by natecooper | Jun 7, 2008 | cool, culture, digital media, humor, internet, technology

These two Buttersafe comics speak to me for some reason. The Organ Lender[link] Death Ray [link] There’s something relatable to me about suffering for technology or something. Then again maybe I’m reading into it too...