Some nice animated type in this Starbucks ad. I also like the concept. Considering that I’ll be at my polling station at 6:00am tomorrow to cast my vote before work, I’ll need a tall cup of java. See you at the polls…
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Instructor Erik Fadiman will be leading a special 10-Week Dreamweaver Course in [CreativeTechs'] worldwide classroom starting in the fourth week of September.
This should be a bookmark for everyone who does graphic design out there. This directory has free zipped Adobe Illustrator vector files of flags for every country in the world.
Get a free copy of Advent Pro at Deviant Art. It’s a really nice sans-serif that comes in regular, light, extra light, bold, extra bold, regular oblique (not italic), and regular rounded. Commercial work containing this typeface must include the reference to the author; personal projects don’t necessarily need to have a reference.
If you’re a web designer in Missouri, this is a good place to get listed: The Missouri Web Design Directory. (They also offer a national directory as well as one by city.)
Twitterkeys is a great little collection of symbols and shapes that are UTF8 compatible. This just means that these shapes can go lots of places a font-based (dingbats) or html dependent picture (.jpgs and .gifs) can’t go.
Originally made by TheNextWeb for enhancing Twitter posts, I’ve found this bookmarklet helpful for spicing up my communication in other places, like forums and email signatures. Just drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar: TwitterKeys and you’ve got a pallet of very portable symbols and glyphs at your copy & paste disposal.
FlOw, published by That Game Company, is as pretty to look at as it is addicting to play. And I don’t mean button-mashing frenzy-type addiction. FlOw is a beautiful, relaxing, experience with eye-candy that’s deceptively simple and a has a soundtrack to match. And it’s hard to put down once you’re fully immersed in its serenely-styled world of dog-eat-dog survivalism.
This is a game that will reward a casual player with mild curiosity and 10 minutes to burn; as well the hardcore type who will play all the way through, time after time, and relish small details. This is exactly what all games should be, but so many aren’t. It’s no surprise flOw pulls it off: it was designed from the ground up to appeal, universally, to the human mind.
Flow theory from wikipedia:
With Flow the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi names the feeling of complete and energized focus in an activity, with a high level of enjoyment and fulfillment. As Csikszentmihalyi sees it, the components of a Flow producing activity are:
* We are up to the activity.
* We are able to concentrate on the activity.
* The activity has clear goals.
* The activity has direct feedback.
* We feel that we control the activity.
* Our worries and concerns disappear.
* Our subjective experience of time is altered.Not all of these components need to be present together for Flow to be experienced.
Or to put it simply: (Graphic from Deepfun.com)
The game’s creator, Jenova Chen, wrote his MFA thesis on flow and flOw. It came out in 2006 with little fanfare and has been slowly, but surely (4,000,000 downloads), gaining an audience. It was named one of the Best Indie Games 2007 by WIRED, was on PC World’s 101 Fantastic Freebies, and has been ported and made available for download on PSP via the Sony Playstation Store.
So, if you want a game that’s a little out of the ordinary with fantastic game play, and one that looks and sounds as good as it plays, go over and check out flOw. All you need is a mouse and hours/minutes of free time; you’re ready to flOw. (Warning: link may negatively affect productivity.)