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Barclays: Pingit

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:20:39 +0000

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"Don't touch me, Steve."

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Better Block OKC: Ludivine

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:19:26 +0000

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A brief review of some of the happenings from last weekend. We like what you said there, Johnathan. Keep it up.

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From Love to Bingo

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:41:14 +0000

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Parking Douche

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:31:19 +0000

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Brilliant. Maybe this could get all the douche truck drivers from parking wherever they want.

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Leap Motion

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:29:32 +0000

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This is supposed to be the replacement for the mouse and keyboard. Great concepts, but wouldn't your arms get tired after 30 mins?

See more at: http://leapmotion.com/

via < a href="https://twitter.com/#!/WalkingStick_Co">clintwalkingstick

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Transparency in the Evolution of Technology

pieratt — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:33:14 +0000

The Next Web recently asked Is the internet is making us more honest?

The article is interesting, but I wonder if there is more at play here.

If you’ve ever gotten me liquored up, you may have heard me mention my belief that the internet is forming the foundation of what will eventually become the first artificial intelligence. Which is to say, I believe that someday, our collective activity online will reach the right density and type and the connections between us will become synapses. Somewhere in the digital aether a light will go on and a new kind of life will exist. The first self-aware machine, born of the wetware of a billion+ humans.

If you take this as a given (!), that we are all nodes in the network of a massive machine, then our move towards transparency begins to look more like system optimization on a cultural scale, encouraged through new memes and behaviors, as expressed in all sorts of unexpected ways, like Foursquare checkins, reality television and CEOs volunteering their failures.

A lie holds no information beyond what it says about the lie teller. An exaggeration stated in conversation does nothing but breed false expectations in the mind of listener. A great experience not shared is done so at the detriment of the collective. If my laptop was forced to run on the inefficiencies inherent to the day-to-day communication styles of a typical person, one full of nuance, assumption, and false starts, its processor would slow to a crawl and burn out altogether.

From the Next Web article:

I’ve literally stopped telling little white lies because it’s much easier to be honest. Instead of cancelling a meeting with a PR rep and using the excuse “I’m not feeling well,” I say, “I’m exhausted and taking tomorrow off to go to the beach!” because I know I’ll likely take a picture of my beach trip on Instagram and wouldn’t want to get caught in a lie. And you know what? Most of the time they just say, “Have a great time!”

As a society, we’ve had 10,000 years to choose to be open and honest with each other, and we have generally chosen not to. But now we’re at a point where new technology plays a critical role in our lives, and technology has no use for our half-truths and doublespeak. They are disruptions in the flow of information. As we are all becoming parts of the machine, our relationships with each other are being ground down to purer, more efficient forms so that they can be put to better use.

We are becoming more honest because it increases the speed at which information can travel. We are becoming less private because to withhold valuable knowledge from the rest of the network is to act selfishly. We are becoming more transparent because that is what the evolution of technology asks of us.

Ben Pieratt is the designer and co-founder of The Egotist Network and Svpply. He loves design and he loves the internet. This piece was cross-posted from Ben's blog.

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Coupe Farts. Everyone Listens.

The Denver Egotist — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:04:12 +0000

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Recently, Boulder’s Coupe Studios challenged Egotist readers to pose sound questions via Twitter in preparation for their new “Ideas. Amplified.” campaign from gyro’s Denver office. The crowd-sourcing initiative launches today (you'll see it over there on the right) and features original animated soundscapes by Coupe, animated visuals by gyro AD and resident doodle maestro, Rob Lewis, and questions submitted by Egotist readers. Writer Ricky Lambert and ECD Cameron Day pitched in on the concept, along with Coupe’s multi-faceted sound designers and composers. Credit for the twittered questions appear in each banner. Tweet your question today for consideration in future banners — the weirder, the better.

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Neil Gaiman Addresses the University of the Arts Class of 2012

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:21:45 +0000

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Some inspirational words for us working creative types, especially those just starting out.

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Better Block OKC

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:30:14 +0000

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The Better Block Project kicks off today (details above). The project is a "community revitalization project that temporarily demonstrates how to improve a street with pedestrian and public infrastructure mixed with art, culture, pop-up businesses and street life." The overall design presentation is 'okay' but the concept and ideas are great. We want nothing more than to see areas of OKC grow and it's great to see the community contributing and encouraging these initiatives.

View more at: http://www.betterblockokc.com

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PBS Off Book: Lego Art

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:57 +0000

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A Brief History of John Baldessari

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:33:59 +0000

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Love how this mini documentary was put together. Tom Waits narration was spot on too.

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The Making of the Leica M9-P

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:25 +0000

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Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:26:34 +0000

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Friv Friday

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:23:14 +0000

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You've made it through the week. Take a break and watch some videos.

The Hipster Hunt

Apple's 1984 spoof of 'Ghostbusters' goes after IBM

Parkour Warrior God

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Featured: Jacob Weaver

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:04 +0000

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Stumbled upon this Black Cat Lounge logo (driving by - 36th & Western) and immediately caught my eye. After researching, discovered the work of Jacob Weaver. He is also in charge of creative at Fraternity Advertising. We dig your work sir, hope to see more.

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Braums Finally Updates Their Website

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:34:23 +0000

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Braums finally upgraded their website, that looked like it was designed by a 13 year old in 1995. Thank Goodness. It was designed by OPUBCO, which has been expanding their design and marketing services the last couple years. With a little digging, discovered that Whitney Parker Martin was one of the key designers on the project.

The overall design isn't too exciting and we wouldn't deem it portfolio worthy. BUT it is a huge step for the company. We've all heard horror stories of working with Braums and how difficult it can be for them to create anything 'new,' which is why they've probably using the same commercial for the past 20 years. The site is legible, no crazy pink colors now. Easy to navigate and serves its purpose well. It's a definate upgrade. Now if only we can get them to upgrade their store interiors and maybe not use 20 photoshop filters on their posters.

More images of a side by side comparison of the redesign can by found at Hal Gatewood's site (one of the lead developers on the project).

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The Sound of the Avengers

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:01:02 +0000

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"SoundWorks sits down with Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Christopher Boyes to unmask the superhero sounds from The Avengers."

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Oklahoma 2nd Grader Finalist for Google Doodle

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:45:01 +0000

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Well, we think it's cool that our state is being creatively represented at a national level, even if it is just a google doodle. Janessa is one of ten finalists to have her doodle on the homepage. Vote for her here: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html

via Gooden Group

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Trying to Remember Logos

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:22:32 +0000

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Samsung - Meet Loading Ball Larry

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:02:37 +0000

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I could swear this guy stalks me and my computer at work.

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RIP Maurice Sendak

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:26:15 +0000

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Carly's Cafe

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:28:36 +0000

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Create piece about Autism:
"This experience is viewed through the eyes of Carly Fleischmann, a 17 year old girl living with non-verbal Autism.

Based on an excerpt from the book Carly's Voice: Breaking through Autism, it explores how, for someone with autism, a simple act like going for a coffee can descend into chaos."

Visit http://www.carlyscafe.com for the full experience.

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AIGA Oklahoma: Status Serigraph

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:02:12 +0000

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Details of the event are above on the flier. Speaking of AIGA fliers, this one isn't too bad, but definately seen some not so great ones. As an organization that speaks for Oklahoma creative and design, I would hope they would create better promotional materials to better represent our design community.

As I have been informed, the even is actually on the second floor. Complete details on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/223250151124010/

and if you're not familiar with the work, check it out: http://statusserigraph.com/

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This Is SportsCenter - Star Wars

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Mon, 07 May 2012 07:39:08 +0000

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We forgot to post for Star Wars Day. Maybe this will make up for it.

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Kevin Durant & James Harden Take Kate Upton to Work

The Oklahoma City Egotist — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:40:46 +0000

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