Fresh Creation - Inspiration For Creative Minds

AJ Fosik - 3D Sculptor

2009-07-06T12:26:00+01:00

Get a behind the scenes look in to the creative mind of AJ Fosik. His sculptures are quite unusual through his use of garage objects, bright colours and 3D techniques. (via wooster)

Eye Trick Town

2009-07-06T09:31:00+01:00

Imagine a town with multi-story buildings painted to look like something else? You don’t have to imagine because National Geographic takes a look at a region of Italy with thousands of Trompe-l’œil (literally translates to “trick of the eye") houses. The full post has another video with a similar group of buildings in France.

Zopa - Who Needs Banks?

2009-07-06T05:24:04+01:00

Zopa is the world’s first social finance company. In 2005 they pioneered a way for people to lend and borrow directly with each other online as part of their continuing mission to give people around the world the power to help themselves financially at the same time that they help others.

Why Open Source Video Is Important

2009-07-05T11:28:00+01:00

The newest version of Firefox supports open source video. Mark Surman, Executive Director of the Mozilla Foundation explains why keeping the internet open and free is important. For example, did you know you have to pay a licensing fee to broadcast MPEG over the internet?

Be A Voice Not An Echo

2009-07-05T07:55:00+01:00

Cornel West, Ph. D. gave an amazing commencement address to this year’s Spelman College graduating class. Among many enlightening things, Cornel advised the graduating students keep an attachment to what created them and remember that “we all emerge in the funk.”

Life & Times Of Tim

2009-07-04T11:56:02+01:00

Steve Dildarian is the creator of the adult comedy The Life &Times Of Tim. Steve never drew before, creates by accident and was shocked his short was even accepted into a few animation festivals. Next thing Steve knew his work was on HBO and recently, Virgin1. Lesson: Take a chance. No matter your experience level.

It Might Get Loud

2009-07-04T06:08:00+01:00

It Might Get Loud is a new rock and roll documentary. The movie puts together three great musicians; Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White and take them to “influential locations of their pasts.”

Stanford Computer Science Senior Project Faire

2009-07-04T00:52:00+01:00

Video about two projects from a Project Faire by Stanford Computer Science seniors. The first is Savant, software that makes your music playing sound better. Second, StrokeCoach, a project that turned the iPhone into a tool for helping stroke victims.

Top 10 Webby 5 Word Speeches

2009-07-03T09:57:01+01:00

The Webby Awards has a tradition of only allowing 5 word acceptance speeches. From the recent 13th annual show, my personal favorite was Wired‘s, which you can see above. My other 9 favorite speeches are apart of the full post, along with links to the related websites.

Michael Jackson’s Songs And You

2009-07-03T05:45:00+01:00

Michael Jackson is everywhere in the media. In the USA especially. This video shows that MJ influenced and inspired people from all ages. “Picking random lyrics from a glove, people in New York reminisce about the meaning of Jackson’s songs to their lives.”