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Card Observer

Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Fancy business card designs.

INTERVIEW PROJECT

Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009

A storytelling project by David Lynch. New episodes every 3 days.

Office Snapshots

Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Loads of office space interior visual goodness.

Prezi - The zooming presentation editor

Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Create presentations with a zooming twist. Novel approach to an old business tool.

Inspired Bicycles

Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Some of the sickest riding I’ve ever seen.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Enjoy infographics and storytelling? This is a good one.

It’s trying times for newspapers in today’s evolving...

Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009

It’s trying times for newspapers in today’s evolving media landscape. Just Friday, The Boston Globe was threatened to be shut down by its parent company, The New York Times Co, which makes this TED video so timely. Polish designer, Jacek Utko, asks “Can design save the newspaper?” See what he has learned through his design efforts for major Eastern European publications and enjoy some beautiful print and information design in the process.

This post was originally published in the Iridesco Watercooler.

How Michael Osinski Helped Build the Bomb That Blew Up Wall Street

Tue Mar 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009

A smooth read in which the author described his role in creating the software that enabled the securitization of mortgages. If you've been reading about the financial crisis, add this to the list of entertaining, educational, and wtf articles.

In Red Hook, Brooklyn, a Nighttime Bike Race With No Brakes

Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009

A Brooklyn Bike Race Worthy of James Dean

SuperNews! Twouble with Twitters // Current

Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009

SuperNews! Twouble with Twitters // Current

This post was originally published in the Iridesco Watercooler.

red 4 wheeler

Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009

d.wen posted a photo:

If I lived in the mountains, this would be the kind of 4 wheel drive vehicle I’d have. (as spotted at a farmer’s market in Houston, TX)

Snacks and Shit

Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009

"No room service just snacks and shit. This is the line that started our whole obsession with rap and hip-hop lyrics."

Extreme Sheep Herding LED Art

Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Is this for real?!

A couple years ago, we launched a side project called the World...

Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009

A couple years ago, we launched a side project called the World Clock Project. The idea was to create a gallery of public clocks from around the world, and use the photos from the gallery to power a timepiece where each minute is represented by a different photo (showing, of course, the correct time). Since our flagship product is all about time tracking, we saw the project as a perfect mix of art, community involvement, and relatedness to our business.

Recently, New York Times writer Zahra Sethna came across our project and reached out to us to do a shopping column for wall clocks. Here’s that resulting story:

Shopping With Shawn Liu and Danny Wen – Springing Forward With a Fresh Batch of Clocks – NYTimes.com

This post was originally published in the Iridesco Watercooler.

Singletasking

Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009

It's the new multi-tasking. I love this.

SXSW Bingo - Snap. Tag. Tweet. FTW!

Thu Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Last Thursday, we had an idea for this year's SXSW festival. We liked it enough that we thought it was worth hunkering down for a few days to make it happen. Now a week later, we present to you: SXSW Bingo. Have fun and maybe win a Kindle 2.

A Modest Proposal - Bikers, Take the High Road - NYTimes.com

Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009

A very reasonable open letter to the biking community, written by a biker.

Teleport me back to the early 1900s because I’m quite fond...

Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009

Teleport me back to the early 1900s because I’m quite fond of the brandmarks of those early days.

20 Corporate Brand Logo Evolution

This post was originally published in the Iridesco Watercooler.

SIGMA DP1

Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009

A compact digital camera with the power of an SLR? Want.

The VINTAGE CYCLING ADVERTS Pool

Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009

Could spend hours looking through these.