Dan McKinley, Principal Engineer at Etsy, talks at the Warmgun 2012 conference in San Francisco on "Design for Continuous Experimentation." He describes the Etsy re-design process and explains why tabs and infinite scroll did not work for the Etsy Website architecture. Though it's a...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdd_WlG9UE?list=PLJ8RjvesnvDN8nTyeBVprU4nqd7zyPI-N&w=560&h=315] The 85th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS® are nearly here, and the twitter-sphere is buzzing with anticipation. You may recall, the OSCARS® had seen declining numbers in viewers until they began to incorporate Social Media into their promotional efforts. This year, advertisers are banking on Seth...
As the world continues to move closer to everything digital, it makes sense that the art of photography experiences a temporary tilt-shift. There’s no denying that a great photographer is defined by the creative eye behind the lens and not by the lens itself. So...
[caption id="attachment_2261" align="alignright" width="200"] Robert Amerman and Teresa Maslonka[/caption] Third Mind turns 17 on February 19. As I look back, I’m amazed by the change we have encountered! The web has reinvented itself many times since 1996. We’ve developed friendships, aided companies in their missions, watched...
I prefer clean and simple design, which isn’t necessarily what one would find in the use of parallax scrolling. Well not yet. However, I can see how the use of it, when done right, can open up the floodgates to a whole new...
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/58022280] Japanese singer-songwriter Shugo Tokumaru's song Katachi was brought to the screen in a fantastical dream-like stop-motion video. The talented Polish animation team of Katarzyna and Przemyslaw Adamski utilized about 2,000 silhouettes made from PVCC plates using a computer-controlled cutter which were filmed frame by...
I ran across an interesting informal tally of this weekend's Super Bowl commercials. The premise was: "Of the big 3 Social Media networks, which had the most mentions during the commercial breaks?". The survey tallied 52 commercial spots, between the kickoff and the 0:00 end...
The folks at DesignerFix have scraped a new round of interesting social icon approaches. Here is the collection of 40 approaches and here is a fun sample to whet your appetite: ...
Politmus is the only personal opinion-tracker that gathers your political stance on issues. It has been designed for disenfranchised voters in the UK, who want to feel more connected, in a time where when we have increased participation in everything but government. Politmus was the concept/working...
When one door shuts, another one opens. This is true for image support within Twitter. Have a look at this quick read regarding Pinterest 'sneaking in support' for Twitter Cards. This could be the beginning of a great relationship! http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/12/pinterest-twitter-cards-support/...