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Funny Animal Pick

Sterling’s Gold: Wit and Wisdom of an Ad Man

After being out of circulation for 45 years the book makes its return to the big stage and to the world.  Sterling's Gold leaves no stone unturned and no subject feeling like it received the short end of the stick, covering: business, marriage, and the taste of success made sweeter with a glass of something strong.  Purchase now at Amazon

Advertising pioneer and visionary Roger Sterling, Jr., served with distinction in the Navy during World War II, and joined Sterling Cooper Advertising as a junior account executive in 1947. He worked his way up to managing partner before leaving to found his own agency, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, in 1963.
During his long and illustrious career, Sterling has come into contact with all the luminaries and would-be luminaries of the advertising world, and he has acquired quite a reputation among his colleagues for his quips, barbs, and witticisms.
Taken as a whole, Roger Sterling’s pithy comments and observations amount to a unique window on the advertising world—a world that few among us are privileged to witness first—hand—as well as a commentary on life in New York City in the middle of the twentieth century.

NY TIMES - The exciting tale of a gregarious man.
LA TIMES - Dude, you cant dude a dude, dude.  And this book manages to do that every time.

FAMOUS QUOTES FROM THE BOOK:

"Being with a client is like being in a marriage. Sometimes you get into it for the wrong reasons, and eventually they hit you in the face."

"When God closes a door, he opens a dress."

Visualizing Sound

From FourFifthsDesign.com

Russian designer Tatiana Plakhova brings site to sound...

James Bond 007: GoldenEye

While most first person shooter fans have their attention focused this November on Activision's latest game in the Call of Duty series, another franchise held in Activision's first person shooter assets, James Bond 007: GoldenEye, is poised for a nostalgic comeback.

Playing GoldenEye on the Wii allows precision targeting with the wii-mote/nunchuck controller setup (according to this IGN reviewer...).

But if the mood strikes, you could break out this throwback/special edition/N64 replica controller for the Wii...

In gold of course...



This version may just be a rumor/prototype, but one can dream ...


FYI, GoldenEye

KANYE WEST RUNAWAY MINI MOVIE

Roadmap to the gamepocalypse

A slideshow by Jesse Schell, author of The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses

Roadmap to the gamepocalypse

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BIOSHOCK MEETS STAR WARS

I am all about mixes and blends and that is why I approve of this image.  I mixed matched my socks this morning, so suck on that society!  And yes I like a little variety in my pudding, that's just the way I live my life.

Newest Kiddie to the Block

A fellow Chiat employee, Jayanta Jenkins, shared a song with all of us via our public email. It's a song that became an overnight internet sensation because the tone, vocals, and attitude does not readily reflect that of the singer. Initially, the song reeks of maturity, superstardom, and experience. The singer of the track however is a bite-sized newcomer and the youngest seed of the Men in Black & Matrix actors, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, respectively. Her name is Willow Smith. She's 9 years-old and was signed to JayZ 's record label almost immediately after her track, Whip My Hair, was released on the Internet. Here's the video to that song:

IPHONE MUSIC

Group performs a song with instruments on the iphone.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA BUT JOHNNY WEARS BLACK

As a tribute to the iconic singer, participants are asked to take part in a unique and interactive opportunity.  Fans can contribute individual drawings to be featured in a final video.  People from allover the world have be ask to participate in the project.  [ Johnny Cash Project ]

PRAGUE IS FATHER TIME

The 600 Years from the macula on Vimeo.

 The 600th anniversary of one of the greatest clocks on the planet --The Astronomical Clock in Prague -- was celebrated with an amazing video mapping.  Worth watching the entire thing.....

NEW VILLIAN

Sorry, Dylan Baker, but it looks like your most monstrous film role will remain "that pedophile from Happiness." The actor, who paid his due playing Dr. Curt Conners in all the previous Spider-Man films--presumably so that he could eventually mutate into the character's evil alter ego, The Lizard--has been usurped by Rhys Ifans.  The Wrap drops the knowledge that the actor will take on the CGI role.

CANDY BANDITS

Pee Wee and Regis take NY by storm twitter

Cookie

REPORT:  "YOU had Alaska, YOU had Texas and I had Rhode Island." This was the metaphor used for the negotiation Mr. Carl Seaton made yesterday after he was so generously given a small portion of the chocolate chip cookie Parvin and myself split on Wednesday afternoon. The argument ended in oral moratorium from Seaton and has continued on into switchboard public debate as of today.

Carl had a statement to make about the situation at hand:
"I feel blatantly disregarded and set aside for this gross misrepresentation of equality as it pertains to cookies." -Seaton

As since, there have been some agreement among parties. Parvin made a peace offering of her chocolate chip cookie today. A surprising 50% went to Carl as a means of settling the disagreement. Carl still seemed a little unsettled, asking for more than was alloted to him, but for now things stable. Lets just hope it will stay this way for awhile. Who knows what will happen by 3pm when the sugar rush kicks in again.

Music and Design from a-typical sources

Yuri Suzuki has made some fun looking toys that generate music and sounds from sources like cut-up vinyl records made into toy-train tracks, bar codes printed on pages and RGB information read by a scanner.

@1:25 is a demonstration of the RGB to sound design using colored markers drawn on white paper in a loop/track

London Design Festival: Yuri Suzuki from Core77 on Vimeo.

Gli-gli-glitch

No need to blow the dust out of your 8 bit cartridge... here's some glitch-inspired imagery from Max Capacity.

"T&C Surf Designs Glitch"




insert coin (loop).avi

"not to 50!"




"Pesticide Cycle"





...by Max Capacity...

Max Capacity's flickr

Max Capacity's tumblr

BABYOCALYPSE!!!!!!

When the earth has no hope and is over ran by robotic versions of the Governator, who will save us???  On second thought who will save the children!!!!  I now can slumber peacefully, sense  artist Shi Jinsong has solved this enigma that has plagued humanity for years.  Stroller with machine guns and scopes!  I wish I had this joy of life in my ankle-biting days......[via. DesignBoom]

The Nomadic Worker

Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.

With smartphones, laptops and tablet devices, what place does the desk have in today's world. We are becomimg as mobile as the devices we use, losing the importance of a true space where we can clamp down.  The video "Desk" explores the workspace of those who think creatively, and what their space says about them.  What does your desk say about you?  Is it full of excitement or is it bland and neglected?  Do we even need a place to call our own.......

Song or Bowl?

There has been recent debate among the greeters as to what should be the activity of choice for our greeter outing. Last week, Carl, our trusty supervisor, informed us that the activity was narrowed down to either karaoke or bowling. However, in coming to a decision on which would be best, the topic has divided the greeters in a debate among what would be a proper first outing activity. Some argued that karaoke would best, saying it would allow people to let loose. Others commented that bowling would be more practical and that more of us would participate. Whatever the argument, I feel it is time to settle this once and for all. The bond of the greeters should not cause controversy over the time we spend together. So I say, a good old fashion vote is in order.

So Everyone... Song vs. Bowl... lets hear what you think.

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