New Year's Resolution 2 - get more organized (and the iPhone app to get you there)

To get more organized is a multi-tiered conversation. Here's a little hint: if you want to be less frustrated adhere to this little rule, "A place for everything and everything in its place." This translates to tools, gadgets (where IS my phone), and information. For …

Paper animation

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.

New Year's Resolution and the app to get you there (pt1)

This is the first of a few posts about iPhone apps (something we all know I'm passionate about) and New Year's Resolutions, something I do every year. I know NYR's get a little cliched, but go with me on this. I'm not necessarily going to discuss my NYR's, though I …

Photos and sound

I love how this piece makes me feel like I know the subjects. And also it feels a little like Cloverfield.

1704 (clean) from Ryan Aylsworth on Vimeo.

Test Your GTD-IQ

I'm a huge proponent of Dave Allen's GTD

("Getting Things Done") system. I've always been interested in productivity and have come to live-and-die rely on it. It's become crucial to keeping everything in check.

This is a passion of mine, sometimes to the point of …

Beatmaker, iPhone, and Elf pt.3 - Execution

After transferring the samples to the iPhones we practiced, tweaked, replaced samples, and adjusted levels until everything worked together. We also rehearsed a rough song map (very rough) to get an idea of how the song would build. We practiced with a 5:00 counter to …

Yes and no

Yes and No.

10 Most Innovative Concert Visuals '08

I'm pretty stoked that 4 of my favorite groups, NIN, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, and Kraftwerk, are all mentioned in this list of "Most Innovative Concert Visuals '083.

Hardware or Software?

Hardware vs. Software. Which one?

Like Father, like Son (Santa ed.)

Yesterday as I put my son to be he asked me "Dad, what did Santa bring you?". This launched into a conversation that Santa brings presents only to kids, but he did visit me when I was a boy. "well, what did he bring you when you were a boy?"

As I mulled it over (via the …

Build A Squid

Got some free time? Build A Squid.

No Perfect People promo

Here's little promo we ran during our Christmas services. I went for simple and message-driven. (and as a personal challenge / limit, I decided to only use cuts. There are no actual movements save the "Not Really" keyframed sections.

No Perfect People Allowed promo …

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas blog world. The gnomes will be running things around here for a few days (read: autopilot) and I'll see you in a few.

Beatmaker, iPhone, and Elf pt.2 - Preparation

Beatmaker is a sampler / sequencer application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Some may initially balk at a $20 app. I would suggest you think of it less as a toy and more as a musical instrument. This is a fully realized program with seriously amazing …

Highway Hi-Fi

If my vinyl obsession goes this far someone probably needs to set in and stop me.

NewSpring Christmas Party

This weekend was great. Here's a little snippet from our Christmas services.

It Is Well from David Jolley on Vimeo.

Yulia Brodskaya

The papercraft work of Yulia Brodskaya inspires me to do something creative over the holiday break.

Beatmaker, iPhone, and Elf pt.1 - Concept

PART1 - Concept

Side note: I LOVE BEING PART OF A CHURCH that would allow me to chase an off the wall idea like this to completion. I don't know if you can tell, but I'm really having fun with this one.

In my mind there are several ways to visualize the lead-in …

Evernote: Evernote Adds File Syncing

Evernote, which is my digital brain extension, adds file sync. It just keeps getting better. Get Evernote now and see why I depend on it.

Happy Christmas from AKQA

Um, yes, dang. Happy Christmas from AKQA. Really, you should watch it all the way through.