Catalyst

This has been my first experience attending Catalyst and I'm really digging it. There is no free Wifi however and while my phone gets data signal this year I'm opting to take hard-copy notes, digest them, and post them later next week. In the meantime, here are a few …

how the Wilsons roll

Forgive the slightly off-motion-graphics-and-video topic but I just happen to find this to be the cutest thing ever. (and yes, that's me praising with a "YEAH!" in the background). A few things to note beyond the obvious cute girl singing:

(1) She still rocks the …

Moment Factory interview | NIN visuals

Nice little overview of some of the technologies Moment Factory developed for the current NIN tour. Yes, I will also be attending the second leg of this show.

GOOD | The Hidden Cost of War

Look the feel and movement of this piece, The Hidden Cost of War. I'm sure Shua with his love of info graphics will appreciate it, too.

Aroma Coffee

What a great, clever ad campaign. (and it's on my favorite subject).

Stars Wars Pumpkins

In keeping with the upcoming holiday season, I suggest we all give this a shot.

LittleBigPlanet(TM)

LittleBigPlanet(TM) makes me want to renounce the Wii.

Play Tetris in Terminal

Terminal Tips: Play Tetris in Terminal - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

That's right, play Tetris in Mac's Terminal. That's good, because I don't really get Terminal and don't have a good working knowledge of what it does. Now I know it can do one thing.

You supply the caption

It's been a while. Have fun.

The Observer

This guy still intrigues me. If you're not watching Fringe, you probably don't really care. This was from the third episode.

Is anyone else out there watching Fringe?

After Effects "move to master comp" icon

In a series of discoveries by observation I ran across another icon in After Effects. As nearly always, upon examination it's actually pretty useful. If you don't pre-comp and sub-comp your timelines, you're really missing out on some powerful techniques. That's …

Twitter fast response

I love Twitter, and it's fast become more fun than blogging (no worries, still love the blog, too). This weekend, I twittered about a teenage speed demon who lives in my neighborhood. He uses the route past my house as a drag strip tearing about with little thought to …

Already Been Chewed

If you haven't been privy to this bit of knowledge, the very talented Barton Damer is now blogging. Go enjoy some Already Been Chewed and upgrade your good-taste-cred.

making beautiful come to life

Today I'm making beautiful come to life. Here's beautiful not moving:

And a teaser of the video version. It moves.

So, what are you making move today?

Jaws bus

I love it when creativity takes an existing limitation (ie., the door has to be in a bus) and includes it is the design of the project.

Renascent

Renascent has some new stuff uploaded. Oh glory it's good.

Thunder-what?

Last Friday Meg and I hosted her parents for supper and some family hang out time. After watching my kids chase their dog into exhaustion (it was pretty funny), they were off to bed.

Then her dad and I had a lesson in Illustrator. He's a fine artist who's learned …

Abandoned Cannons

Abandoned Cannons. Looks like something from Japanese Manga.

Gmail Spam Counter

Gmail's great, but if you're constantly annoyed at the spam count shown on the sidebar, this article will show you how to constantly purge it. I edited it just a bit, setting the "is:spam" mail to be kept, but automatically be shown as "read."

Self check out

You know how they have those self-checkout stations at grocery stores? Every time I use one I think it's funny when you buy produce and it identifies the produce for you. Then it asks you to move your [insert produce name here].

When I buy bananas, it says "move your …