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Months after third parties were able to demonstrate that Comcast was throttling BitTorrent traffic, along with the FCC's decision to investigate Comcast's P2P throttling, the cable company has quietly changed (for the first time in 2 years)its Terms of Service.

According to Section III of the revised ToS, Comcast "uses reasonable network management practices that are consistent with industry standards." Comcast also states, "If the company didn't manage its network, its customers would be subject to the negative effects of spam, viruses, security attacks, network congestion, and other risks and degradations of service. By engaging in responsible network management including enforcement of this Policy, Comcast can deliver the best possible broadband Internet experience to all of its customers."

so let me see if i got this right - Comcast is sayin' their P2P throttling practices are for our own good?!

to my design 01 students > don't forget about monday's quiz! along with your book and my study sheet handout here's a few other good places online to check out:

software tutorials

LTS Online

freetimefoto

to all my students if you are interested in the possibility of earning some cash and a sweet piece to put in your portfolio the NWINLA has faxed me info for their logo design competition. email me for the details!

Print Magazine has created a 2008 Election Graphics flickr group and is asking for submissions. it's also a great place to get inspired for your own poster designs.

Vanity Fair is presenting beautiful promotional movie posters in a web exclusive slide show from the secret collection of late screenwriter Leonard Schrader.

since Polaroid broke the news last week that they would no longer be making Polaroid film (though i kinda figured it would happen sooner than later as they stopped making instant cameras over a year ago) there's been an increase in conversation on the web revolving around Polaroid photography including the quite interesting one i found about how to convert a polaroid camera to a digital one.

the new february 2008 issue of Adobe Magazine is available as a FREE download. to my students - take note of the Talent for Good section about seven designers and the posters they created by combining creative inspiration and civic responsibility. 

Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print is a new exhibition at Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, examines the intersection of digital technology and the graphic arts. Imaging by Numbers surveys the use of computers in printmaking and drawing through approximately 60 works created by nearly 40 North American and European artists from the 1950s to the present. The exhibition focuses on artists who wrote their own computer code or collaborated with computer engineers. Exhibition:  January 18-April 06. 2008

check out over 10 years of Ride Snowboards ads in their web site's AD ARCHIVES.

Design & Life has published issue 11 with a little something extra for their anniversary this month - they invited 4 previously interviewed designers to design 4 anniversary covers. You can download them all for free from their website now!

The shootings on the campuses of Northern Illinois University and Louisiana Technical College this past week and the tragedy at Virginia Tech University last April brought a shocking reminder of how an ordinary, daily event can turn into tragedy. This tragedy illuminates, however, the generous human impulse to want to help those who have suffered loss.

In response to this tragedy, the University and College Designers Association is orchestrating a poster project. They are asking members and designers to design a poster that reflects some aspect of campus violence--the shock of the event itself, the heroism of the survivors, or the importance of crisis preparedness.

This summer, UCDA's Designer magazine will feature the posters, and include them on the UCDA website. Each one-of-a-kind poster will also be on sale through an online auction.

To contribute a poster, please complete the entry form and email your poster file to info@ucda.com.

via UCDA

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