Archive for October, 2008

Focus on poverty, Blog Action Day

The guys over at Blog Action Day really deserves an applause. By now, over 12,000 blogs have participated in the event and that’sĀ over 12 million readers in estimated audience!

In summary, Blog Action Day is about generating awareness on a particular subject though mass participation - this year poverty.
The idea: awareness through social media.
The weapon: blog [...]

Typography, frilly bits style

Real cool post on Abduzeedo on typography flavoured with ornaments and fleurons - or “frilly bits” as it has come to be called. Check out a few previews below:

Full post
Tutorial on how the Abduzeedo wallpaper was done
Nice post with resources for brushes and vectors

Choking on employee emergency codes

I’ve recently began reading “Choke”, a novel by the guy behind Fight Club; Chuck Palahniuk. As with Fight Club, I’m completely enthralled by the straightforward provocative story line and edgy mentality towards life and how to live it. Some things are just totally absurd while others make so much sense - either way, it is [...]

Awesome Wario Land ad!

Now, this is cool!
Ad for a new Nintendo Wii game featured on YouTube - check it out: http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii
I encourage you to see it twice to get all the details