Creative Victuals

Alphabet Soup: MFA in ID from SVA

Damn. Did you know you could get an MFA in Interaction Design? Super cool. Also cool: This...

Jul 30th

Fojol Brothers: Foiled by Lame City Cop

Here at the office, we were all pretty excited with the Fojol Bros. announced that they’d be...

Jul 30th

Bitch, Co.

In case you haven’t had enough of the bitching in your own shop, Bitch, Co.’s Twitter...

Jul 30th

Ghostbusters '54

An answer to that burning question: “What if Ghostbusters had been filmed 30 years...

Jul 30th

Mad Men'd

I may or may not have Mad Men’d myself over lunch. (Clarification: While I am rocking shorter...

Jul 29th

“Search Engine Optimization isn’t degrading the written word...”
—  My fine writer friend’s...

Jul 29th

Quotes / Citations

The Quotes / Citations Flickr set might be my favorite thing from today. [via]

Jul 28th

For the Extremely Fashion Forward

I give you: the single-lens sunglasses. (Wait. Wouldn’t it be…sunglass?) It looks...

Jul 28th

Paris aujourd’hui, s’il vous plait. More: Art Home on Palais de Tokyo. [via]

Jul 28th

Lovely weekend, all!

Jul 24th

Ad agencies: "Do as they say, not as...

Q. — As a general rule, what industry (as a whole) has the worst web sites? A. — Ad Agencies. ...

Jul 24th

Project Le Tour

Jul 24th

“Cronkite’s son thanked his father at his funeral for...”
— @AnnCurry. That made me get...

Jul 24th

New Rules

From Wired Magazine via swissmiss.

Jul 23rd

Guerrilla Marketing Meets Do-Goodery

I have a soft spot for guerrilla marketing, and this Salvation Army campaign lends some perspective...

Jul 23rd

Twitter: Spacey Coaches Up Letterman

Hilarious. Although, using ALL CAPS in any form of web communication is a big...

Jul 23rd

Inspiring: Katie Did

Katie makes the cutest clothing for her kids. It really makes me want to take up sewing. I...

Jul 22nd

Palin: Copyedited

Vanity Fair’s editorial staff takes a swipe (or five hundred) at Gov. Sarah Palin’s...

Jul 21st

How’d I forget about the Daytrip Society? The name reminds me of the make-believe adventures...

Jul 20th

Frank McCourt: 1930-2009

From, “A Storyteller Even when Teaching,” in the New York Times: A common exercise...

Jul 20th

Frank McCourt: Gravely Ill

I was really saddened to learn that author Frank McCourt is in Hospice with what seems to be...

Jul 16th

Living with Less

Hillary writes a bi-weekly ezine about the small living movement. I really like what she has to say...

Jul 16th

Cursed Emailers

I may have to start unsubscribing from various retailers so that I stop falling in love with stuff I...

Jul 16th

Excellent Use of "Whomp"

In case you aren’t yet hip, Refinery 29 tells you how to get shot by the Sartorialist.

Jul 14th

Cardon Copy

From Coudal: “Cardon Copy redesigns and replaces unconsidered fliers and tear-offs posted...

Jul 14th

“Sorry I made you feel like an asshole. But really Megan, do...”
— My co-worker’s response...

Jul 13th

All American Official Necking Team

Read the story behind and bid on the All American Offical Necking Team button…and of...

Jul 10th

Tra-la-trolley

Boy am I disappointed that I didn’t know about this before we bought our rickety shopping...

Jul 10th

Getting Reaquainted: Blik

I’ve loved Blik for a long time, but sort of forgot about them (sorry!). Now that D and I are...

Jul 10th

Liquor and Lit: The Portrait of the...

Fantastic, funny and touching piece from Charles Deemer who examines the “hard-drinking...

Jul 10th

Tweeting As Play

Rob Walker ponders whether Twitter is work or recreation: I’m sympathetic to that critique: While...

Jul 10th

Carsonified: Redesigned

I’ve sung Carsonified’s praises before (I attended Future of Web Apps ‘06 in San...

Jul 9th

Mast Brothers Chocolate

I’ve just learned about the Mast Brothers. Sources tell me their names are Rick (L) and...

Jul 8th

Uh Oh!

More Astuteo. This time, the image from their 404 page. The whole “Uh Oh,...

Jul 8th

SlickMap CSS

Astuteo’s SlickMap looks pretty slick indeed: SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for...

Jul 8th

Google Forgets Its Own Safe Search

Recently, Google added a stream of RSS feeds to its Google Reader homepage. I’m assuming they...

Jul 7th

Calling Cards

Transient Ink wonders: If your typeface were a prostitute, what would her business card look like?

Jul 7th

You know you've spent too much time in...

…you recognize obscure bathroom and food court photos on Rainn Wilson’s blog. So....

Jul 7th

Ikea: Lessons Learned

Believe it or not, I’ve only been to Ikea twice before today (Ikea doesn’t have...

Jul 3rd

Resume / Infographics

Michael Anderson’s super cool visual resume. View in full size to experience the goodness in...

Jul 1st

Tweet My Bumper

“Follow me in traffic. Follow me on Twitter.” I would like this for commercial...

Jul 1st