“HarperCollins Publishers is pleased to launch Browse Inside for the Apple iPhone. Browse Inside digitally replicates the experience of browsing the pages of a book prior to purchasing. To experience the pilot project firsthand, open the Safari browser on your iPhone and click here.”
I haven't given in to the iPhone craze yet (too expensive, and waiting for the bugs to die out). But when I do, I thought that the above feature may be convenient to have in rare occasions. Though, I do have mixed feelings about yet another thing you can do from your phone (especially since it concerns books). If I am in a bookstore, wouldn't it be better to browse books in person? And if I was at home,
I could browse on a large computer screen rather than a phone.
Talk to me next year....
I'm sure I'll be converted by then.
This evening I received an email blast about an upcoming animation competition. The website I was led to was very unique. The competition sounds great for any aspiring animators and is sponsored by HP. The winner will receive Maya software and win a tour of the DreamWorks Animation studios. The entries will be judged by Pete Fowler.
Link: toyrama
In the next few months there are quite a few interesting titles being published by Princeton Architectural Press. A couple notable ones are: Hand Job: A Catalog of Type and It is Beautiful..then Gone. But the one I am most eager to see is Taking Things Seriously: 75 Objects with Unexpected Significance. Quite a few designers I admire will have a unique item featured in the book including Kelly Blair, Joel Holland and William Drentel.
I was really surprised this morning to read an article about the Thai police force making use of the iconic Hello Kitty in a new way.
“the arm band of shame”
The cute symbol will now have a new meaning. I wonder if Sanrio is behind any of this.
(I had the chance to see the original creator of Hello Kitty, Ikuko Shimuzu, speak a few years back. Because she designed the character while employed by Sanrio, she never received any royalties from the multi million dollar industry)
I was very excited when I saw the commercial last week about "getting simpsonized." But I guess I wasn't the only one, and the simpsonize me site was flooded, and I didn't get the chance to see myself in yellow. (the site has received over 30 millions hits)
But the incredible marketing campaign provided another option for creating a Simpsons avatar modeled after yourself.
At www.simpsonsmovie.com, you can create your own Simpsons avatar by using a fun interface to select your different characteristics. Today I was finally able to get the Crispin Porter simpsonizeme site to work. So now I have two characters.
I'm not sure which process I enjoyed more.
The functionality of the avatar that is created by an uploaded photograph is incredible (if you have the time to wait).
Here is another fun find....The Simpsons invade Harpers’s Bazaar magazine:
Simpsons fashion spreads
* And the movie exceeded my expectations. It was a great addition to the television series. But we still don't know where Springfield is.
New Add
For more reading on the Simpsons, check out the fascinating SpeakUp article titled The Ultimate Brand Experience from the Unlikeliest Brand: D’oh!Or, Overanalyzing The Simpsons .
Link: Simpsons avatars
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About Me:
- Working on:
everything but what I should be doing. - Listening to:
television - Reading:
a few too many things at once: The Host by Stephanie Meyer, The End of America by Naomi Wolf, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami - Watching:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
