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Typography: “The End” of Westerns

By Ari Salomon | Published: August 10, 2010
A collection of end title stills from Western films throughout the years. Just a very tiny taste of the design goodness over at the Movie Title Stills Collection. Browse hundreds of title frames by decade, or go to the special collection of Film Noir and Westerns. In many cases, you can see both the beginning [...]
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If San Francisco Crime were Elevation…

By Ari Salomon | Published: August 9, 2010
This is a art project – but very much a UI exercise that is a cousin of web design. A year of crime data for San Francisco from 2009 was used to create these 3D maps. Interesting to read the comments… via If San Francisco Crime were Elevation | Doug McCune.
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Amazing Color slides from 1939-1943

By Ari Salomon | Published: August 8, 2010
America in color – these photos are worth a look… These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were [...]
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Ari’s collection of WordPress tutorial videos

By Ari Salomon | Published: August 4, 2010
Here’s some short and useful wordpress tutorial videos. I’ll keep this page updated with new ones as I find them. How-To: The WordPress.com dashboard – introduction .
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AOL Artists: $25,000 grant

By Ari Salomon | Published: August 1, 2010
The AOL Grant Program 25 for 25 is part of AOLs Project on Creativity, launched during AOLs 25th Anniversary year. We want to connect, empower, and support the next generation of creative thinkers. Inspired by Chuck Closes philanthropic work in art and arts education, we will be awarding grants to tomorrows brilliant creators. Weve assembled [...]
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How Well Can LEDs Meet the Energy Challenge?

By Ari Salomon | Published: July 31, 2010
I just bought some LED “Ribbon Strip”  for a new version of my Motion Studies light boxes. I came across this interesting article that details why LED technology is not ready to replace fluorescent lighting in many situations. I recently read that IKEA is going to eliminate all incandescent lighting by the end of the [...]
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Photobook competition for photographers who self publish

By Ari Salomon | Published: July 27, 2010
The Photographer and the Self-Published PhotoBook The self-published photobook is an exciting new avenue for photographers to present their work directly to the public. In addition, the photobook itself can be a work of art. As part of the Davis Orton Gallery’s commitment to showcasing the work of contemporary photographers, the Gallery is sponsoring a juried photobook competition [...]
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Design Contest in Poland

By Ari Salomon | Published: July 21, 2010
This is not a photo contest and not about a web design contest in San Francisco but it might be of interest to designers out there. I showed some of my photos at a photo event in Lodz a few years ago. Portfolio review is a very popular and attractive form of presenting own work [...]
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Grant Information: FotoVisura

By Ari Salomon | Published: July 7, 2010
Deadline and Time Frame • The Grant competition officially begins Thursday, July 1st at 9:00 am EST • The deadline is Wednesday, September 15th at 12:00 noon EST • Final results will be published on November 1st, 2010 • $30 for a yearly membership, only members can submit via Grant Information & Prizes | FotoVisura [...]
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40 CMS Enabling WordPress Plugins

By Ari Salomon | Published: June 29, 2010
This is a great list although the first section might be out of date since WordPress 3 now supports custom content types “natively”. I recently came across one plugin they list that was very impressive in it’s scope but a bit hard to use: Role Scoper is a comprehensive enrichment for access control in WordPress, [...]
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