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A VIsual History… is it branding confusion or an adaption to changing times?
The other day I accidentally did a content “aware” fill in CS5. The results were unusually surreal. Here’s a before and after:
This new flight search tool has a great interface. But I see they are missing Southwest in the search I tested.
I’ll have 2 of my new mini light boxes in this group show.
One Shot x2 2010
October 2 – October 29, 2010
Reception: Saturday, October 9, 2010 2:00-4:00pm
Harvey Milk Photo Center Gallery
50 Scott Street, San Francisco, 94117
One Shot X 2 is designed to showcase the work of our members, who are all accomplished photographic artists working in various styles. In our inaugural One Shot in 2003, we had the challenge of selecting just one image that would represent our work to the public.
I have been showing with these great folks for a couple years…
Entry Fee (Artists Review – SFMOMA Artists Gallery): $40.00
The SFMOMA Artists Gallery exhibits artists of established ability who live in the Bay Area and Northern California, providing a source of revenue for the artist and exposure of their work through the Gallery’s exhibition, sales, and rental programs. Our inventory focuses on original painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, new media, sculpture, and is made available for sale or rental to the museum membership and the public as well. Proceeds from rentals and sales of art benefit the programs of the SFMOMA Artists Gallery, which supports both the Museum and regional artists. The Artist Gallery reviews submissions from new artists interested in having work in the gallery once a year in the fall.
ARTIST ELIGIBILITY:
Eligible artists must live full time within the greater Bay Area and Northern California.
via Call Detail.
Another sign of how successful WordPress has been at solving the blogging and CMS puzzle. You don’t have to be a WordPress expert to see strength in these numbers. I wonder how many of these new users are looking to customize wordpress layout.
Microsoft says that it decided that instead of building its own competing blogging service, it should go with WordPress’s fleshed-out feature set, which has 26 million users and powers over 8.5% of sites across the web. Users will be migrated through a process that preserves all of their content, and will automatically redirect visitors who head to their existing Microsoft Live Spaces sites.
via Windows Live Outsources Blogging, Migrating 30 Million Users To WordPress.com.
More amazing information design…
“2053″ – This is the number of nuclear explosions conducted in various parts of the globe from 1954-1998.
AKA the “oauthcalypse“…
Twitter now requires all third-party app developers to use “OAuth” for user authentication. Twitter’s reflects a big trend on the social web, where basic authentication is being left behind for the more secure OAuth when services and applications connect user’s accounts
The biggest advantage of OAuth is you don’t have to tell your Twitter password to anyone other than Twitter. Connections will be token-based—once established, you can change your Twitter password without having to re-enter it into the website plugin (or app).
The only disadvantage is that old apps that haven’t updated to use OAuth will stop working this week. All of the popular ones (Seesmic, Tweetdeck, etc.) have already updated.
What does this mean for WordPress users? if you use Twitter Tools (or any other plugin that connects to Twitter) you will have to take extra steps to keep those tools working.
Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. See: WordPress › Twitter Tools « WordPress Plugins.
Twitter Tools offers a useful step by step instruction for how to set up your own “app”. It’s pretty easy but takes a few clicks and I’m sure many users will not be happy this week.
Here’s how I filled out the form to set up my twitter app – these settings may be helpful to you too:
This Yelp post has a funny video about a barbershop in LA that advertises its negative reviews. They have a healthy attitude about it.
Three Things You Didn’t Know About Negative Reviews
1. Most reviews on Yelp are actually positive — about 85% are 3 stars or above. In fact, this is pretty consistent across the Internet: when people share information about an experience or product, it’s often because they’re happy.
2. This may seem counter-intuitive, but negative reviews can actually be a good thing. Some savvy consumers are actually suspicious of businesses that sport an unblemished record. On average, a restaurant with more than 20 reviews and a 4 star rating on Yelp has three times more page view traffic than a restaurant with more than 20 reviews and a 5 star rating.
3. No one takes the negative review as seriously as you do. Your prospective customers are sizing up the reviews and the reviewers just as much as they are sizing up your business, so give them a little bit of credit and trust their ability to discern the diehards from the blowhards.
via Yelp Official Blog: The Positive Side of Negative Reviews.
Best Stevia you can buy
I have used this product for a long time and just wanted to let people know that they can order it online now and according to the research done by WFM sales tax is NOT to be applied to stevia anymore since FDA changed its status from “Supplement” to Food (additive). (Disclosure: I’ve done design work for this company but I don’t get a cut of sales or anything like that).
SUPER STEVIA Liquid & Powder: $23.99
via Order SUPER STEVIA: buy stevia online, by phone or email.