Here is a preview video for the upcoming release of Opera Mini. The developers at Opera have always been really sharp, their browser is standards compliant, and usually full of cutting edge ideas. It seems the only reason I can think of people don’t use their web browser more is they initially charged money for it. My good friend Mark Wyner even used a version of Opera along with a Mac Mini to build an amazing kiosk set up. Check out the video below, they do a good job of displaying the functionality and speed of this little beasty. What do you think, if they charge money for it will you pay?
Anatomy and Typography!
March 9, 2010
Sometimes it’s a simple idea and really great execution that results in a pleasing piece of art, other times it can be a grueling exercise of narrowing down shards of ideas right? These pieces by artist Katerina Orlikova combine two things I really love, typography and anatomy in a fresh and pleasing way. Replace the bones in these animal x-rays with elements of typography, simple yet brilliant spark of an idea carried out to fruition. I have to say I’m a bit jealous I didn’t think of the idea first, as I have a pretty large collection of anatomy books I’ve scored at thrift shops over the years. Well earned kudos to Katerina nice job!
Typography Anatomy
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Happy New Year!
January 1, 2010
Hard to believe 10 years ago we were all (well some of those people) worried about the great digital disaster Y2K! We are fortunate to still be around and to be celebrating 5 years of our little design agency Bitclone here in Portland Oregon. What’s been the key to our success? Well in addition to a meticulous obsession with new technologies and how they affect design, I believe it is our desire to provide a personal commitment to serving our clients. My grandfather was an amazing and inspiring human being who ran a Ford dealership in Old Saybrook CT. He had clients all across the country and he was often driving to places like Florida to personally deliver their cars to them! The man was always on the move, he would take these 15-20 minute power naps to recharge, but then pow he’s back up mowing the lawn, tending his huge garden, or helping someone out with a small task. He lived to a feisty old 93 years of age, take what you will from that and let’s rock 2010!
Here we are at our favorite little Perierra Crepe Cart (corner of Hawthorne and se 12th).
Cheers,
Eric & Alex
IE Serious Security Risk
December 16, 2008
there are a number of really good reasons I recommend my clients, friends and family to use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, and security is at the top of the list. No browser is 100% secure, but let’s face it, IE is a target, and it’s flaws are exploited more often. Today a pretty serious exploit was discovered, and while Microsoft scrambles to fix it all you can do is hope they are faster than the Black Hats.
Kaibo Zonshinzu- Amazing anatomical illustration
November 7, 2008
As a design professional and an artist I’ve always been fascinated with medical illustration, and these great paintings are really remarkable documents that transcend above the ordinary. They are really beautiful and grotesque, created in 1819 by Kyoto-area physician/artist Yasukazu Minagaki (1784-1825). The paintings were studies created from actual corpses which were actually the remains of recently beheaded criminals, and it is the grotesque expressions which really makes them stand out in this time period. There are two scrolls of 83 paintings currently hosted at the Keio University Library. Check out the rest of the images here (there is a link to page navigation in the bottom left corner of the page).
Link via the great: Pink Tentacle Blog
Youtube adds video time target for linking
October 26, 2008
Hey this is a pretty cool addition to the Youtube video player. If you want to link to a specific section of a Youtube video in minutes and seconds, you can now add that to the end of the link, so if someone clicks the link the video will start playing at a certain point. I tested this out with my demolition derby video…click here and it will start right at the monster truck portion 24 seconds in. Here is how you do it.
To specify a point, append a tag to the end of your video link with the following syntax: “#t=1m45s” (you can change the numbers before the ‘m’ and ’s’ to edit the minutes and seconds, respectively.
link via- Techcrunch
A great starter guide to Google analytics!
October 14, 2008
So you’ve just had me design you a nice looking dynamic website for your small business here in Portland or wherever your company resides…now what? The next step is you need to market and track ad campaigns and conversions! I’ve been using Google Analytics on a number of client websites, to track traffic obviously, and more recently to target conversions. Some of the newer features in Analytics are really great for figuring out just how visitors arrived, what page they entered on, where your traffic ends up going, as well as numerous other details. This is obviously important as it allows you to figure out which pages are successful, and which could use some sprucing up to make them maybe more appealing. Best of all, this application is absolutely free, and if you really want to get into it you can even use adwords to promote yourself as the two applications are integrated almost seamlessly. Check out this informative article to learn more about these exciting topics like Goals and Funnels!
Read More- Complete Guide to Google Analytics
Astoria
September 15, 2008
I was fortunate enough to get away from the computer and designing websites long enough to drive up to Astoria to play a gig with Lana Rebel this weekend. Astoria is a cute little town on the coast of Oregon right up at the top Northwest corner. The drive was beautiful, and on Sat we were able to head out to Ft. Stevens beach which was amazingly completely empty right around sunset. The light was perfect, the ocean was amazing as always…and I snapped a few picts with the iPhone.
Consciousness…
July 25, 2008
My good friend Nancy is an paramount Stumbler, she sends me so many links like every day I barely have time to check them all out. This one struck me as quite nice, and a simple little Firefox addition that will force you to pay a little more attention to the world around you. It is a simple add-on for Firefox that randomly plays a nice Tibetan chime. Take a break and live in the moment.
Consciousness- Firefox Add-on
Bitclone is a small Portland, Oregon based Web Design Agency owned by these two nerds Eric Baldoni and Alex Carey (pictured above somewhere in the outdoors, clearly lost without their trusty computers).