My week in 4 pictures...

I found my sleeping masking from my Tokyo trip (albeit slightly modified, by myself)

Pip The Dog becomes Pimp The Dog

(With a semi Mohawk).

New kicks which were discovered to be 'agency' colours. GDI.

Built a hut/ mansion complete with en suite, 2 reception rooms.... for a Pigmy Hedgehog, yep.

The Art of the business card...

The following collection of cards is the result of 3 months of time and living in South London. Yes, this is how many taxi cards I received through my front door in a mere 90 days. There are a few overlaps, duplications and what not, but there is a grand total of 48 cards.

Here's some things I picked up on, besides the fact that I get battered by taxi firms by way of my front door...

• Most of them have opted for the 'everythingyoucanfitonacard' option.
• White is the predominant colour.
• Most use stock images.
• One used a template from MS Word circa 95.
• Only one was done in a portrait layout.
• Most use the reverse for receipts.
• Only a few use colour double sided printing.
• 2 different brands used plastic printed cards.
• Only one uses the name and number and nothing else.

The 48 taxi cards:

The reverse:

The changes in business card design:

It's the best of a bad bunch if you ask me, but here are a couple of the more considered designs and have the best standout value in my opinion:

16-bit.

A little while ago, we stumbled across the white label copy of a then, little known, duo called 16 Bit and their 'Jump' track.
We later used it on a Nike ad.
The first dubstep track on an ad. Ever.
It was epic. Amazing sound.
Stumbling around... I tripped, fell and crash landed on this beauty.
16-Bit, Dinosaurs.
Check them on Twitter @16bit


16bit - Dinosaurs (Official Video) 1080p from ljudbilden on Vimeo.

Head-vatars

I wanted to change, my twitter avatar, but I guess that's how most people recognise me on there... so I thought of Head-vatars... this is the first of the batch.

Cleverbot Vs. Cleverbot

A while ago, back in March to be precise, I proposed an idea about pitching 'the cleverness of the almighty'. You can find my post right here, alas the project as I couldn't source the coding wizard.

Well, someone has only gone and done it. Hats off, an idea written down that is never realised, is just that, an idea - not a reality.

Here CornellCCSL put Cleverbot head-to-head with another Cleverbot. It's actually quite interesting, if a little spooky.

Enjoy...

Um....

IS 
THIS 
WHAT 
THE WORLD
IS COMING TO....

Vizualize.Me

PIMP yo' CV

A good month or so ago, a trend hit Twitter. Surprise, surprise. It seemed to spread like wildfire across the social network... It was a link to a site called Vizualize.me, a website that promised to vizualize your CV in one click, here's what you got. An email registration. Get three of more people to also register with their email address and you were promised early access, the more people who applied the quicker you got access ...and let's be honest my curiosity got the better of me. It looked 'kinda' cool.

 

*Note I'm currently typing like an American, because the site itself is in American spelling and it'll just get confusing if I keep changing between the two. Naturally, I chucked it on Twitter. Well a month or so later, this is the result. Using a series of different settings I've created my own profile å la LinkedIN. Weirdly though, there was no share button on the site for LinkedIN, even though it uses the API. Strange. There are a couple of different variations below. You can change colorways, types/fonts, and even upload your own custom background. Yay.

Now, I haven't dug too deeply, because now I know what it is, I don't really know why I want it or what the purpose is. What I'm trying to say is what's the point? Everyone loves infographics, or they did 6 months ago, they were all over the place, but am I expected to send this to a future employer? Is it really that practical? It seems weird that it's for designers because I'd imagine any decent designer would just say, you didn't make that you used Vizualize.me - if they even know what it is. Or is it just a little bit of fun? My interests, languages & skills aren't listed on LinkedIN so maybe I'm missing the boat on this one... but other than a fun little side project... what was all the hype? It's only in Beta, so perhaps I'll give it a bit of time and see what happens... I might even be tempted to update those bits on LinkedIN... For now though, it just looks 'kinda' cool.