Archive for June, 2006

Hidden gem in Mac OS X

Monday, June 12th, 2006

If you haven’t installed the developer tools that came with your mac, you’ve probably missed out on Quartz Composer. This fantastic little program lets you build great screen savers or movies by drag & drop.
Zugakousaku has made some of the best examples.

Soon \Soon\ (s[=oo]n), adv.

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

1. In the near future; shortly.
2. Without hesitation; promptly: came as soon as possible.
3. Before the usual or appointed time; early.
4. With willingness; readily: I’d as soon leave right now.
(source: dictionary.com)

I am sure most people know what “soon” means, but I am afraid that the marketing people at Nokia and Sony Ericsson do not.
Both [...]

Maya 8 at Siggraph 2006?

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

After Autodesk acquired Alias this winter, many Maya users have been expressing concern about Maya’s future. I asked an Autodesk employee about this, and he said: “..you will see from the future releases that our dedication to the product is unwavering”.
So, what can we expect?
New releases are usually announced at Siggraph, and I [...]

The anatomy of networks

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

I read Linked last Christmas, and it has not left my mind since. The recent findings in network theory expressed in this book are truly fascinating, and I would really recommend reading it – especially if you’re interested in social networking.

Company logos

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

My source of company logos has been extracting them from company pdf’s or by manually tracing them in Photoshop. That was until I found Brands of the World, a site offering a broad selection of company logos.

A design lesson from Microsoft

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

The video where Microsoft designs the iPod package that has been floating around for a while is very amusing.
But it is not just amusing: The fact that Microsoft admits to have made this video for internal education makes it really interesting.
I personally find the video very useful, and it applies to so much more [...]