Watch: “One” & “Ambling Alp” by Yeasayer
“O.N.E.” by Yeasayer from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.
Yeasayer – Ambling Alp from Spy Films on Vimeo.
TechCrunch asks “Why Doesn’t Facebook Look Like This?”
For reference, “this” looks like this:
Designed by a firm called iA, the concept is brilliant in my humble opinion. All aspects of the interface finally have a point and a coherent design theme (the mail/communications idea.) Additionally, look at how much more touch friendly something like this promises to be!
So, for all of you who find Facebook to be more and more confounding with each passing revision, you aren’t losing your minds. And we can take heart in knowing that the same cavalier attitude towards user experience presents a chance to do something radically better. To quote TechCrunch:
But Facebook, perhaps more than any other web company, is good at knowing when to [..] ignore user complaints and push forward, to improve the product.
By now, if you follow my blog, you have probably realized my small crush on Zooey Deschanel. To quote a post on summer movies of 2009:
500 Days of Summer – Okay, I’m not as excited about this one, but still. Zooey Deschanel is in it. Really, she could just stand on screen for two hours and stare and I’d probably still go to the theatre, plunk down $8 and come out loving it.
And, though not mentioned here – but discussed over at a work blog – I am also a really big fan of Ada Lovelace, the “mother of computer programming” following my exposure to her in The Difference Engine.
I just found out via Gizmodo today that not only is there a movie in the works about Ada Lovelace entitled Enchantress of Numbers but Zooey is possibly on board to play Ada. Holy hell!
Did you know that in 1984, the year of my birth into this strange world, Honda asked influential musicians to promote their line of scooters?
Neither did I. But I love scooters and the 80s, so you can only imagine the joy I had at discovering this ad featuring Grace Jones while revisiting her ad for the Citroën CX:
Seriously, what the hell? And Devo:
I can guarantee you that my grandfather, eccentric as he was, did not base his 1984 Honda scooter purchase on this ad campaign (but, oh, how I wish he had!)
Yes, that is me on the back.
The official video for this song features an artfully insane ancient Greek/sci fi aesthetic that is right up my alley.
No, really. The man that looks essentially like just about any 20 – 35 year old white guy you’ve seen at an Apple store is, in fact, actually in the photo.
Those funky sunglasses? That stamped t-shirt and hippie shawl? The doofy, disinterested expression? He sure as hell doesn’t look like any Roosevelt-era bro I have ever seen.
Gizmodo has the full story. I’d love to track down the incongruous man to find out who he is and what was going on the day the photo was taken!
Is this the first step towards A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer?
Neal Stephenson (creator of the primer in The Diamond Age) via Facebook on Alice for iPad
(From Case for the iPad)
From Later…with Jools Holland
Caught this track on Sirius XMU‘s Download 15 as I made my way down the last ten miles of MD-213 this past Sunday. It’s been pretty much lodged in my brain since then as it’s über catchy (as you’ll soon find out.)
“In Ruins” by Fol Chen
It’s the first release from an upcoming album by Fol Chen entitled Part II: The New December, which sounds a little bleak compared to the single. Anyway, I’m in love and can’t wait to hear more!
This gorgeous short film is apparently well on its way to becoming a full length movie. I have no idea what the budget was or how long it took to put together, but the five minutes of action were more enthralling than most blockbusters I’ve seen of late. I really want to see more ASAP.
(Thanks, Flicksided)