posted October 7, 2017 #

My team @shopify launched AR functionality in @magnolia’s app! See products in stunning detail before buying them:… https://t.co/XirVQ2Avxi

Career Arc: Tom Petty

posted October 6, 2017 #

to read

posted October 6, 2017 #

ANNOUNCING A SHOW IN BROOKLYN Come to @pineboxrockshop in Buskwick on Sunday the 15th for… https://t.co/nWHfT8OjIR

posted October 6, 2017 #

gettin' spooky https://t.co/jPrgtmqs5x

posted October 6, 2017 #

GOOD MORNING. DAILY HORROR JAM - THE WITCH BLACK PHILLIP [VHS] https://t.co/kne9mP0dAK this movie messed me up. enjoy!

posted October 6, 2017 #

Me and my dumbass friend by the sea. Our dumbass music took us to Italy. We love it. We love eachother.… https://t.co/46LQrQ5RF9

Friday Videos - Oct 6th, 2017

posted October 6, 2017 #

Like it or not, it's October. Which means random ghosts, pumpkin carving and candy corn rules everything around you. There are worse things.

Stranger Things: The Game - Season 2 of Stranger Things is fast approaching and, of course, there's a retro videogame tie-in. I'll be real tho, it doesn't look awful.
Sound Archives 17 - nothing particularly wacky or outrageous here, just some wonderfully done motion graphics.
Untitled Goose Game - speaking of games, this looks great! An indiegame where you play a mischevious goose? Yep.
Austin Rogers: Jeopardy Champ - this guy rides the line between adorable and unbearable. Fortunately, he falls on the side of adorable more often.
Pixel 2 Announcement - I don't share this reaction to the Pixel 2 but I sure do love hearing this. Audio absolutely required.
Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling lose it in interview - just two dudes cracking up on their press tour. Pretty adorable.
Tom Petty - Don't Do Me Like That (1979 SNL) - the video here is askew to avoid content detection takedowns but it's a solid performance. It's literally impossible to pick a favorite Tom Petty song, he just has way way too many, but this one has always felt great.

Frank Chimero made this Tom Petty playlist and it's real good. I suggest a follow.

Monster Rally - Sunny Sloth

posted October 5, 2017 #

new track from forthcoming The Flowering Jungle. love that cover art.

The Gruesome History of Making Human Skeletons

posted October 5, 2017 #

to read

PYRAMID SCHEME T-Shirt – wowch

posted October 5, 2017 #

new WOWCH shirts are as good as ever.

The Book - Dictionary Stories

posted October 5, 2017 #

Jez made a book!

posted October 5, 2017 #

It's only Wednesday?

Evolving Dropbox

posted October 5, 2017 #

I spoke about this a little on Twitter but Dropbox recently revealed a rather massive new look. The brand overhaul includes a wildly ambitious color scheme, a refined brand mark and a family of typefaces (that's right, not one typeface, they got the whole family). The overall art direction is very... artistic! Lots of fine art styles and illustrations in the marketing to help set them apart.

Dropbox's primary functionality isn't very sleek to talk about - sync your files and/or share files to just about anyone. Punching that up and focusing on all of the creative materials that go into a Dropbox is a wise move. It's not a far cry from Mailchimp - a fairly boring base functionality but an extremely fun and interesting marketing campaign.

I've seen some dissent around people think it looks ugly or is a weird move for the company but I think it's a great idea. It also has had zero effect on the actual application (they haven't even updated the logo) and I doubt it will. Huge congrats to Aaron Robbs and Nicholas Jitkoff for the fine work.