How Apple Music Onboards New Users

posted July 1, 2015 #

brutal but also completely true. UI/UX of Apple Music is gross.

Shawna X

posted July 1, 2015 #

Absolutely smitten with the works of Portland-native, NYC-resident Shawna X. Her illustration style has an elegant simplicity that really takes on a whole new life based on her color choices. There's nods to tattoo flash styles, neon signs and a fusion of 80's and modernist presentation. Words don't do it justice, go dive in and then follow her in all the places.

Ayoade on Ayoade

posted July 1, 2015 #

I don't know WHY he has a book but I'm certainly intrigued

Studio Workhorse, Inc

posted July 1, 2015 #

I've long been a fan of Jordan Butcher's work so it was quite exciting to peruse his latest freelance undertaking under the moniker Studio Workhorse, Inc.. His work with Filson outdoor brand is strong but he really shines with the album art and packaging. I can't stop staring at the cover for the JMSN record... unbelievable. With such a strong body of work I am sure he will have no problem garnering new clients willing to push boundaries even further and I, for one, can't wait to see it.

Be sure to cruise around his inspiration page as well - there's no end to wonderful things to see.

Good Look NYC

posted July 1, 2015 #

This portfolio of works from Good Look NYC is brand new but filled with a surprising amount of great work. From a beautiful Glen Hansard video to an oddly entrancing TEDxAustin opening to an absurd Fisherman's Friend breathmint commercial, they seem to have no drought of talent to share.

posted July 1, 2015 #

New cover! Smaller size! Same words! http://t.co/GMun7n8Y7v

posted July 1, 2015 #

To give myself a new hobby while fighting this monster in my body, I started an Instagram acct for my geriatric dog @thisishumphrey

posted July 1, 2015 #

I'm getting future-fatigue http://t.co/nqUNvhPMD2

DANIELS make a movie

posted June 30, 2015 #

with Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Elgin Park - The book

posted June 30, 2015 #

the short about the miniature town is now a book. looksnice.

Storytelling Insights from Lasseter

posted June 30, 2015 #

Great read from John Lasseter on Technology and the Evolution of Storytelling. The basic gist, the tools don't really matter as long as you have a proper story structure and emotive characters. You may have even read these words before but the insight is worth a regular re-read as it applies across the board of creative undertakings. Gems like this:

Andrew Stanton, my creative partner at Pixar, has this fantastic phrase that I use all the time, "Be wrong as fast as you can."

You don't have to be in moviemaking to take that as good advice.

Semi-related worthwhile read though not quite as inspiring: 6 Reasons Expensive Films end up with Crappy Special Effects

Drip For Drip

posted June 30, 2015 #

I've been enjoying the playfully competitive nature of Drip for Drip, a head-to-head design matchup between Wijtze Valkema (of Bamse Ontwerpt) and his favorite designer / illustrator friends. They design coffee cups, have a quick chat about coffee and share the results. Seeing the creations is a nice study in diversity while still staying on a particular theme.

I Am Chris Farley

posted June 30, 2015 #

I'm quite surprised this didn't happen sooner but there's a proper Chris Farley documentary headed for release in August. You can watch the trailer or just go ahead and pre-order it because, let's be honest, you're going to want to see it.

NPR Music's 25 Favorite Albums Of 2015 (So Far)

posted June 30, 2015 #

gotta dive in

WebAssembly: a binary format for the web

posted June 30, 2015 #

even the mention of Flash makes my skin crawl but I *am* curious about the future of this

Show Your Brains feat. Ua!

posted June 29, 2015 #

I don't Really see the change Open up, baby And show me your brains So, you say you went away Just to go and get your head straight Liar! Liar! Everyone knows you were trying Just to go and get laid Desire! Sire! Oh, we all gettin' loose tonight? Sippin' on some boobs for the juice? Surprise! We ain't healthy but we look alright Knockin' on a coffin with a colt 4-5 Ah...ya die! Wanna stop a convo fast? Say 'a kid has his mom's ass' Admire! Admire! The bum won't go All you want is the Beddoe That shit is high class Crier! Crier! Breathe blow Breathe blow Breathe blow don't fail me now I wanna survive Breathe blow pump it out And keep me alive Ah...ya die!

posted June 29, 2015 #

My son needed an empty piece of paper, so he opened a blank Word document and printed it out. We're doomed.

#LoveOverflow logo

posted June 29, 2015 #

excellent response from Stack Overflow founder about the latest marriage rulings.

YK Renovations

posted June 29, 2015 #

Over the weekend I started the first steps toward redesigning yewknee.com. This design has been here for awhile and I'm curious to spruce it up a bit. The first step in that process is to make sure the technology behind the scenes is in a good spot - which, currently, it is not. At the the moment, I'm running a cron job to poll for new posts from Twitter, Soundcloud, Delicious, etc and put them in the sidebar. Occasionally there's a real hiccup in the process and things start to duplicate. It's a real mess.

Enter Zapier, my saving grace from this methodology. Instead of having a script that is constantly looking for new updates, Zapier pushes an update when one exists. The event driven functionality will require less server resources and likely ensure that there's a whole lot less duplication.

The only snafu I've encountered so far is that retrieving "Likes" from YouTube is an enormous pain. Zapier doesn't support such a thing and the Youtube API requires constant authentication to retrieve that insight. It's a huge beast and I can't understand why they make such a high barrier for entry. Whatever happened to RSS feeds?

posted June 29, 2015 #

Here's the song from the #PeoplePlacesThings trailer. Maybe We'll Change by @photoopsmusic https://t.co/bFlFWVo5Sc https://t.co/0S1OnrJf5C