Thursday, October 30, 2008

Hulu for Music? [MTV Music]

MTV launches MTV Music. Hmmm. Looks very similar to Hulu (NBC and Fox). I'm surprised it took 'em this long to get something out.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Evolution of Logos

Best Ad has a post showing the evolution of a couple corporate logos. I found it interesting how much or little companies have evolved their logos over time.

For example, after a significant change between 1955 and 1957, the logo design has continually been tweaked.


Bryant, thanks for sharing!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Let's get Photo Synth-ical, Synth-ical

Since Blaise Aguera y Arcas first presented a demo of Photosynth at a TED conference back in 2007, I've been salivating at the opportunity to play with the technology.


Not too long ago, Microsoft made it available for the general public. Unfortunately, I've been completed swamped--the number of posts I make correlate directly with how much free time I have. (Yes, February in Chicago is freezing cold, there is not much else to do but blog!). I've been trying to find the right opportunity to test it out. I didn't want to create a photosynth of my apartment--too messy, or of a cup--too boring.

A couple weeks ago, when Tommy and Ashley came out from NY, I took the opportunity to grab my camera and get a couple shots in.

Tommy and Ashley walk behind the Lyric Opera
I took them on a 4 hour walk around Chicago. Starting from the intersection of Michigan Ave and Wacker, we followed the river until we ended up in Gallery 400, in Greek Town, where K was working. The exhibit, "Chances are, the comets in our future" was about to end. To immortalize it, I put together my first photosynth. Check it out:



Bonus: Try to find the first image in this blog post in the photosynth walkthrough.