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martin de thurah does it again: master of the anamorphic...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:20:44 -0800

martin de thurah does it again: master of the anamorphic anachronism

Famous for spawning all the devoweled apps we’ve grown to...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:08:00 -0800

Oink - Another Four Letter App?

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Famous for spawning all the devoweled apps we’ve grown to love, the bay area is the undisputed center of mobile tech. Swiftly moving up in interest to me is a newcomer, Milk. Famous for being a product of the Kevin Rose machine, Milk is the design/dev house behind the Apple featured app, Oink. A comparison they’d squirm at would be “the yelp for things”. I am a longtime fan of their head UI guy’s work, Daniel Burka (@dburka), and believe he is the true rockstar of the company. But beautiful design aside, is Oink just another single-syllable app clawing for the mobile user’s mindshare, or is Milk destined to be in all our households in 2012?

Roy G. Biv is turning in his grave

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:56:00 -0800

The state of 3D as a creative medium is abysmal. I was asked recently if I could produce a promo film in 3D. Hours of research later, I could not find a single application where a 3D scene doesn’t seem gratuitous (looking at you, GoBro reel!). Then I found this (glasses or crossed eyes required):

I don't wanna Die Antwoord

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:48:00 -0800

…but it’s FOK JULLE season. Gearing up for an unseasonably busy winter, with multiple projects in the pipeline. Nothing like being threatened with all sorts of anal trauma to ignite your holiday spirit! Odd Future, are you listening?

el cielo es borrascoso. eos5, fuji400, bi-exposural.

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:47:00 -0700

el cielo es borrascoso. eos5, fuji400, bi-exposural.

Bay for Pay

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:48:00 -0700

Found time to cram some footage together from a recent stint in the bay area. Most of my time was filled with work, but I managed to escape by night to the roof - camera in tow. This vignette represents the way I saw downtown San Francisco when I wasn’t toiling inside a building: through bleary, sleep deprived eyes, the pulsing beat of nightclubs defying the weeknights’ relative still.

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And..."

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:04:00 -0700

“

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

”

- Steven Paul Jobs 1955-2011

from his 2005 Stanford commencement address

easter islander

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:41:24 -0700

easter islander

"What an enormous thing it would be to have an openly LGBT person leading not only a Fortune 500, but..."

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:35:26 -0700

““What an enormous thing it would be to have an openly LGBT person leading not only a Fortune 500, but a Fortune 50 company,” Nelson said. “There’s severe underrepresentation of LGBT people on boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies, and I think this would send a very serious message that LGBT people should be at that table, they should be in those board rooms.””

- Justin Nelson, NGLCC on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s coming out.

Sequoias Steppe - a whirlwind two-day backpacking and camping...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:41:49 -0700

moss grows phat

scree'd

pay phoney

Sequoias Steppe - a whirlwind two-day backpacking and camping retreat featuring two couture shoots, an arctic sinkhole, coolant-sipping marmots, and an anachronistic pay phone. Life and art dovetailing nicely.

Exploring. Fall is making itself known in SB, perfect weather to...

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:31:00 -0700

Exploring. Fall is making itself known in SB, perfect weather to indulge my new vice, donorcycle riding. Working long days and evenings, waking up for a crisp snap of that canyon air before dawn. Going for a swim in an undisclosed location. Meeting with friends for a midnight photo shoot on that hillside. Laughing at the under-25s wanking about school. No, really. It’s the one perk of being a grownup at the end of summer.

Here’s to an exhilarating fall (pun hopefully not intended)

Recently... [UPDATED]

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 19:16:00 -0700

I spoke with someone today who, after complimenting my work, then laid into me because I said I don’t blog about it! My theory until today was that my work is best kept separate from my more sophomoric efforts here on my personal blog. But this kind gent persisted, noting enough valid points that I caved.

Here, by way of lengthy explanation, is one of the longer-term projects (read: paid) I’ve been busy with. It’s an as-yet unlaunched local dining and destinations site, with reviews and deep interactivity, as well as location awareness and social network integration on a mobile version. It’s pretty cool, hopefully you will be visiting it soon.

I’m currently adapting a zenphoto portfolio site for my client and compatriot Nick @nstoegger, with some goodies that take it way beyond a boilerplate photgrapher’s gallery. I will blind everyone with screenies of the laser-sharp (hint!) design — when the time is right.

UPDATE!

In the mean time, I’ve emerged victorious over the powers of internet evil and relaunched (rebirthed?) my personal/work lookbook site, antiqueChrist.com

Stay tuned here and there for some big news on the mobile app front. There will be iPad and Android involvement, that’s all I can say.

-pisces: Last Crumpet (di kamoore) Androg appeal! Postscript:...

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:38:39 -0700

-pisces:

Last Crumpet (di kamoore)

Androg appeal! Postscript: I shot this and it is a girl, mostly. So stop asking for his info.

Cooler feet prevailed… @ Red Rock, Santa Ynez River, Santa...

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:12:00 -0700

Cooler Feet Prevail

Tails of the City

Cooler feet prevailed…

@ Red Rock, Santa Ynez River, Santa Barbara County

5DII/135f2

Hangin’ with the band pre-Extravaganza at UCSB’s...

Mon, 16 May 2011 15:53:00 -0700

Hangin’ with the band pre-Extravaganza at UCSB’s Harder Stadium. A very special shout out to the charming gentleman in the ASPB office who denied us a press pass. Oops!

fromme-toyou: Meet me at the bar…

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:11:34 -0700

fromme-toyou:

Meet me at the bar…

An Earth Day Sprouting

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:02:00 -0700

Made a few pictures of local band Sprout’s performance at Alameda park for Earth Day 2011. Ambient mic feed died after the first song, so I re-dubbed the footage to panel feeds. Good times had by all. Thanks Steve, NewnoiseSB, and the soulful boys and girls of Sprout.

joshuanguyen: Bravo, Apple. Thanks for making this. It Gets...

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:30:00 -0700

joshuanguyen:

Bravo, Apple. Thanks for making this. It Gets Better.

This is wonderful and all, but it bothers me that Apple hasn’t actually acknowledged this video publicly. I could see Apple legal suing its own employees for unauthorized use of the corporate typeface.

I’m still not entirely sure what happened here. But I know...

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:46:00 -0700

I’m still not entirely sure what happened here. But I know it looked AMAZING. thanks yesyesyall.com

An Air France afternoon

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:31:13 -0700

It’s Hot. Hotter than is conducive to sitting in my office and debugging iOS code. Time to bang on some Air France and go for a cycle by the beach. Enjoy your thursgay, people.