Kevin V. Wong

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September 2009

Girls love it when men use cheesy chat up lines → digg.com

The next time you approach a girl, do not hesitate to try out a cheesy chat-up line because girls absolutely love it, for they give a glimpse of a man sense of humour.

Sep 30, 20090 notes
Dropbox iPhone app finally released! → digg.com

Dropbox, everyone’s favorite cross-platform file-syncing tool, has now made its way to the iPhone and iPod touch!

Sep 30, 2009-1 notes
New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer From TGS w/ Subtitles (Video) → digg.com

The subtitled version of the epic 7 minute long Final Fantasy XIII trailer from TGS 2009.

Sep 30, 2009-1 notes
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Sep 29, 2009-1 notes
Michele D'Auria → micheledauria.com
Sep 29, 20090 notes
Windows 7 launch party parody is bleeping genius → digg.com

Microsoft’s cringe-inducing ‘Hosting Your Party’ instructional video undergoes a remix.

Sep 25, 2009-1 notes
3D UI: Useful? Usable? or Desirable? → artefactgroup.com

This is the third installment of my blog on 3d. The first part outlined the gist of the story, The second part was about the aesthetics of 3d. This installment deals with the use of 3d…
Sep 22, 20090 notes
Artefact IXDA talk abstracts are live! → artefactgroup.com

We’ve officially submitted a bunch of talk proposals to the IXDA conference taking place February 4 - 7 in Savannah, Georgia.  Stay tuned to the IXDA site to learn what talks are selected.

Visit…

Sep 22, 2009-1 notes
3D UI: Useful? Usable? or Desirable? → digg.com

If you give the user free form ability to point the camera in any direction – think twice. If you decide its for the best then constrain their movement of the camera through space, the easiest…

Sep 22, 20090 notes
Musical Forest: An Artefact Experiment → digg.com

For the Musical Forest experiment, we decided to explore multitouch solutions for kids ages 3-5 years old and focused them around “play” and “discovery” as the experience themes. We designed and…

Sep 22, 2009-1 notes
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Sep 21, 2009-1 notes
The Portraits of Stefan Hobmaier → feedproxy.google.com


Stefan Hobmaier, a photographer from Germany, has a new series of photos called Dorfjugend that covers young people growing up in small towns.

Sep 21, 20090 notes
4-Way Narrative: HBO’s Video Cube Installation → feedproxy.google.com


In a move that aims to enhance the storytelling experience, HBO has unveiled a four-panel video installation that offers four different perspectives on the same scene simultaneously.

Sep 21, 20090 notes
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Sep 18, 2009-1 notes
Where's the world's best food? → kottke.org

The Guardian lists the best 50 foods to eat and where to get them. I’ve had a few of these (ravioli at Babbo, pork at Gramercy, pho at Pho 24, pastrami at Katz’s, etc.) but, sucker that I am for

Sep 17, 20090 notes
Nifty wall-mounted folding laundry rack → feedproxy.google.com

In a bid to save electricity, I hang-dry all of my laundry, with one of those folding Ikea wire racks (above) that is starting to wear on me; setting the thing up and putting it away is an…

Sep 17, 20090 notes
10 Common Typography Mistakes → feedproxy.google.com

In 10 Common Typography Mistakes Brian Hoff lists 10 common mistakes used in type design/layout that can make a large impact in the effectiveness and appearance of your designs, in…

Sep 17, 2009-1 notes
Tokyo: A visual presentation by Joan Jimenez → presentationzen.com

Like many foreign nationals in Japan, I love living here and can’t imagine living anywhere else. I always encourage foreign designers and other creatives to spend time in Japan if they…

Sep 17, 2009-1 notes
President Obama With a Lightsaber [Pic] → digg.com
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Badass Street Fighter Art → digg.com

30 Powerful and Inspiring Street Fighter Character Artworks

Sep 15, 20090 notes
Practical Joking Becomes a Battle for the Last Laugh → feeds.wired.com

And you thought your coworkers were jerks. Since 2007, writer-comedians Amir Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell of fratty yuk-yuk site CollegeHumor.com have engaged in an escalating prank war,…

Sep 14, 20090 notes
Federer between the legs shot at US Open → kottke.org

This is the most ridiculously implausible tennis shot you’ll ever see.

Federer says “it was the greatest shot I ever hit in my life”.

Tags: Roger Federer   sports   tennis   US…
Sep 14, 20090 notes
Derren Brown, purveyor of bad science → feedproxy.google.com

Derren Brown is a brilliant entertainer. He captivated much of the nation last week when he appeared to predict Wednesday’s national lottery result. The country was abuzz with speculation about how…

Sep 14, 2009-1 notes
The four horsemen of Digital Media → 180360720.no

Understanding the challenges affecting digital media as a marketing platform introduces some new creative challenges. What we are seeing is very solvable, and they are triggering the start of a…

Sep 14, 2009-1 notes
mobileYouth TV: Paid vs. Earned Media → feedproxy.google.com

My colleague Graham D. Brown over at mobileYouth has put together a very detailed blog post and video outlining the concept of Paid vs. Earned Media.

How does Paid Media differ from…

Sep 14, 2009-1 notes
Monsters Vs Aliens UI Design Joke → feedproxy.google.com

Dreamworks films are quite clever the way they have jokes for children and adults occur simultaneously, so everyone laughs out loud together.

Sorry did I say children and adults? I meant children,…

Sep 14, 20090 notes
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PBS Explores "Life" According to Boomers & Gen Y → feedproxy.google.com

The new season of Life is coming to PBS Fall 2009. In this clip, PBS hit the streets to find out what annoys Baby Boomers about twenty somethings and vice-versa.

Life offers lively…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
The Freelancer’s Toolbox → feedproxy.google.com

What a fantastic compilation of tools for any independent designer: The freelancer’s toolbox: 33 useful apps & websites for the freelance designer.

I think I finally need to give Quicksilver a…

Sep 10, 20090 notes
Craigslist for Creatives → feedproxy.google.com

Caravan is a free house swap and sublet resource for Creative Folk Only. It’s been dubbed as the Craigslist for Creatives.

Caravan is free to use though you need to register to get in…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
99% → feedproxy.google.com

Congrats to Scott Belsky and his team, the99percent.com just launched and it is already a promising resource for any design professional.

And by the way, last year’s 99% Conference was…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
How much is irrelevant → 180360720.no

Display advertising was designed to work inside a traditional media format, tailored to a certain context of media use. As this use-context changes with the accessibility of new technology – as…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
Stop Losing Your Best Ideas → feedproxy.google.com

As a psychologist, blogger, and occasional designer, I’m obsessed with the concept of creativity, especially how to capture the muse when she finally shows up to the party (usually, fashionably…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
Designing for a Better World → feedproxy.google.com


Recently, the Danish government’s biennial design competition, INDEX: Award 2009, celebrated examples of design to improve life. The award accepts nominations internationally, and…

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
21 Great Photography Shots [And How They Took Them]  → digg.com

Here are some great photography shots by different photographers, and they tell you how they took them.

Sep 10, 2009-1 notes
You Know You're A '90's Kid If... → digg.com

below is a collection of awesomeness that will take you right back to a time when ‘responsibility’ wasn’t in your vocabulary, Encarta helped you with research, and pay phones weren’t lonely.

Sep 09, 20090 notes
Amazing Artist Paints People's Facebook "Portraits" → digg.com

Matt Held, a fine artist with a specialization in portraiture, was blocked. After upping sticks from Seattle to NYC in his late thirties, young family in tow, as a last chance at ‘making it’, he…

Sep 08, 2009-1 notes
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Sep 06, 20090 notes
Fox's Twitter TV Experiment Tweets Its Way to Epic Failure → digg.com

When Fox revealed its plan to broadcast reruns of Fringe and Glee with a live Twitter feed overlay, I said they had to be really really careful. But Fox didn’t listen. From user comments online it…

Sep 05, 20090 notes
Placebo Button?! We Are *Seriously* Being $#%!ed With [WTF?] → digg.com

“A placebo button is a push-button that appears to do something, but actually has no effect, like a placebo. They exist to give the user an illusion of control.[1] Many walk buttons at pedestrian…

Sep 04, 2009-1 notes
100 years of special effects → kottke.org

A wonderfully concise video tour of how special effects in film have evolved since 1900.

Tags: movies   video
Sep 04, 2009-1 notes
Auto-Tune the News (feat. T-Pain) → kottke.org

It took Auto-Tune the News only eight episodes to get T-Pain on board.

Tags: Auto-Tune   remix   T-Pain
Sep 04, 2009-1 notes
one year walk/beard grow time lapse → feedproxy.google.com

The Longest Way 1.0 – one year walk/beard grow time lapse from Christoph Rehage on Vimeo.

one year walk/beard grow time lapse by Christoph Rehage
November 9th 2007 – November 13th…

Sep 04, 2009-1 notes
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