Why didn’t I think of that?archive
09/04/08
An excellent mashup, or a geo-localized short story written on Google maps bubbles by writer Charles Cummings. I'm halfway through it and about to fly to Edimburgh. Don't tell me the end! Visit the 21 Steps website
03/02/08
200 people frozen in NY Grand Central Station
4 comments The real world + Why didn't I think of that? + YouTubeBrilliant acting from the guys of Improveverywhere.com with 200 people freezing for 5 minutes in NY Grand Central Station. Their motto "we cause scenes". Judge for yourself. Yesterday 185.000 views and today 630.000. Going viral. I'll talk about it Thursday on the radio. Check their other actions in Improveverywhere.com.
02/02/08
Daft Punk + Hand Coreography = Daft Hands (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger)
No comments Music + Why didn't I think of that? + YouTubeExtremely creative and yet simple video of two hands dancing to Daft Punk's Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. All in one take and no editing. 13,5 million views and counting.
22/01/08
PNG Icons & Icon Packs Download | IconsPedia
No comments Design + Interface + Why didn't I think of that?Iconspedia.com is a wiki where you can upload/download icons in PNG and icon format. There's not a huge collection yet but they're all top quality. Here's a sample of the Animals->Creatures category. PNG Icons & Icon Packs Download | IconsPedia
Take a vinyl sleve with a face on it, pose to match it, take a picture and send it to Yadogg. More pictures at Yadogg » Vinyl Sleeve Heads
21/12/07
Wii remote: Redefining Human Computer Interaction
No comments Games + Interface + Usability + Why didn't I think of that?If you thought that the spring horse + Wii Remote + Need For Speed was the coolest thing you ever saw on videogames wait until you see this. Via hackaday.com I land on Johnny Chung Lee's website and a brave (and cheap) new world opens before me. In his page he has ...
12/12/07
Extending the Wii: Need For Speed + Spring Horse
One comment Games + Interface + Usability + Why didn't I think of that?Reading X de Xavier's post about using the Wii remote to enable disabled people to interact with computers, I remembered a video of a boy using a spring horse and a Wii remote to play Need For Speed. Yet another case of popular use of tecnology that it's creators never foresaw.
In my previous post I talked briefly about fair use of flash in websites and this led me to review an old article entlitled Flash is Evil written in 1999. I remember reading it when it came out and I couldn't agree more with the author. The article reviewed in ...
What's all this white space doing in my ad? Can you make the logo bigger? My brand needs more presence in the homepage. Does this sound familiar to you? I bet it does if you're a graphic designer. To all my graphic designer friends: Make My Logo Bigger Cream, a hilarious ...
29/03/07
Sometimes I’m here, sometimes not. Zoomap: googlemaps from Barcelona with love
No comments Barcelona + Interface + Web 2.0 + Why didn't I think of that?Zoomap is Googlemaps + a Wiki. Yet another project based on the infamous Google API. But this one is fun to use. In plain English: you can pinpoint any spot in the world and upload your picture and add some text to the database creating an image tagged location. Once your ...
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