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Vacation in Hong Kong
| 8.30.2005
Joanne and I just landed back from visiting Hong Kong for a week. Once again, Asia keeps calling us back and back. Previously, we had visited Tokyo together which we loved. I've been to India and Bangkok which were both incredible experiences. I'd have to say that Hong Kong was just OK. Maybe it's that fact that I've been to so many other places or maybe it was just Hong Kong itself - sort of stuck between the very westernized Tokyo and the very rough Mumbai however, not quite either.
The weather was oppressive (9o+ and 100% humidity everyday) but the food was great and the hotel was one of the best I've ever been to. It's a boutique hotel designed by Philp Stark called JAI.
To plan out each day, we would crack open our books, pull out our internet articles and make an itinerary of where to sighsee, eat and shop. While the books are good for a general lay of the land, we tend to be less touristy than the books allow for. It was incredibly lucky that we found this little accordian folded guide called "LUXE Hong Kong City Guide" on our room desk. At quick glance, it looked like a cheat-sheet for things to do but as we started reading it, it was like having something custom written by a friend that has lived in Hong Kong for the last 20 years and jotted down all the hip places to check out as well as the ones to avoid.
Overall, there are only a few things to do in Hong Kong. Eating is No. 1 as the food is great, providing you like chinese. If you like shopping, this is the perfect climate for that. There are 3 categories of stores: boutiques, the poor man's GAP and malls of every type and shape. Speaking of climate, and if you don't care for the food or shoppping, you could spend (and should) most of the day trying to stay cool.
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Agency Proverb
| 8.14.2005
Good.
Fast.
Cheap.
Pick only 2...
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CD Sequencer-Fun for Everyone
| 8.12.2005
My friend Dave-O sent me this. I dismissed it rather quickly but took a longer gander a while later. Very very cool. Don't forget to play the video at the bottom.
The CD Sequencer is an innovative new concept for interactive CD packaging. You can use printed postcards to remix music and store your mixes or share them with friends. Connect...draw...remix uses conductive ink to let you control music using a simple pencil. The object includes cardboard packaging, an enhanced audio CD and a set of printed postcards.
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Top Ten Client Warning Signs...
| 8.09.2005
1. The client is making their decision based only on price
2. The client is making their decision based on schedule
3. The client wants to review the whole team's personal resumes
4. The client says they don't know their budget
5. The client wants spec work
6 The client only wants to pay for design but not strategy
7. The client has different RFPs for different pitching agencies
8. The client wants a "deal" on the pricing in promise for full compensation on the next
9. The client has no time-frame for completion but wants to start anyway
10. The client decided not to go with you because another agency was $200 cheaper...be thankful!
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Desert Island Top 5
| 8.07.2005
Back by popular demand...
If you were trapped on a desert island (presumably with enough gadgets to play music, watch DVDs and surf the web )(don't forget an HSC-high speed connection)), what films, music and sites would you want to interact with? Here's mine this month:
Films:
Hell House - ll Houses are a distinctly American phenomenon which began in 1990 just outside of Dallas, at the Trinity Assembly of God Church. The original Hell House was conceived as a modern-day fire-and-brimstone sermon....
Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek - SPEND AN EVENING WITH SADDLE CREEK is the story of the record label as told by the people who made it happen. With extensive interviews, rare performances and archival footage, the film is an oral and visual history of how the combination of talent, dedication and collaboration launched bands like Bright Eyes...
Drive Well, Sleep Carefully - Plexifilm is proud to announce the DVD release of DRIVE WELL, SLEEP CAREFULLY: ON THE ROAD WITH DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE which will had its world premiere...
MOOG - Permanently changing the face of music, the "Moog synthesizer" went from being the centerpiece of a late-60s craze -- appearing on records with such titles as Spotlight on the Moog, Moog Power, Music to Moog By..
Ile Aiye - Originally broadcast for the PBS show ALIVE FROM OFF CENTER, ILÉ AIYÉ which translates into THE HOUSE OF LIFE, garnered much critical acclaim: the WALL STREET JOURNAL called it "One of the very best things you'll see on television this year" and it also led writer Luc Sante to pen a feature in INTERVIEW magazine -- included in the liner notes of the DVD.
Music
Eisley - Room Noises
L'Altra - Different Days
Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
Luke Temple - Luke Temple
EVBTG - Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
Filz Brazillia - Maim That Tune
Sites
www.iht.com - greatest news site on the planet
www.engadget.com - talk about gadgetphyle
www.gizmodo.com - talk about it again (see above)
www.pinchworm.com - now that this guy has a job, it's not as updated as it has been but check back often...it's a great resource
www.vagabonding.com - great travel blog
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Dropload Again...
| 8.05.2005
Back in a Junuary post, I wrote about this cool nifty service called Dropload. It's basically a free web-based FTP service that lets you send a link to a file (up to 100 megs) to another person to download...without having to send through your email. For instance, if you wanted to send 30 or 40 megs of pictures to a family member or a large file to a client, you could "dropload" it to them and not tie up your email's bandwidth (assuming you can actually send anything over 3-4 megs). The recipient will get a message from dropload with an embedded link for them to download the file directly to their computer. Everyone that's used this has loved it. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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Be kind to your ass.
| 8.04.2005
I was reading a post the other day about Aeron chairs (the really sexy and comfortable looking ones). They brought up a good point about there being alternatives to the famous Herman Miller design, however, there are even more alternatives that are beautiful and comfortable to boot (pun intended). I sit in a Herman Miller chair everyday. It's royal red and is really good for my posture. Spending lots of time sitting down, this can be quite critical. Not sure what model it is but check out this link and you'll be surprised at what you can get for your money. Keep in mind that with chairs, you get what you pay for. It's sort of like shoes...you can get something nice looking for chump change, but you'll be giving up comfort and lastability.
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Speed Inspiring Design...
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I'm thinking about putting some original music loops to abstract video that I've collected over the years. Thanks to Geir for re-inspiring me.
Lecteurs comme un fou par les rues des années 70 Paris avec hurler et pneus seulement d'un moteur couinement pour une bande sonore. Le film en pas à pas, fait en 1976 par directeur Claude Lelouch de French, n'utilise aucun effet spécial et a été créé en utilisant seulement un appareil-photo butoir-monté avant. Personne ne sait quel type de voiture a été utilisé ou si Lelouch était le gestionnaire réel. Il a été arrêté pour piloter insouciant au criblage...
t r a n s l a t i o n :
Drives like a maniac through the streets of 1970’s Paris with only an engine roaring and tires squealing for a soundtrack. The single-shot film, made in 1976 by French director Claude Lelouch, employs no special effects and was created using only a front bumper-mounted camera. No one knows what type of car was used or whether Lelouch was the actual driver. He was arrested for reckless driving at the screening...
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