I was browsing shauninman.com, which is a really nice personal-yet-slick site, and came across a couple good links. The inspiring one, other than Shaun's site in itself, is a version of Lemmings written entirely in Javascript. Not Java. Javascript.
I'm not sure I really believe it. Still, Lemmings is a classic game...go play!
I recently remade contact with Dominic Amatore, one of the alums of the RIT Computer Graphics Design program. I remembered how much I admired his vision back then, so it was with tremendous pleasure that I viewed his werkaround productions online demo reel. I love the sense of motion and the style...totally inspiring.
Ever the discerning provocateur, Duncan directed my attention to this fantastic bit of 2d/3d work. It's 3D integrated with 2D design and typography, and the timing and sound work are great...props to the creators (credits are at the end of the Quicktime).
Warning: If you're a George W. supporter, you might not enjoy this too much...you should go hire a top motion graphics house and fight back! :-)
My buddy Jeff over at Scintus has been busy as always, but had time to point me towards Fresh Electronic Delivery. It's a design-oriented e-newsletter that serves up examples of great online design. It's similar in scope to portals like linked up and gecko9, but it feels more focused in the editorial sense. I like! Not to mention that the design is clean and lovely.
As I've been whippin' this website in shape, I've had to deal with labels. What do I call myself? How do I organize my posts? What is it that I do? "New Media Designer" seemed like a good label. It's been around for a while, and it rolls off the tongue easier than "dij-it-tahl mee-dee-uh".
On the other hand, I take labels pretty seriously. New Media doesn't seem to entirely capture what it is that I do. Or rather, what I ultimately want to do (whatever that is). Confounding this further are people like Hillman Curtis, who is (are?) so good that I'm embarassed to put myself in the same semantic namespace. I was just looking at their site, and was struck by the moment of having video on the home page using very minimal motion. Brilliant. Not only does it add an eerie immediacy, but because it's relatively still it also compresses really well. The result: a fast loading, high quality experience. It's even immune to slow loads, because the subtle motions of the video stream can kick in later. As jaded users, we have no expectation of movement, so we are surprised and delighted when it happens.
I wish I'd thought of it. I had better start thinking harder if I want to keep swimming in the New Media pond.
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