The Glif is a simple iPhone 4 accessory with two primary functions: mounting your iPhone onto a tripod and propping up your iPhone at various angles. The Glif is made from recyclable rubberized plastic and is small enough to fit snugly in your pocket, purse, or backpack. It has a 1/4″-20 thread that fits any standard tripod or camera mount. The Glif is designed to work with a “naked” (caseless) iPhone 4, to ensure a snug fit. Designed and manufactured in America.
Glif for iPhone 4
Office Music Democratizer
There have been many attempts at trying to make office music a democracy, but most involve a complex system that people ignore, or people taking turns running the jukebox. LastFM and Pandora are great solutions (they learn from what you like/hate), but they both lack an easy and public way for everyone to have their say. BreakfastNY.com came up with a sleek solution: The Office Music Democratizer. Love it, Hate it, just hit the pretty button on the wall. Needless to say I would love this for studiomates.
The Feed
Krrb
Krrb is a fantastic new online happy place that let’s you buy, sell, trade or give to your neighbors — locally and in-person. One of their members referred to it as ‘the lovechild of Craigslist and Etsy’. I am seriously giddy over this.
Most online shops and classifieds feel anonymous but Krrb.com is made exclusively for local and in-person commerce. Their mission is to create a fun, friendly and safe online venue that enables better and more personal face-to-face dealings between neighbors. They aim is to help turn local strangers into friendly neighbors.
Think of Krrb as an online garage sale, block sale, flea market and local classifieds where second-handers, crafters, collectors, designers, artisanal food-makers and common folks can easily connect — taking advantage of all that the Internet has to offer — while retaining a personal and face-to-face relationship.
Fantastic!
(Thank you Kemp!)
Upcoming CreativeMornings
Here’s an overview of the upcoming December CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich and LosAngeles.
N E W Y O R K
Date: December 3rd, 2010
Speaker: Emily Cohen
Host: Galapagos, DUMBO
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com
Z U R I C H
Date: December 10, 2010
Speaker: Nicola Forster, Präsident Foraus
Host: Dini Mueter
Sponsors: Dini Mueter and GINETTA™ WEB/DESIGN.
More info and rsvp at zurichcreativemornings.eventbrite.com
L O S A N G E L E S
Date: December 17th, 2010
Speaker: Alissa Walker
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsors: promojam
More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com
swissmiss Amazon Store
For those of you in need of some holiday shopping inspiration, have a look at my brandnew Swissmiss Store over on Amazon.
The current categories include:
My favorites
Gifts for little ones
Books for kids
Books for Designers
Essentials for new Parents
I will make sure to keep adding new products over time. Let me know if you have suggestions.
♥ / Fonts.com Web Fonts
A big thank you to Fonts.com for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
Fonts.com Web Fonts is a new service that allows Web designers to choose from thousands of real fonts for use on their websites. Users pick the fonts they want to use, and the fonts are deployed to the visitor’s browser through a cloud-based network of servers.
Fonts.com Web Fonts distinguishes itself from other services through its selection of 8,000+ typefaces. Because the service is backed by Monotype Imaging, users have access to the company’s Monotype, Linotype and ITC typeface foundries including many exclusives such as the Helvetica®, Frutiger®, Univers®, Trade Gothic®, Neo® Sans and ITC Officina® families.
Sign up for a free plan for access to 3,000+ fonts or try a Standard or Professional plan for additional monthly pageviews and access to all 8,000+ fonts.
(Interested in becoming a sponsor?)
DropMocks
Wow, I was just completely blown away by the simplicity of DropMocks! Need to share images? Use DropMocks! It is THE easy way to create and share image galleries online. (Unfortunately it doesn’t work in Safari. You need Chrome 6 or Firefox 4 for best performance.) Here’s a TechCrunch Article about it.
(Thank you Julia)
Just a few cards
What a fun surprise! Paul Octavious is visiting our studio today! He is a fantastic photographer, runs a design studio in Chicago called Broken Pencil, is the force behind GeniusVomit (?) and also just came out with a site that sells cards called JustAFewCards.com. My favorites are by James Nick Felton and Kyle Steed. See below:
Get your holiday cards over at: JustAFewCards.com
Damien Correll
Why did it take me so long to check out Damien Correll’s portfolio? What a talent! Hat tip!
How to deal with cheaters in college
Using statistical analysis, University of Central Florida professor Richard Quinn determined that dozens of students had cheated on a test, told them in a lecture (video below), and over 200 students confessed after the lecture.
(via kottke)
Ukoonto Building Blocks
I received a package from Canada yesterday! Inside I discovered a lovely handwritten thank you note by one of my readers and below the note were these amazing building blocks. Having grown up with superminimal, wooden building blocks myself, my heart jumped.
Ukoonto sells this Limited Edition Block Set, 84 natural building blocks, made of hard maple, no harmful chemicals, Safe for Kids of any age, 6 months +, environmental safe production, using only renewable energy.
If I didn’t get them as a gift, I’d order them right now. Needless to say, my kids were gaga over them last night.
(Thank you Hans-Joern)
Go for Everything
While the ending is a little too overdone for my taste (sound- and special effects wise) I think this global HEAD commercial with ski superstar Lindsey Vonn is fantastic.
Congrats /department. Well done.
What are you worth?
Interesting post by Whitney Hess: “What are you worth?”
What you’re worth is a question only you can answer. It’s loosely a combination of your ability, experience, and instinct. I don’t believe any of these three can be objectively measured, therefore it’s your responsibility to make a subjective assessment and assign a dollar amount to it.
Some people charge by the hour, but I won’t. If my worth requires more time to shine through, the client should not be penalized. But if my worth gets me to the answer faster, why should I be penalized?
personalized rubber stamps
With the holidays rapidly approaching, these personalized rubber stamps seem like a fantastic idea (and gift). Oder them over at Paperwink.com. (I just ordered one of these for myself.)
(via makingitlovely)
Ericailcane – Potente di Fuoco
‘All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.’ – Pablo Picasso
In 2009 Ericailcane’s parents surprised him by giving him his own early childhood drawings, which they had kept safe for him for nearly 25 years. The book Potente di Fuoco shows these illustrations from 1985 side by side with his present-day reinterpretations. It is fascinating to see how a surrealistic artist came forth from an imaginative child that interpreted the world in a figurative way.
Read more about it over at FoundbyJames.com
(Thank you James. Your postcard submission made me look, and your site is fantastic! Thank you!)
Pocket Pencil
Simply Brilliant: Pocket Pencil. (And beautiful!)
NYC/CreativeMornings Video: Rachel Sussman
Our speaker at the august 2010 CreativeMornings was fabulous Rachel Sussman, force behind the fabulous The Oldest Living Things in The World project.
See all our NYC/CreativeMornings videos here.
A big giant thank you to Sy Abudu for offering her video and editing skills.
LA/CreativeMornings Video: Bobby Solomon
Our speaker at the second Los Angeles/CreativeMornings was Bobby Solomon, force behind the fantastic KitsuneNoir / TheFoxisBlack.
The event took place on November 12, 2010 and was generously hosted by Willard Ford of Ford & Ching.
The Los Angeles/CreativeMornings chapter is run by my friend and former Brooklynite Jon Setzen. A big thank you to everyone involved.
A big giant thank you to Grant Withington and Stephen Haynes for offering to shoot and edit the video, with assistance from Michael Mahaffey.
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Oliver Jeffers ‘Heart and the Bottle’ iPad Version
Being a huge Oliver Jeffers fan, I am delighted to see that “Heart and the Bottle” will be available as an iPad Picture Book App starting december. I am hoping that “How to catch as Star” and “The Incredible Book Eating Boy” will be next.
♥ / KennedyStock
A big thank you to Stephen of KennedyStock for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.
KennedyStock is a unique and quite personal collection of rights-managed stock photographs that are ideally sited for testimonials in print and web communications. KennedyStock offers a collection of authentic portraits diverse in age and ethnicity.
Many blue chip companies in industries such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals and higher education have used photographs from KennedyStock to build and enhance their brand.
Noted photographer Stephen Kennedy, based in middle America, is the creator, photographer and proprietor of KennedyStock.
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web
“20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web” is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web. Published by the Google Chrome Team, illustrations by Christoph Niemann.