A great little video on “design currency” from GDC!
GDC design currency video
A great little video on “design currency” from GDC!
A pixel is no longer a pixel…
A list apart’s website has a great article on this new problem with pixels and pixel based screen designs. As if designers didn’t have enough to worry about trying to cater to 500+ screen resolutions and devices, we now have a number of different types of pixels to measure by. Hardware pixel or reference pixel? To find out what the difference is and how to use media queris to fix this – read the full article here: www.alistapart.com/articles/a-pixel-identity-crisis/.
This made me want to scream & pull my hair out – and you may have the same reaction. But keep in mind we live in exciting times with design and technology. We are creating the future of how people will interact. These are obstacles we need to overcome and standards that need to be built for us to move forward
Canadians speak up against SOPA!
If you don’t yet know about SOPA, and the laws about banning IPs and copyright issues online going on, you should google it.
There are many sites that are going on “blackout” mode today as protest, thankfully WordPress is one of them. If you are a Canadian and want to speak out against SOPA, go here: openmedia.ca/SOPA. I’ve signed already, get on board! Speak up now!
Fotoshop: The next revolution in beauty! By Adobe…
This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty. I love the line “My skin feels like PLASTIC!!!”
By Jesse Rosten
Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.
Canada Considers Extending Copyright to Life + 70 Years
A great little article on Stungeye here on Copyright law in Canada and some changes they’re proposing.
I also had to include this little blurb. Please do take the time to send in a letter to the Canadian government, this will effect all of us…
“Canada celebrated New Year’s Day this year by welcoming the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Carl Jung into the public domain just as European countries were celebrating the arrival of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, 20 years after both entered the Canadian public domain. Canada’s term of copyright meets the international standard of life of the author plus 50 years, which has now become a competitive advantage when compared to the United States, Australia, and Europe, which have copyright terms that extend an additional 20 years.”
“The Canadian government filed notice of a public consultation on December 31, 2011 on the possible Canadian entry into the Trans Pacific Partnership (TTP) negotiations, trade talks that could result in an extension in the term of copyright that would mean nothing new would enter the Canadian public domain until 2032 or beyond.”
“Now is the opportunity to help preserve the public domain in Canada by speaking out against TPP copyright provisions that would extend the term of copyright or impose even stricter digital lock rules. The consultation is open until February 14, 2012. All it takes a single email with your name, address, and comments on the issue.
The email can be sent to consultations@international.gc.ca.”


