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1000 Journals Project Event 10/28

Getting a user to interact with your banner is cool. Getting the world to interact is even better. Tuesday class will be going offline so we can gain insight into Brian Singer's 1000 Journals Project. He'll be giving a talk in advance of his SFMOMA exhibition. You can't get anymore interactive than this.

Class is from 6:30pm to 9:30pm tonight. Let's meet in the library.

Tuesday, October 28th, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Academy of Art University Library
6th Floor, 180 New Montgomery St, San Francisco

About 1000 Journals:

One thousand journals are traveling from hand to hand throughout the world. People who find them add something (anything) and then pass them along in an ongoing collaborative art project.

The journals have traveled by air, sea, and land throughout 40 countries and all 50 states. They've been the subject of treasure hunts, hidden in remote caves, abandoned at airports, left in the lost and found, and stolen at gunpoint. The project has been covered extensively in the media, including the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Entertainment Weekly.

Brian will be available afterwards for Q&A, and to sign his book. More information about the project at: www.1000journals.com

Glen Sheehan of T3 Comes to the Academy

Glen was my Executive Creative Director at AKQA here in SF. He has since moved on to T3 in Austin, TX. He's a great guy and a champion of his creatives. If you want to know why I am so hard on you guys, come meet Glen. He made me realize what was truly expected of me when I was at your level and just out of school. He brought out the best in me. I can only hope to do the same with all of you. Thanks to Nick for the tip.-Jon

http://www.t-3.com

Tuesday, November 11^th
79 NM Theater, 1^st Floor
4pm

Hyundai Widget

http://adage.com/garfield/post?article_id=131844#widget

Buy A Want, Today.

There is no client. No product to sell. Just a genius concept. And by the way, they are advertising people. So, take what you learn here, and apply it to other things. Make money. -Jon

http://www.wantsforsale.com/home.html

Get smart about Smart

This microsite takes on all the misconceptions about the Smart car, and demonstrates what the car can really do.-Nick

http://www.truthaboutsmart.co.uk/

De producten Van HEMA vind je nu ook op hema.nl

Hi,

This page is more like wario shake it stuff. Time to learn java script:) -Dhruvi

http://producten.hema.nl/

Go, Crappy Cat, Go!

Go with crappy cat through the underground world. It's cute.

-Michael

http://www.crappycat.com/

Find Your Sensible

I the like animation and you can also interact with it. Have fun!

nickie

http://www.saveyoursensible.com/

Winner Of The 1st Annual Beyond Banners Viral Video Fest

17th October Bigg Boss 2- Special with bunnies by Dhruvi


With over 1500 views, Dhruvi broke out ahead of Dana in the final hours of this well-fought contest. I personally liked "Bunny Sex" as the title. But that's just me. Award ceremony will be Oct. 21. And remember, there is no prize for second best. So, the rest of you are losers. This time. -Jon

Be Wild With XM

XM invites users to immerse themselves in the wonderful worlds of XM.
By creating 4 different kinds of towns, it makes people enjoy their own sound and find their identities. -Arnupap

http://www.wildridexm.com/

Orange Mobile Site As Sweet As Honey

Hey all, i found this Micro site it cool and fun.-Good
http://unlimited.orange.co.uk/flash/go

EVB Develops Make Me Super For Kodak

http://www.makemesuper.com

Wieden & Kennedy London's Nokia Supernova

Meet Anna, Jade and Luca. Join them on a voyeuristic journey as they blow up the cellular network using, what else, their handy dandy Nokia phones.

http://www.somebodyelsesphone.com/

Carling Beer's iPhone App Goes Flat

http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=131694

Assignment Four 10/14: A Widget

Build a widget for Election Night '08. (We're sure you all can come up with something better than the above)

We live in a democracy. A free country in other words. You are free to do whatever you want with your widget. I think Monica told Bill the same thing in the oral, I mean oval, office. But don't quote me on it. Your widget must at minimum have some sort of live RSS feed. Your widget does not have to be right leaning, or heaven forbid, left. You can frame it however you want.

Example: your widget could have a feed of the latest vote tally.

Your widget will need to be ready to distribute to your friends' desktops by Election Night Nov. 4th.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A COUNTDOWN.

10 widget concepts for next class, 10/21.

Below are resources you'll need. We will go over them in class.

xCode 3:
http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/

Dashcode:
http://developer.apple.com/tools/dashcode/

Dashcode Tutorial:
http://developer.apple.com/DOCUMENTATION/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Dashcode_UserGuide/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/MakingaWidgetwithDashcode/chapter_2_section_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004692-CH3-SW1

Sample widgets:
http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/DeveloperTools/idxDashcode-date.html#doclist

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/

http://www.widgetbox.com/list/most_popular

Gobama!

Viral Video Views Update

10/14/08 12:10pm PST

Dana jumps ahead of Dhruvi going into the final stretch. Will Dhruvi regain her #1 spot? Tune in at 7pm.

Dana-910
Dhruvi-895
Pete-221
Kulika-72
Nick-66
Mike-90
Good-33

The Starter Wife Stuck In 1999

OMG! This site is so bad I just had to show it to you guys. Even the URL is awful.-Jon

http://www.tswlife.com/

This Harley site might be the best thing since leather chaps.

I like the way they create a real experience for the audience that looks so real. It's not use an animation as the others. You also be a part of the trip by choose many detail in that. Even it's not like a mini game that you can play but I think it make people feel and see the real experience. Hope you guys enjoy it too.-nickie

http://www.harley-davidson-actions.com/

You say goodbye...And I say Hello Sour Sally...Hello, Hello...I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello...

Hello Sour Sally is a site for yogurt product. The illustration style is cute. You also can control the character inside like a small game. The way they made for visitors to interact with is impressive.
-Michael

http://www.hellosoursally.com/

Lace-Up For This Adidas Site

This Adidas website is site of the day on FWA and has some pretty
slick high-speed camera shots. Its pretty fun and a quick experience –Dana

http://www.adidas.com/campaigns/originalsproductdisplay/content/Phase2Q4/index.asp?strCountry_adidascom=us

Article: Is Your Snazzy New Site Cloaked in Invisibility?

At first I called douchebag on this article but it makes sense. Maybe it's just the guy's pic? Anyway, some good points here to consider when designing your site.-Jon

http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=131555

Viral Video Views Update

10/10/08 2:00pm PST

Dhruvi-354
Dana-270
Pete-192
Kulika-72
Nick-66
Mike-35
Good-22

Nick Gets Freaky With The Monster Lab...ooh...scary...

Cool site with nice art direction. Some of the games are pretty entertaining, it's worth taking a look.

Nick

http://www.monsterlabthegame.com/en/

1st Annual Beyond Banners Viral Video Fest

Bunny Sex by DHRUVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhqB9m5LXQ8

Killer Clock by NICK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfpiKxa3ETw

Best iPhone Application Ever-Beer Getter by DANA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFXQu0B4Qe0

Give my money back!!! Magic trick by MIKE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts3uAsc0fIQ

San Francisco Love Party (the Hero Dancing) by GOOD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9jJM7YyTc

Hot Smokin' Armpits by PETE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpxNwDSoLg

Kickin' It Freaky by KULIKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6yXzR_-cX4

Points Breakdown (Grading):

UPDATE: Due to Nick saying the viral video grading system was unfair, and agreeing with him, we have eliminated the it. Most of you are kicking ass. Congrats. For those of you who are sucking ass, ahem, you can always optimize your video with a new headline. But please do not re-post or alter your video.

You all can shower Nick with love and gratitude next class, but do it outside the classroom, please.

PRIZE: The most popular video will get a gift. What that will be is a surprise. And remember:

"There is no prize for second best"-TOP GUN


Views Update!
10/08/08 9:57pm PST

Dhruvi-142
Dana-129
Nick-34
Mike-18

National Debt Clock Runs Out Of Digits

Guys, I just had to share this with you. It's not an ad or online experience, but it's digital nonetheless. I'm a great lover of irony.

Get the story here, then laugh your asses off (Especially our International students. You are so lucky you have your countries to go back to. I'm stuck here)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/10/08/national/a174517D30.DTL&tsp=1

My favorite, favorite excerpt form the story:
"...the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure — the "1" in $10 trillion."

God bless America. -Jon

VW Worsens The US Economic Future By Engineering A Baby Boom.

Not sure how I feel about this yet. And I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because I've never seen this strategy before? Is it too fresh? It's a fun premise though. And it's the perfect tongue n cheek humor that their demographic loves. So tell me this. If German Engineering is causing a baby boom, then what is the birth control? American Engineering? Take a spin around the site and form your own opinion.-Jon

http://www.vw.com/routan/en/us/

Jon Gives EA FIFA 09 A Yellow Card

Hey guys,

Take a look at the launch site for EA's FIFA 09. I was letdown. We are greeted with a beautiful panoramic view of the stadium and then all this crap loads on top of it. Just when you think you will get a better experience by clicking on a floating panel, all you'll get is an enlarged Gif and upon click it takes you to a completely different page. If I was a soccer ball, I'd be deflated right now.-Jon

http://www.fifa09.ea.com/uk/

Paper Critter: Paper Toy Creator

Hey guys,
Just wanted to share the website, papercritters.com. I have a bit of a designer toy habit/problem so I was happy when I came across this site.-Dana

Arnupap on fire at Neonstream.

Neonstream interactive website shows the style that provides design solution.
I love the style and visual that shows the character of great company.
Time to find yourself who you want to sell?-Arnupap

http://www.neostream.com/

Is that Obama in your pocket? Or are you just happy to see me?

Barack the vote wherever you go with this handy little Obama 08 iPhone app.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iphone

Dork Dodging at its finest. Or dorkiest.

This site showcases JC Penney's Dorm Life product line. The site has an interactive game with 8-bit styling and some wit you wouldn't expect from a hum-drum company like Penney's. Anyway have fun dodging dorks. -Nick

http://dorkdodge.com/

Kulika rocks out with Nokia.

This is one of my favorites. You can choose what's kind of music that you like and also can put yourself in it. It working pretty fast so you don't have to wait that long to see yourself in it. I really have fun to see myself in different kind of music. Hope you guys will enjoy it too.

http://europe.nokia.com/musicalmighty
-Nickie (Kulika)

Commander Chou reports from the hazy frontlines.

Here is a microsite for a game. The animation is kind of cool but too long. For me, it looks too advertising. It also has some small games can play between the animations.

http://hazegame.uk.ubi.com/experience/

-Michael

Dhruvi checks into Hotel 626.

Hi Class,

Just saw some cool stuff on http://hotel626.com/

This site works only between 6pm to 6 am.
Hope you guys have some fun. :)

Discuss here.

Get to know the green fairy.

New york agency Decon (Not sure why they'd want to be named after mouse poison) launches a site for Swiss Absinthe maker, Kübler. I'm a bit underwhelmed to be honest. When you hit a link in their menu, the entire site refreshes. Would have been a more cohesive and elegant experience if just the content inside the wooden border changed. Anyway, we want to hear from you.

http://www.kublerabsinthe.com

What do you think?

Nick takes a 3D ride. Join him.

3D panoramic portfolio website of the Amsterdam based interactive studio Barcinski & Jeanjean. Best viewed with 3D glasses (still cool without).-Nick Rodgers
http://www.barcinski-jeanjean.com/

Class, tell us what you think.