Requiem for a Day Off is a great (albeit a little long) example for anyone arguing that context isn’t everything — or virtually everything anyways.
Archive for the ‘Of Interest’ Category
Context Context Context
June 25, 2008Burn After Reading poster
June 19, 2008
I couldn’t help put this up; I love anything that resembles the work of the great Saul Bass, not to mention the Coen Brothers kick serious ass.
Want to be famous? It may not be so hard…
June 19, 2008A great article, The Microfame Game, on the science of Fame 2.0. If you’ve never been or seen—you’d have to be under a pretty big rock to not have seen a bit—I recommend the show with zefrank, which was almost always brilliant and hilarious.
Logos of the World
June 19, 2008A nice collection of logos from countries around the world, including the awesome one for the Islands of the Bahamas. Note to self: originality won’t be found in the hand-drawn/scribbled look.
2,002 Honest Fonts
June 17, 2008The source for all your professional font requirements.
Managing Word of Mouth?
June 17, 2008I don’t know about you guys, but I love free stuff, even in PDF format. A new book, The Word of Mouth Manual, Vol. II by Dave Balter, is available for download from the 37 Signals blog. So far it’s been an interesting read, and especially cool since the book is marketing itself employing its own subject matter, word of mouth.