Entries Tagged as 'content'

Friday, May 16th, 2008

the do lab artist network issue #5: spring 08

Lightning in a Bottle is in a week, and i have no time to write anything else, but check out this issue of the Artist Network. it’s all about stories so that’ll absolutely keep you entertained in the meantime. i will get back to having time to be more insightful after may 28th.
thank you to [...]

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

beyond content

This whole thing Radiohead’s doing, encouraging remixes of its songs is way clever.

Radiohead, iTunes and GarageBand are giving you the opportunity to remix the band’s new single “Nude”.
To make remixing easy, the separate ’stems’ from the song are available to purchase from iTunes. The ’stems’ available are bass, voice, guitar, strings/fx and drums. You can [...]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The Do LaB Artist Network Issue #4: Winter 2008

there is so much i would like to say about this issue, but i have no time! so for now just enjoy the videos, and maybe at some less hectic time, i’ll get to all the rest.
the one thing i do have time to mention, is that it is an honor to create the artist [...]

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

look at this cool new thing!

get your post-apocalyptic designer dream on…

Illuminated is a new animated series being created by some of the people behind GNN (Guerrilla News Network), Phong.com (Eminem’s “Mosh”), Pod Collective, Broken Saints, and ConceptArt.org.
illuminated.com

and while you’re looking at that you may also want to look at [...]

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

brands are labels too

worst case scenario, who would lose out if the music industry disappeared?
the fans and musicians would still be able to connect now that they have the internet to act as matchmaker. in fact, even huge acts such as Radiohead and NIN are starting to ditch their labels , cutting out the despotic middleman to regain [...]

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

across the universe’s “discovery strategy” model

first, you need to watch the trailer for sony pictures’ across the universe: here. if you cannot be trusted to come back here afterwards, however, you can just watch the shittier-quality youtube version:

ok then. now that you have been adequately briefed, we can begin.
i first saw the trailer for across the universe on quicktime.com in [...]

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

broadcast through reverberation

yesterday a new client pointed me in the direction of reverbnation.com, and while i don’t usually write about websites, this is different–i can’t even help it. launched just under a year ago, “ReverbNation.com is a Music 2.0 company that is responding to the changing music business paradigm.” except, when they say it, this isn’t [...]

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

my so-called quarterlife

marshall herskovitz & edward zick + the quarterlife crisis + the rise of the creative class + myspace =

marshall herskovitz and edward zwick aren’t simply geniuses, they are CONSISTENTLY the only ones creating television programming that reflects the real struggles of an entire generation.
thirtysomething was before my time, (though i do know it as [...]

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

The Do LaB Artist Network - Issue #3: Fall 2007

The Do LaB Artist Network - Issue #3: Fall 2007
NEW ISSUE UP NOW!
http://artistnetwork.thedolab.com/fall07/

after months of work and an incredible team effort all around, the fall Artist Network is finally ready.
people without whose help this idea would not be a reality include: jesse shannon, arin ingraham, brian shaw, and albertico acosta. huge thank you to [...]

Monday, July 30th, 2007

you are not the demo

photo by: anearthling

One of usability’s most hard-earned lessons is that “you are not the user.” If you work on a development project, you’re atypical by definition. Design to optimize the user experience for outsiders, not insiders.
- jakob nielsen
much the same way that the developer is not the user, the marketer is not the [...]