The FeedRead is a selection of items of interest that have actually made their way to my eyeballs from my bottoms feed, or have resulted from a random linkage therein. I got knocked down by a cold last week, so I’m playing a little catch up with this week’s post.
Days after this was written, Typekit and FontFont announced a partnership. The Typekit movement seems to be making some big strides to bring us a more typographically friendly web.
Can crowdsourcing work as the paradigm for an ad agency? Well, seeing how ad agencies are grasping at straws to figure out how to reinvent themselves, I guess it’s time to try anything.
The FeedRead is a selection of items of interest that have actually made their way to my eyeballs from my bottomless feed (or have resulted from a random linkage therein).
I mysteriously found this shared presentation in Google Docs. Turns out it was presented by Andy Berndt and Tom Uglow from Google Creative Lab at Advertising Week 2009 in September. Great examples of how people, brands, and even Google are using Google’s open technology to build great and unexpected stuff.
Will the Apple Tablet create the digital marketplace for comic books? The Chicago Sun Times takes a poke at that. Lots going on in the e-Reader market on almost a weekly basis these days.
Social Business Design agency The Dachis Group launched their new site (dubbed Collaboratory) as a way to practice what they preach. Here’s partner David Armano’s description of the site’s mission.
My Architect
From the TED archives: Nathaniel Kahn previews moments from the documentary movie that he created about his father, the famous architect, Louis Kahn. Nathaniel talks about how he approached the film like a personal journey, always moving forward and never revisiting his subjects. If you haven’t seen this movie, rent it. Powerful, powerful stuff. The last clip in particular here always chokes me up.
