ambitious and amazing animation - VIDEOGIOCO (a bit NSFW)
can't imagine how long it took to put this together.
can't imagine how long it took to put this together.
Can a brand exist by user interface alone? When it comes to internet search, Yahoo is about to find out.
Yahoo's recent announcement that it would cede its infrastructure for web search to Microsoft was met with a healthy dose of industry skepticism. Carol Bartz, Yahoo's new CEO, justified the deal by outlining a strategy that allows the company to succeed by focusing on its user interface. Innovating there, she reasons, will enable Yahoo to compete with Google and Bing, while harnessing the technical might and infrastructure of Microsoft.
don't love every example, but there is no doubt that this is a discussion that needs to be central. @fritzism's comment is dead on as well.
give value before you expect it back.

love the emergence of augmented reality both as a storytelling mechanism and as a way of bridging the divide between digital and physical. hidden park is another amazing example.
- 15% of the teens surveyed own an iPhone, up from 8% six months ago
- 22% planned to buy an iPhone in the next six months, up from 16% in April
- 87% own an iPod, up slightly from last year
- Of the 40% of teens who plan to buy an MP3 player in the next 12 months, 74% intend to buy an iPod and 13% a Microsoft (MSFT) Zune
- Most teenagers (57%) still download their music over peer-to-peer networks, but of those who buy their digital music legally, 93% use iTunes
strong 6 month growth
click through for the whole thing.
not sure how i feel about the visual tie to the facebook brand, but the structural changes are really appealing.