Junesix Media07/04/2008
I was just working on something similar but using news pulled in from feeds like the NY Times headlines (for national and world news) and the SF Chronicle (for my local news). I wonder if Chris is going for a moderated tumblr or feed-based tumblr.
Coming soon.
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Sentence Drawings: The entirety of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. Designed by Stefanie Posavec.
Here’s some additional literary “maps.”
A lot more images and high-res versions at the notcot link.
(via notcot.com)
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» Op-Chart: Making Money Hand Over Fist (The New York Times)
A Flash primer of an oil trader demonstrating the hand signals used on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. All the signs (except for one) involve only one hand and sometimes the face but that’s it. There are signs for numerals for buying, numerals for selling, months of the year, and miscellaneous signals. The miscellaneous signs are particularly fun.
I’m utterly fascinated by secret “languages” that develop in various industries. In the case of floor buying/selling, a full set of hand signals had to be developed. When you watch the business segment of the news, you can see these guys flashing these signs against their forehead at blazing speeds.
Link posted at 12:45
04/04/2008
I appreciate Norah Jones’ music but I’ve always thought of her as a bit frumpy. So imagine my surprise at seeing her in blonde wig, short shorts, and fishnet stockings. It’s all part of her identity as the guitar/singer in the new punk band, El Madmo.
Whoa, that’s….? Yeah, I said the same thing.
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Can’t describe it. Something about photos with a mix of mannequins and humans in unconventional situations is always so interesting. Uncanny valley?
This is the product photo for a shirt at Wire & Twine.
(via swissmiss.com)
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03/04/2008
Sweet Black Keys gig poster for their April 5th concert. Designed by Jon Smith with Nate Duval (1982). Not for sale yet but I’m definitely looking to pick this up.
(via omgposters.com)
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» 30 Most Notable Magazine Launches of 2007
I’ve found that the magazine aisles at bookstores give a good glimpse into what American people are interested in. Here, Mr. Magazine (Samir Husni) rounded up the 30 most notable 2007 magazine launches. The whole movement from niche interests to complete lifestyles is very apparent in many of the magazines, especially Heal (living with cancer), Men’s Health Living, Outside Go (men’s lifestyle extended from health and travel), Hooah! (National Guard living), Garden+Gun (modern Southern living), and Eldr (senior living). And then there are the truly niche interests that have found a market: Bond (gay/lesbian wedding+fashion), Sew Stylish (DIY clothing), and Everywhere (travel photography). I’m also happy to see that people are starting to view keeping up with and understanding science as worthwhile to a complete lifestyle (Science Illustrated, Scientific American Body).
Entrepeneurs: if you’re looking for markets to tap, keep an eye on what niche magazines are disappearing off the shelves.
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» Taylor McKnight: "Tumblr Recommendation: Junesix Media"
Really enjoying their tumblr lately.
Wow, Taylor, I’m really humbled. I’m a big fan of all your work, especially with Hype Machine and Project 365. Sched.org is a sweet project and I wished I could attend SXSW this past year if only to be able to use it. An embeddable version for other conferences in the works, perhaps? Namaste for your kind words.
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» TheFunded.com: Founding Member Presentation
Adeo Ressi of The Funded gave this presentation at the Next Web conference. A lot of great tips to founders pitching VCs.
Additional tips:
- The only time your lawyers will be honest with you in the venture raising process is when you interview them. After that don’t trust anything they say because their motivation is to close the deal and get the fee.
- Everyone needs to go and pitch a VC first and expect it to fail. That first pitch will suck no matter what. Bring a business partner who is silent. Have him or her watch the interaction. Every time the VC falls asleep or makes a derogatory statement, your partner writes that down, and you go and fix it.
- All you need is a PowerPoint. Make it 20 minutes. Do not throw in detailed financial statements. You are basically throwing a giant hunk of steak into a lion’s den and rolling around in it. Numbers is their business. They will tear you apart.
- VCs talk amongst themselves. Most entrepreneurs fall into the classic mistake of pitching serially. There is no such thing as confidentiality. Your materials will be seen by dozens of VCs the second you pitch. It gets worse, if a VC likes you, they will tell the other VCs that you suck. You want to hit as many funds as you can,. I recommend trying to hit 30 funds in two weeks. Typically, you will get one term sheet per 10 pitches.
- I guarantee you your first term sheet will be bad. They will lowball you, then they will pressure you to sign it quickly. Hold off. Your goal now is to get the second or third term sheet. Without other offers there is no market.
- VCs say we will co-invest. They are trying to share the offer. Tell them, “No. Why don’t you make me an offer? I will evaluate the offer separately.” Do not let them syndicate the deal or merge the term sheets.
- There is no confidentiality. Everything you send out will be seen by your competitors.
Update: The Next Web conference summed up Adeo Ressi’s keynote here.
(via techcrunch.com)
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02/04/2008
Ottolenghi is a London-based Mediterranean deli and restaurant. While the food and reviews look great, I’m especially intrigued by the toaster ovens they situate at every table. Apparently they’re placed there to allow customers to toast their own bread. Pretty cool concept and I think it would go over well in any cafe with access to quality bread. Nothing like DIY warm, toasty bread while you wait for your meal.
(via normanncopenhagen.com)
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Pixel Couch by Christian Zuzunaga
Just wow. Simple, simple, lovely. Who knew pixelated fabric could be so stunning?
(via yankodesign.com)
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Love these color studies taken by Grant Hamilton with a Polaroid SX-70. I’m going to try something similar with my iPhone as an exercise.
(via theserif.net)
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The new designs for UK coins released
The winning design among 4,000 entries was by 26-year old graphic designer, Matthew Dent.
“After exploring a number of different options, Matthew Dent finally developed the heraldic theme, taking the greatest heraldic device ever used on coinage – the Royal Arms.
As you can see in the image to the right, the Shield of the Royal Arms has been given a contemporary treatment and its whole has been cleverly split among all six denominations from the 1p to the 50p, with the £1 coin displaying the heraldic element in its entirety. This is the first time that a single design has been used across a range of United Kingdom coins.”
Really brilliant and modern splitting a single image across all the coinage.
(via kottke.org)
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26/03/2008
Massive Mobile: a clean, sleek WordPress theme optimized for iPhone. I may have to adapt this for Tumblr.
(via smashingmagazine.com)
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25/03/2008
» Cabel Sasser: URL's Are Totally Out in Japan
In Japan, ads display a search box with a suggested search term instead of the URL. Makes perfect sense when you consider that romanized URLs is completely Western-centric. In a character-based language, doing a search is far more efficient and easy to remember. Any companies doing business in East Asia would do well to acknowledge this important difference, especially in light of the heavy mobile Internet usage.
If you’re able to maintain search engine result dominance but have a difficult to remember domain name, this might be the better way to advertise as well.
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