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A big thank you to HOW for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed!

This first-of-its-kind HOW Interactive Design Conference is tailor made for traditional designers transitioning to digital design, and is all about helping them learn the skills they need to grow in their creative careers. All sessions are headed up by an all-star roster of speakers, including Second Story’s Julie Beeler, expert Patrick McNeil, interactive-design guru Cameron Moll, Mark O’Brien of Newfangled, and frog design’s David Sherwin, and Matthew Richmond just to name a few.

This HOW conference is made for traditional designers looking to succeed in the digital design world. If you haven’t registered yet, you should take advantage of the early bird rate until September 30th.

www.howinteractiveconference.com, San Francisco, November 2-4, 2011

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Fauxgo.com is a blog that archives fictional logos found in movies. Quite amusing!

(Thank you Tymn)

MUJI, the Japanese minimalist retail store, has created OJOKEESUS suitcase eyes that give your luggage a bit of character. Oh, Muji, I love you!

Katie Lewis collects data through daily documentation processes, and then generates numerous systems to allow the information to exist in a material form. She abstracts and quantifies the data and creates mesmerizing pieces of art.

(via this is colossal)

“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
- Susan Sontag

(via Maria’s CreativeMornings talk)

“Ideas cause ideas and help evolve new ideas. They interact with each other and with other mental forces in the same brain, in neighboring brains, and thanks to global communication, in far distant, foreign brains.”
- Roger Sperry

(via Maria’s CreativeMornings talk)

Yesterday was a big day for Authentic Jobs members like me. (Ever noticed that “Come in we’re hiring sign” on the left of my blog?) Authentic Jobs is a job listings site founded by the talented Cameron Moll, which specializes in connecting companies with creative professionals.

Authentic Jobs got a major facelift and some new added functionality. If you’re looking to find a job you can search by location, category, type of employment (full-time, contract, freelance or internship) and can even subscribe to Email/RSS notifications based on your search criteria.

Cameron and his team managed to create a realigned, adaptive layout that renders well on most web-enabled devices. And with this new version he is also taking it over to the UK where Elliot Jay Stocks, Jon Hicks and Sarah Parmenter are joining the crew.

Read the official announcement over at the Authentic Jobs blog.

Check out Authentic Jobs UK, the revamped site Authentic Jobs and don’t forget to enter the Touchscreen Tussle to win an iPad. Oh, and if you try the new site on your tablet or mobile device and your browser supports geolocation, try the “Locate me” feature for some magic.

A big thank you to Listgeeks for sponsoring this week’s RSS Feed.

Listgeeks is a social network for creating, sharing and comparing lists of things. The minimal design of the site, combined with an interface that allows for playful, collaborative engagement with other list makers, facilitates a totally new approach to the classic Best Of/”High Fidelity” school of list making.

Featuring weekly interviews and lists from prominent members (including Erik Spiekermann, Christoph Niemann and Khoi Vinh), Listgeeks is a source for inspired recommendations (see “Best Bookstores in NYC“, by Kupfers) as well as for unique and unexpected perspectives on modern life (see “Things That Are Usually Better in Theory Than Practice,” by Melissa).

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Jigsaw is a modular coffee table designed by Belgian designer Linde Hermans for Mooz. Four independent angular pieces that can be arranged into different configurations or placed separately around your home. Fun!

(via shoeboxdwelling)

My fab studiomates Josh, Creighton and Jessi are organizing a not-to-be-missed event called The Brooklyn Derby Party. What started as a small gathering in their apartment eight years ago has grown into a legendary event for 300 ‘closest friends’. Whether you’re in it for the ponies, the prizes, the spectacle of the hat contest, or the swagger of julep drinkers in seersucker suits, they guarantee a good time and mint juleps for all! Here are photos from 2010, 2009 and 2008.

The party is happening on may 7th, 2011 at 5pm in Brooklyn. Get your tickets!!

“Creativity is like chasing chickens.”

– Christoph Niemann, at CreativeMornings

Here’s a gadget for the ladies: Micro Gem Headphones.

I discovered this photo over on officefridges.com (don’t check it out if you’re just about to eat). Some office fridges are seriously territorial. Made me smile.

I had no idea but apparently coffee filters are ideal for cleaning screens/televisions. They’ll catch the dust and cut static on the screen, all without leaving behind any fibers like paper towels would.

Attending the Do Lectures Conference is on the very top of my ‘things I want to do one day!” Every time I watch one of their talks I can’t stop grinning at their lovely logo and animation at the beginning. The Do Lectures won my heart.

Their idea is a simple: People who Do things, can inspire the rest of us to go and Do things too. (Besides my blog being a personal visual archive, inspiring others ‘to go do things’, is right up there in the list of reason why I blog!)

In her latest blog post my friend Liz (of Bobulate fame) is pointing us to The Do Lectures “The Path of a Doer,” a pocket guide to helping you to achieve more, to help you understand the ebb and flow of making something happen.

Each of us is given the same number of hours every day, but some people make more things happen in the same time. Why is that? Well, they have learnt an important, and yet mostly untaught, life skill. They have learnt how to go from “talk” to “action.” They have discovered the secret of “Doing.” And yet, becoming a Doer is simple enough. It is a habit that we can all acquire.

Flip through the preview PDF, or order a copy on Amazon.

I have this silly habit of ‘ducking’ during meetings and conferences when buzzwords are being used. I duck because I want to make sure it doesn’t hit me when it swooooshes by.

So it comes to no surprise that the Buzzword Binbo HD iPad app made me laugh: “Buzzword Bingo HDis a free iPad game that mocks those who believe authentic interactions start with empty words. Challenge friends and co-workers during conferences and meetings to see who’ll be the first with five corporate buzzwords in a row as you listen to the droning voices of your superiors.

I had the pleasure to welcome Dan Rubin and Naomi Atkinson at the studio yesterday. As Dan walked in I noticed the supercool loop that was connected to his SLR camera. It’s called Luma Loop and unfortunately they are out of stock. Booo hoo!