Monty Python find the Holy Grail
Due to the recession there has finally been a lot of recent discussion about the expectation and delivery of free content and services online. A recent high profile winner in this are the Monty Python team who placed clips of their work on YouTube and are now reaping a huge increase in their DVD sales. While the balance for copyright holders seems to be hard to find, for some being a bit more ‘relaxed’ about it all seems to be working.
(I’ve been out of action for quite a while, so I’ve been catching up on some interesting news from around the web and work we have been doing, therefore some of this stuff may be a bit old).
It’s your fault that Obama didn’t win
A nice viral video to encourage your friends to get out and vote (if they were American, that is). Who knew it was all Christian’s fault?
31 October, 2008
YouTube’s finest design and advertising movies
If you have some time to spare (we don’t), then these are a great set of design and advertising clips found on YouTube by Creative Review.
We Want Tap: The Movie
We’ve been exceptionally busy recently, but amongst all the work, we managed to find time to help Provokateur out a bit with this little video for their We Want Tap campaign.
19 August, 2008
Edward Tufte on the iPhone
“Small screens, as on traditional cell phones, show very little information per screen, which in turn leads to deep hierarchies of stacked-up thin information–too often leaving users with ‘Where am I?’ puzzles. Better to have users looking over material adjacent in space rather than stacked in time.” One of the leading lights of the design world, Edward Tufte, has casts his eye over the iPhone and how it deals with information on a small screen.
Video hosting comparison
While working with People’s Archive, we’ve investigated various video hosting sites, such as YouTube, Vimeo, etc. LifeGoggles has a great page making it easy to compare their embedded players and the quality of their video.
Offices can be fun
Nothing to do with design, usability, or accessibility, but we love this (found via Panopticist). That said, we do love Vimeo, the YouTube competitor for the clean and simple video players.
17 May, 2007