CLASS HAPPENINGS, Inspired by GINA

There is an inherent importance in having a conscious awareness of our manner of speech. Uhhh....or something like that-i was trying to sound fancy like The Professor. The main take away is when presenting an idea be aware of all the "interconectivity" (yea i made it up), potential and it's implication.

here's the secret-your tone should be-educational+flirtatious+serious.

It's all in the presentation people.

CHECK IT OUT FOLKS!

I'M A TUBER!!!!!!

OHHHH YEEEAAAA BABYY!!!! I'M FINALLY IN THE WORLD OF YOUTUBE! Check it out, my simple animation for my mozi project:

CLASS HAPPENINGS-LIVE FEED!

OMG-STEVE-SUPAMAN-GIANACA, THAT WAS AWESOME MAN!!
if you didn't see his presentation today in class-you missed out in life, BIG TIME. so cool beans man.
woop woop!!! go supaman!

"incredibly engaging"
- mr. tom k.

flat bulb

This flat bulb is is 1/3 smaller than a typical bulb designed by Korean designer Joonhuyn Kim.
The site i found my flat friend on is called Unplggd-a website dedicated to smarter homes & fewer wires. With the increase in environmental degradation and pollution it is important to conserve every way possible-if even if it means our light bulbs need to lose weight.

ARTICLE ABOUT THE FLAT BLUB

Class Happenings =)

hey guys! just a lil update—
the draft of our research paper is due with our simple animation next class. Aren't you excited???!
oh I sure am, I haven't written a paper since spring '08!

to be continued...

*insert holy light* & HAAAAAAAALLELUUUUUJAH

amazon opens Frustration Free Packaging

the story

Unveiled Monday, the "Frustration-Free Packaging" initiative consists of a handful of top-selling toys and electronics that Amazon has gotten the manufacturers to re-package in a more streamlined fashion. We all have suffered the wounds of trying to open shipped goods-but not anymore my friends! The goal: get rid of unfriendly clamshells, wasteful overpackagaing and other ill-conceived wrappers which with very persuasive and telling pictures this gallery of users & buyers have succeeded in creating streamline & simple packaging for all amazonian shipped treats.

No need to be afraid our days of injured & bleeding nubs & phalanges is over.
Check out the Gallery of Wrap Rage

marketing lessons from the election

original article

This is a really long post-but here are the main ideals:

Stories really matter, Permission matters, Marketing is tribal, Motivating the committed outperforms persuading the uncommitted, Attack ads don't always work, We get what we deserve.

The revolution was televised...and photographed

just a reminder of what seemed like the looooooooooooonnnnnnnnnngst political campaign in history.
guess we know why they say are "running for office", because it's a like watching a gosh darn marathon in slow motion that has pit stops!!

man. but there were definitly some good times. let's take a ganda!
The Best & Worst of Campaign 2008

thank you la times.

a conversation with supaman

me: "what could be better than a santa?"
steve: "2 santas."

psh, genius.

*Ahem, We're called Millineals

the power of our skills unveiled

putting moves to use

sustainable dance floor

Doing your part for the environment doesn’t have to be boring, and you don’t have to stop doing the things you love. Having fun and doing it in a sustainable way, that’s the vision of Sustainable Dance Club.

FOWD

OH NOW THIS IS JUST COOL!!!

Help real people in developing countries by sticking a fake beard on your real face.
-Build a Beard Workshop.
c/o seth godin

-it allows us to share a common desire to help a cause, while being customizable.

The Measure of a Man, is in his Cigarette?

*SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: SMOKING ISN'T AS COOL AS IT USED TO BE. And it isn't good for babies and stuff.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut this article was cool.(to me). *WARNING: BIG MANLY MACHO QUOTE AHEAD:

"He can't be a man because he doesn't smoke [syncopated pause] the same cigarette as me."

Yep. It's official, if you don't smoke, eat, wear, or listen to the same stuff to the people who think they are the gold standard of manliness/womanliness/fashionableness/or intelligentness, truth is—you may become shunned for not buying the latest urban outfitter-apple-21-air jordan-new yorker times-pro-anything mac capitalist and liberal-pack of marlboro unfiltered mint slim lights...GASP! You didn't know? Or did you? And you yourself are a shunner of all not things not according to your standards!
I leave you with the remainder of the article & pictures of little smoking children.

"When your product becomes the badge for a tribe, you sell a lot of products. The Stones don't mean "a man" in the sense of a homo sapien. They mean "a man" in sense of "someone worthy of my respect." Not in my tribe, not worth it...
Brooks Brothers was the badge for a generation of grey-suited men. Che t-shirts are the badge for a cadre of activists. The Allen & Co. retreat is the badge for a tiny cabal of media titans.
It's not easy to become the badge, but it's a worthy destination.
Key truth: you can't be the badge for everyone. In order for the tribe to exist, it must have insiders. And you can't have insiders without outsiders."

Products have power. Our work at large has power. "Things" have the capability to influence, inspire, and provoke. But these "things" that we use to separate and somewhat dignify ourselves are not true indicators of anything but sentiment. Followings are catalysts for diversion. You point and gawk now, you scurry and conform later.
*WARNING: This is brain juice people, drink up.
MMHmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

the place where I read this neato story.

going green means good things

So if you're a big time capitalist profit manic and refusing to become an environmental liberal, have no fear!!! Your worries about crossing over to what you're probably calling the "dark green side" can be wiped away thanks to the good ol' Clorox clan. Because of the recession, Clorox (the bleach maker), has found a way to make profits by going green!!! Isn't that fantastic!? Their new Green Works & Burt's Bees lines are flyin off the shelves as we speak. Their products are free of petrochemicals and contain plant and mineral-based ingredients that are biodegradable...well at least the cleaning products do, not really sure about the Burt's Bees—I think those are just natural, but great non-the less!

So if you haven't seen the light yet I's sure you're been blinded by my profit maintaining-if-not-increasing green ways.
Green is the new black people!

*ahem, the article my good patron, read it and you will see the truth, again.
Clorox Profits Rise, Helped by Burt's Bees and Green Works Brand.




*ps, did anyone else know that Clorox made Burt's Bees? Small world.

BANSKY'S BACK IN TOWN!!!!

well...at least untill 2 days ago. "*@$^#%#@%^@*!!!&^%#!@!!!" Yea, I'm mad about it. The "Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill” was open through oct.31st. in the was installed on 7th ave. Now a quote from the great Banksy himself:

“I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory farming,” Banksy says in a statement, “but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing.” It may not be the Rites of Spring, but it’s fun.

Check out Banksy's latest on The Moment

credits:The Digital Ramble | Street Art
By ROSECRANS BALDWIN

An answer to an age old question...

WHY DO WE DRINK??? well...not me, I don't, but why do you? I thought this was interestingly funny.


I found the rest of the info and video here.