I’m a geek, and I might be a nerd, but I’m not a dork.

If you’re not already hooked, this probably isn’t the book for you. Michael Lopp wrote this witty little handbook to help all us geeks overcome what he describes as”debilitating social skills” and “strange control issues.”

I have no idea what he’s talking about, but it’s probably going to be a good read, none-the-less.

We had 30 days to come up with an idea, story board it, build props, shoot and edit it. It was a blast. We had fun just doing it. Needless to say, we were completely blown away when our little film project took 1^st Place at the The Black Tie Gala & Film Screening. We are honored by all of the kind words you all have shared with us. So, thank you. It means so much.

“Home” – a short film by Jeremy Anderson and Laura Dean
Original Song by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.
Arranged and Performed by Laura Dean and Jeremy Anderson

Well, needless to say, I found this little site terribly amusing.

Presenting ideas to a client is really at the core of a design firm’s success or failure. How this should be done is an area of much discussion and debate. There are those who prepare and present a number of directions to the client, allowing the client to reflect upon them and choose which they like best. There are others who feel one direction should be presented, with a singular train of thought.

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Where Hitchcock used techniques in continuity editing to foreshadow events, build suspense and cast a certain mood over the scenes in his films, “Words” takes a much more whimsical approach. It’s clever and fun, if not a little sentimental. Don’t miss that last cut.

A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab’s Words episode. With an original score by Keith Kenniff.

I promise, I will post a more detailed write up on the specific highlights, design and functional, in the new design, but for now, let me just touch on some of the key differences. First off, updating the site (which had a code base at least 3 years old) was a great opportunity to take advantage of all of the wonderful advancements with HTML5 and CSS. So one of the biggest enhancements with the new site, from a front end engineering standpoint, is the upgrade to HTML5. While the HTML5 specifications are still in the works, support is rapidly growing and the benefits can be profound.

In addition to the technical enhancements to the website, we also made some strategic design changes to the presentation and display of content on the website. This is probably most notable with our blog. We really wanted to bring our company blog up a notch, are publish more compelling content. With this in mind, we wanted to visually pull the blog out from the other content pages, but still have it feel fully integrated with the rest of the site.

We did this on two levels. On the blog landing page, we removed the branding from the header and dedicated the entire layout to blog articles. The second level is the article pages themselves. For the article pages, we really wanted to draw all the attention to the content of the article, without the distraction of complimentary material. So, we removed everything else, centered the article and provided a simple area for comments and categories underneath.

We welcome you thoughts.

After 30 days of intense labor, we are pleased to invite you to the premier of our new short film “Home,” at The 2010 San Francisco Three-Minute Picture Show, on August 28, 2010.

30 days is not a long time to prepare, shoot and edit a film, even if it is only a three minute film. In fact, the extremely limited run time can prove to be quite challenging and require some very clever thinking on the part of the film makers. Laura Dean and I had a blast working on this film and we would be delighted if you would join us for the premier, at The Black Tie Gala & Film Screening.

Still from the short film “Home,” by Jeremy Anderson and Laura Dean

In the recording studio: making of “Home,” by Jeremy Anderson and Laura Dean

You can find more photos and behind the scenes shots from “Home,” on Flickr. Hope to see you all there!

This family in japan owns a pet king penguin, and they’ve trained it so that it will walk all the way to the fish market with its little backpack to get fish everyday. it’s super cute…

Via @jina

If you’re saying to yourself, “WTF?”, you’re not alone. Apparently this is honest and true, first-class Microsoft advertising. Ryan Tate dissects this one for us on Valleywag.