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Turn Turn Turn

More Turns by Bill Sullivan is a thought-provoking series that captures a wide variety of people performing the same mundane act (passing through a subway turnstile).

From his site, he explains how he took the photos:
"At the moment that the subjects passed through the turnstile, unknown to them, I took their picture stationed at a distance of eleven feet. I stood there turning pages of a magazine observing subjects out of the corner of my eye, waiting for only the moment when they pushed the turnstile bar to release the shutter."

Read more and see his other series at 3situations.com

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Bear Vs. Colt

In preparation for the Superbowl, local design firm, MediaSauce, has created a web site where you can see a "bear" and a "colt" battling it out. Whose side are you on? Vote at Bear Vs. Colt.

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You’ll Slow Down For This Billboard

This billboard in Turkey appears to have a police car hiding behind it. Instinct tells you to slow down and once you have, you will see the message on the billboard: Pay your traffic tickets on time without waiting in line - isbank.com.tr. The police car is actually a full size reproduction of a police car which is a part of the billboard. Via Advertising/Design Goodness.

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Freecycle.org

Freecycle is a new way to get rid of your old stuff and help the environment by keeping unwanted items out of landfills. It works a little like Craigslist. Find a Freecycle network in your area, post things you don't need and post things that you do. You never know what someone is willing to give away.

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Blast From The Past

As we get our office space ready for some demo/reno, we have been finding some items that have been untouched for at least a decade. One gem of a find was a book from 2000 called "Designing for the Web". Some great excerpts from it are as follows:

"When reading text on a Web screen, some of it will typically be underlined and blue -- indicating that it's a link to another place on the Internet. The link may be a URL, FTP, WWW or any one of several others. Clicking on a hypertext link will send you immediately to a new area. Incidentally, moving from one site to another is called "surfing the Net." ... Avoid Changing Link Colors. New links are coded in blue; links to old (visited) pages are purple or red. Please don't change these colors since it is hard enough to figure out the navigation... Avoid Long Scrolling Pages. Few users scroll beyond the information that is visible on the screen when a page comes up... many don't even know they can!"

While much of it is outdated, there are definitely some rules that withstand the test of time and trends... for example, "Don't Assume the Visitor is Using Your Browser" and "Make Sure Your HTML Is Squeaky Clean" and "Don't Use BLINK".

We will be sure to post any other treasures we find as we clean and organize the office. We also may be posting some items for sale.

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Sharpie Art

Justine Ashbee creates beautiful artwork purely by hand, using Sharpie pens. Via designverb.

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Real or Fake?

Can you tell if a smile is real or fake? Take this quiz and find out. Via designverb.

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This Is Broken

This Is Broken is "a project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it. By Mark Hurst."

The one about the Hasbro's FurReal Friends Butterscotch Pony is hilarious.

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The Indianapolis Colts Are Headed To The Superbowl!!!

Well, the dream is alive. The Colts are now just one game away from becoming world champions and Peyton Manning just as close to securing his legacy as the greatest quarterback to ever live. We are so excited and proud of the Colts.

Even though things looked bleak as the Colts went into the locker room at the half, all hope was not lost with Peyton Manning at the helm. And prove himself he did. With the largest comeback in both AFC and NFC Divisional Championship history, this was certainly one for the books. But Manning wasn't the only one leading this team to victory. Without the amazing stand by the Colts defense and the interception with just seconds to go in the 4th quarter by Marlin Jackson, the Colts may be hanging their heads yet again. But this win was destiny. The Superbowl was meant to be for this team. All the talk can finally end. Now, let's see if we can again make history. GO COLTS!!!

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Rah…Ray…Ry…

It's true. To avoid someone stumbling over the pronunciation of my name, I will occasionally give alternates at places where they need to call it out (Starbucks, Panera, etc.) I'm glad to know I am not the only one who does this. Via Brandflakes for Breakfast.

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