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Fanista.com: Classic case of Design vs. Usability

April 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today I was reading through some startup blogs, and found a link to Fanista.com. See design below:

The first thing that catches my eye about this design are the Featured entertainment section on the right side. After I play with that area for a few seconds I try to figure out what the site is about […]

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Tags: Design · Media · Web Design

Baskin-Robbins harness Facebook’s Events application for campaign

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Ice cream giant Baskin-Robins created a Facebook event to help promote their 31 cent scoop night. The lucky night is on April 30th, mark those hCal enabled calendars.
I think what is really interesting here is that Baskin-Robbins is utilizing the already existing Facebook functionality to promote their campaign. They didn’t need to go to any […]

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Tags: Advertising · Facebook · Media · Social Media

Adobe TV launches

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

TechCrunch just announced Adobe TV. An Adobe AIR application that allows users to search for content and interact with it. Users can watch shows in 1080p, 720p or 480i resolutions, respectively.
This is a HUGE blow to services such as Hulu, and Joost. As these players were looking to be the first HD compatible streaming video […]

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Tags: Media

Inspiration

November 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Great inspiration piece. I found it at ffffound.com. I’m not sure who the designer is or when it was made. So if you know anything about it please leave a comment and enlighten me.

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Tags: Design · Media

NBC Direct Launches

November 10th, 2007 · No Comments

NBC announced their video download site, but they forgot one thing — other browsers and operating systems. Huge mistake.
Hey NBC, I hate to break it to you but not everyone uses Windows or Internet Explorer 6. Smooth move.
How do they ever expect to compete with iTunes when they are not even […]

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Tags: Media