The Button Spoof
I saw a clip of this video watching a show on Comedy Central and I thought that it was hilarious. If you haven’t seen the trailer for The Box yet, then the video posted below will not make any sense. We’ll give you a quick summary from what we get from the movie trailer. The Box presents a moral dilemma for whoever it encounters. If pushed one million dollars will be granted to the person who presses the button. However, at the same time, someone somewhere in the world will die. Here is a link to watch the trailer first if you haven’t seen it yet.
Useful Key Commands
When working on a computer it becomes imperative to learn keyboard shortcuts, or key commands to keep things moving, and moving quickly! Being that I’m on the computer what feels like 24/7 I’ve picked up a few that I use constantly! Below is just a short list of some of the basic Mac key commands that we use constantly when either setting up folders for client files, sorting through tons of running applications, or browsing the web. These are just a handful of useful keyboard shortcuts that we put together.
What the Font?
For those designers out there who haven’t heard of WhatTheFont I’m here to help you out! Have you ever received a project from a client who has given you a JPG of their logo and you really need an EPS? So you go through the whole thing and request the logo in vector format rather than raster. They come back to you with the unfortunate information that they don’t have the correct file, can’t find it, or have no idea what you’re talking about. It isn’t unusual for a client to know that they should have a vector version of their logo. That’s what designers are for! Anyway, we got a recent job where we had this problem. The logo contained a simple illustration with the store name. The font that was used looked so familiar but we couldn’t put our finger on the exact font that it was. So rather then running through our font collection (which would take quite some time as the collection is huge!), we consulted WhatTheFont! WhatTheFont’s service is free by the way.
How Smart is Your Right Foot
This has absolutely nothing to do with web design, etc. It’s just a funny thing to try out. My wife forwarded an email to me a couple days ago which was titled ‘How Smart is Your Right Foot,’ hence the title of this post. So as I read the email it gave the following directions:
This fun test only takes a few seconds and it comes from an orthopedic surgeon. This will confuse your mind and you may try it again and again to see if you can outsmart your foot! Something is preprogrammed in your brain which causes the outcome.
Thank You Smashing Magazine
We just wanted to say a big thank you to Smashing Magazine for featuring us in one of their recent blog entries. Smashing Magazine is a site that we frequent and its always nice to see your work featured in places that you respect. We are honored to be apart of their ‘Best Navigation Practices’ post with a great list of fantastic sites.
