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Using Twitter For Business Requires Focus

“We need a Facebook page and a Twitter account, right?” ask many of our clients these days. Much like clients who want news sections or blogs as part of their websites, our answer is always “It really depends.” If s [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Categories: Articles, Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Tips | 2 Comments »

Buxton on Sketching User Experience

Bill Buxton is so cool. He’s Canadian, a massively talented designer, and arguably the world authority on interaction and usability design. What’s not to like? Oh, Buxton does work at Microsoft as their Principal Researcher, bu [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Categories: Design, Inspiration, Interaction, Learning, Technology, Video, We love | No Comments »

Print vs. Pixel

Ever since reading Speak Up’s Landmark Web Sites, Where Art Thou? two years ago, the concept of the differences of print vs. interactive have been simmering on low on my mind. There are obvious differences, between these two mediums [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, May 4th, 2009

Categories: Technology, Trends, Uncategorized, Video, Websites | No Comments »

Big Think

I spent pretty much all day on the internet (save of course the few hours a day I’m sleeping) and one of the thing that never ceases to amaze me is the proliferation of access to information. The rise of popularity of Ted Talks onlin [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Categories: Inspiration, Interactive, Technology, Video, Websites | No Comments »

iMac Shuffle: Amazingly Uncomplicated

Who needs a screen, ports or even input devices? The new Apple iMac Shuffle ultimate in minimalism.

Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 30th, 2009

Categories: Fun, Technology | No Comments »

Sheepish art

What do you get when you cross LED technology, sheep and guys with a lot of time on their hands? How about one of the coolest campaigns by Samsung. Check it out here. Thanks to my buddy Steve for the link.

Posted by: Alex Leynes on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Categories: Advertising, Art, Fun, Technology | No Comments »

The future of computing according to Microsoft.

Most of us have already seen Microsoft’s impressive multi-touch display technology, but I’m not sure how accurate this utopian portrait of the future of computing is, called Microsoft Sustainability. Pretty awesome bit of motio [...]

Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Categories: Inspiration, Motion-graphics, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »

Lessons Learned: Backup!

Backing up information seems like such a simple thing to do, but stop and consider if your information is actually safely backed up? With the demise of Ma.gnolia last week many are left wondering about the state of their backups particular [...]

Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, February 16th, 2009

Categories: Technology, Tips | No Comments »

LA Auto Show: Where ‘Green’ Means “Go, Go, Go”

The LA Auto Show is home to the largest west coast display of cutting edge vehicular design and engineering. Every year the show opens its design challenge to any automaker that feels like they are up for flexing their creative muscle. Thi [...]

Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Categories: Design, Events, Illustration, Sustainability, Technology | No Comments »

Scamming the scammers

We all hate junk mail, and it seems like it will never stop jamming up our Inboxes. Whether it’s elixirs for male enlargement, vacations to nowhere, or the infamous Nigerian bank scam, we all wish someone would do something to end the [...]

Posted by: Alex Leynes on Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Categories: News, Pop Culture, Technology, Websites | 1 Comment »

Appreciate architecture? Visit the Vancouverism show in the foyer of the new Woodwards bldg. Beautiful & inspiring work. (Link)

SuperPower: Visualising the internet. (Link)

Boys and their toys. (Link)

Beautiful packaging, it's simple and does a great job showcasing the product. (Link)

Have we mentioned that @LikemindVan has a group page on LinkedIn too? (Link)

RT @gdcbc: To honour fallen designer Leo Obstbaum, please contribute to Emily Carr's Memorial Award in his name: (Link)

RT @gdcbc: CBC's tribute to Leo Obstbaum, deceased designer responsible for the 'look' of the #Vancouver2010 #Olympics: (Link)

RT @MarkBusse: People often say I have a big head, but that's hogwash. This photo proves my head is just right: (Link)

Love this diagram of the creative process as a continuum from research (uncertainty) to design (clarity). (Link)

Our newest designer Dana is awesome. You should hear her talk to marketing people when they call. Don't mess with the Dana.

This is the best Olympic training video I have seen to date ;-) (Link)

Missed what it was like to be in Vancouver when Crosby scored the winning goal this weekend? Watch (and listen) to THIS! (Link)

Google acquires Picnik, thus expanding it's dominance in the cloud computing domain. Who needs PhotoShop anymore! (Link)

RT @MarkBusse: @TimeFox is now on Twitter and has released an iPhone app! I just updated some projects hours I forgot to log. #productivity

RT @MarkBusse: How do you define professional success? For me, it has to be working with people that feel more like family than employee ...