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misterproud — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:42:04 +0000

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More HTML5 niceness

misterproud — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:00:06 +0000

This time focussing on new HTML5 approaches to typography using WOFF. Great for all you designers out there. Wonderful use of scrolling on the Atlantis Page too. Worth a look.

This scares me

misterproud — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:16:08 +0000

It’s been a while since something like this was seen or heard on the interweb. Which is probably a good thing…

HTML5 Comic Strip: Never Mind The Bullets

misterproud — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Flash is clearly being challenged by HTML5 experiments like this. Fantastic. Like so many things these days, it was designed to show off a particular browser, in this case the brand spanking new Internet Explorer 9. I didn’t bother installing it however, as it worked fine in Safari on my Mac…

iPad used for stop-frame animation

misterproud — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:09:49 +0000

Now this is what I call thinking outside the box. Technology put to ingenious use. And the results are wonderfully ghostly. Watch the film by clicking here or on the picture.

Firefox Tweet Machine

misterproud — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:18:35 +0000

Delightful use of open web technologies. Click to view.

For the inquisitive, here are the ingredients: Twitter API’s (Search & REST); Box2DJS (ported to jQuery) for the physics; PHP, Simple PHP Proxy, Memcached, YAML loader and PHP Twitter OAuth for the backend; Raphäel JS for the gauge SVG animation; jQuery for easier javascript coding; ColorBox, history, Preload CSS Images and timeago plugins; Topsy for the RT functions; Yanone Kaffeesatz loaded through Google Font API for the interface type and The Lobster Font for the typeface.

Another vision of the Future

misterproud — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:04:27 +0000

There will be screens everywhere. You will use them as soon as you wake up. You will be stimulated while brushing your teeth. And Apple will still be using those little metal keyboards…

I’m all for seamless and easy to use technology. Don’t forget to take a break from it all however. Or else.

Interactive Video by Arcade Fire

misterproud — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:43 +0000

Made with all sorts of trickery from Google, designed for Chrome (although it worked OK for me in Safari), this is another interesting attempt at adding a unique user experience to a music video. Personally I find the jumping windows a little distracting, but I love the use of Google’s Streetview, and the wonderful drawing tool… Have a look for yourselves.

Google plays with Flash and YouTube

misterproud — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:11:06 +0000

Built by Google to demonstrate the speed of Chrome (erm… it also works in Safari), this quirky video game shows very clever internet technology integration. In the spirit of the game, can anyone figure out how it was done?

My speed was 3.20. I’m sure you can beat that – I did it before breakfast….

Leave your thoughts (and your speeds) here in the comments…

Robyn is really Killing Me with this one…

misterproud — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:40:51 +0000

Twitter and Flash put to very good use in this abstract video. Now where did I leave those 3D glasses?