Fringecast Update- March 24, 2008 Just in case you've been wondering where the Fringecast went, here's the Fo-One-One. Fringecast.net launched sometime ago, but only recently became viable as a launching platform for the podcast. We're still getting it populated, so a few of the pages are lacking in the usual plethora of astonishing content, but the site's up and running. I've updated the Fringecast feed, so if you're grabbing updates through iTunes, you should be receiving those at the new URL. If you're not, please let me...http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/24/fringecast_update FriendFeed vs. SocialThing!- March 24, 2008 I think it's in. FriendFeed vs. SocialThing! is the new HD vs. BluRay, Beta vs. VHS. With my limited knowledge of both, I'm going to make a prediction that FriendFeed will come out on top, leaving a very limited number of SocialThing! users who will cry into their corn flakes every morning as they aggregate their feeds on the one social networking platform everyone seemed to like, know was better, and adopted early (they even gave VC to the project), yet did not adopt. Why the war Competition..http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/24/friendfeed_vs_socialthing 13 Months of Sunshine Title Sequence- March 23, 2008 For the independent Ethiopian feature film, it was decided that the thematic content of the film should be incorporated into an animation that would encapsulate the ideas of the plot into a unified piece. Taking the film's focus on coffee, immigration, soccer, and most of all, Ethiopia, Fringe Design created a coffee shop menu as its predominating backdrop, animating credit elements over top using After Effects and Photoshop as the primary vehicle for the creation of the piece. The animation..http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/22/13_months_of_sunshine_title_sequence Lavinia's Heist Title Sequence- March 22, 2008 Lavinia's Heist, a short film by Don Goodman, is about an older woman who decides to hold up a cafe in order to get sent to jail so her son will visit her more often. The director wanted the feeling of the title sequence to match the visual tone of the film, having a vintage (but not antique) feel, and utilizing some elements from the film. The title sequence was animated in 2k HD to match with the rest of the film master.http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/21/lavinias_heist_title_sequence Grounds Zero Title Sequence- March 21, 2008 Opening title sequence for short film starring Keegan Michael Key. Producers wanted something whimsical and coffee-themed. Fringe Design utilized custom-drawn graphics and animations to set the tone for the comedy about a barista and his love for an old espresso machine.http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/21/grounds_zero_title_sequence Kona and Content- March 12, 2008 I asked my local roastmaster AJ what he was drinking behind the counter, and he told me it was Kona coffee from the Greenwell coop in Hawaii. He's not offering this coffee on the menu currently, because it's so expensive. $35 a pound for green beans. AJ is a specialty roaster, so this coffee is great for small batch customers and those willing to pay more for a cup of coffee roasted to perfection. But AJ gave me a cup and I'm drinking it--black, which isn't how I normally drink coffee (I'm a...http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/12/kona_and_content Feeding My Urges- March 11, 2008 I have been playing around quite a bit lately with feeds and social networking. Twitter is one app I've come to really enjoy using, mostly because it appeals to my personal coda of less = more, e.g. one can do massively more if one does massively less in this new web 2.0 space. RIA (Rich Internet Applications) afford a great deal of usability, but the sheer numbers have a bit of a crippling effect on my personal productivity. I am also not interested in achieving a kind of notoriety in my...http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/11/feeding_my_urges 6BUY345- March 3, 2008 6BUY345. It had become a mantra. 6BUY345. The Eastern said it would be six days, 345 million units. Half would go toward the front, the other re-routed to some camp outside Kabul. He could net a hefty profit. But Ware was on him. This was always the danger of gun-running.http://www.fringeblog.com/archives/2008/03/03/6buy345 |