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When YouTube Goes Down…
This is what happens when you work at a company that works with YouTube. When YouTube goes down and everyone in the company goes to check, YouTube thinks you’re bots. If you’re ever curious about the downtimes of popular sites, check DownRightNow.
It’s Official: Google Bought Waze
It’s Official: Google Bought Waze, my favorite navigation app. And I’ll have you know, I am a waze knight.
Anatomy of a Logo: Star Wars
…Though the poster contained no painted imagery, it did introduce a new logo to the campaign, one that had been designed originally for the cover of a Fox brochure sent to theater owners….Suzy Rice, who had just been hired as an art director, remembers the job well. She recalls that the design directive given by … Read More
PSA: Don’t Be A Glasshole
Google Easter Egg: The Shire to Mordor
If you go to Google Maps, click “Get Directions,†select walking, and search for directions from The Shire to Mordor, you get a Lord of the Rings warning in the form of an easter egg that “One does not simply walk into Mordor.†Google must be putting these out to celebrate Google I/O eve 2013.