Charbel Jamous

Socialnomics has just released Social Media Revolution 2, a refresh based on his original video from 2009 that had about 2 million views on YouTube and was a must watch video with some amazing statistics. For 2010, he has updated the video with the latest stats, figures and information on everything social
Source: www.digitalbuzzblog.com

Pretty interesting video telling the story of the internet invention. Visually, the use of icons  is a great example on how message could be treated to communicate the visual.

Enjoy,

-CJ

An impressive talk by Jane McGonial, worth seeing!
Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how. Source: http://goo.gl/aZt2

Tea-Shirts

Source: http://www.mediumrareplease.com

You know, when you love food and you’re in a constant mood for food you cannot but stair at anything related to it.

While browsing this morning, I landed to a website hosting a funny banner ad for BK. Although am not a big fan of junk food, but the idea of having 2 competitors in a same ad is catchy. I couldn’t find the animation though, I will share it as soon as I get it. Cheers.

- CJ

Photo taken for Burj El Murr during a walk in the old streets of Beirut.

The abandoned skyscraper is the Burj El Murr (Murr Tower), which was only partially built when the civil war broke out in 1975. Its frame was finished during a lull the following year, making it a prime militia location for the “hotel wars” of 1977-78

Apple’s Mac vs Pc campaign is getting a free re-invented with the release of windows 7 providing the creative teams a mass of new ammunition to play off. This is the latest in a string of rich media takeovers by Apple on the NY Times website, they are always full video and perfectly executed for the space available.

by Brian Armstrong

Have you ever seen someone complain about a parking ticket as if it’s the end of the world?
Have you been cut off in traffic and let it ruin your whole day?
How many times have you let your experience at the airport (crying baby, delayed flight, missing luggage) be the first thing you bring up in conversations with friends?

I want you to repeat after me: “these things happen”.

We all have these types of events come up in life, but successful people just go on as if nothing has happened, and unsuccessful people let it derail them.

The next time you feel a surge of anger coming on over an insignificant event in your life, go over these points in your head: Continue Reading

Source: Smashing Magazine

• the registration link is titled “sign up” (40%) and placed in the right upper corner,
• sign-up forms have a simplified layout to avoid distractions for users (61%),
• sign-up forms are one-page-forms (93%),
• sign up forms attract visitors by explaining the benefits of registration (41%),
• titles of the input fields are highlighted bold (62%)
• no trend in the label alignment can be identified,
• designers tend to use few mandatory fields,
• designers tend to use few optional fields,
• vertically arranged fields are preferred to horizontally arranged fields (86%).

Creative people are no different from you and I. They just have a different way of looking at problems and solving them. The good news is, they use tools that anyone can use.

If you are new into freelancing, or business is slow, try the GOYAKOD method — Get Off Your Ass and Knock On Doors!

Good artists copy. Great artists steal.