Siftables

Lots of cool stuff going on at Ted this year. Siftables, however, have been the best thing I’ve seen so far. Presented by MIT grad student David Merrill, these bad boys are part of the ever growing evolution of digital technology that will lead to bigger and better and cooler. Check out the video, and be inspired.

Data

One of my favorites things at the beginning of every year is the release of Nicholas Felton’s Annual Report. It is always an extremely well-designed presentation of Felton’s year as a collection of Data. You can catch the report online here: http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2008_annual_report. Or order yourself a print copy here: http://feltron.bigcartel.com/.

Also hitting the tubes recently was the release of the “State of the Web” survey results. Collected and compile by the fine folks who bring you the Web Directions conferences, and “Scroll” magazine. You can catch the summary here: http://www.webdirections.org/blog/the-state-of-the-web-survey-results/. And the full results here: http://www.webdirections.org/the-state-of-the-web-2008/.

Small and Round

I meant to post this before the holidays, but got wrapped up (no pun intended, but that’s pretty damn funny). Here is some really good work by Chicago-based artist Jeremiah Ketner. Check out the site, store, and blog. Looks like Jeremiah will be showing in LA, Chicago, Seattle and Georgia this year. Be sure to catch him if you can.

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