Bill C. English | Web and Interaction Designer

23 days ago

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Deadline

A stop motion animation made with Post-it notes by SCAD student Bang-yao Liu.

36 days ago

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Google Wave Drips With Ambition

Robust roundup of Google Wave, a new platform merging e-mail, IM, and a host of other features.

46 days ago

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This is getting a lot of press recently, but it is pretty astounding… I really think this is just scratching the surface of what’s possible with translating large sets of data into human-friendly functionality.

48 days ago

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The Mystery Box

J.J. Abrams’ talk at TED … “mystery is the catalyst for imagination”.

58 days ago

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Alive in Joburg

Short film by Neill Blomkamp, soon to be expanded to feature length film called District 9.

59 days ago

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Wu Note Records

Redesigns of all the Wu Tang album covers in the spirit of Blue Note.

63 days ago

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Alexandra DuPont’s review of Wolverine

The filmmakers also, for some inexplicable reason, feel the need to abuse green-screen projection for way too many of the driving scenes. I watched Fozzie Bear drive a real live car down a real live road 30 years ago in “The Muppet Movie.” Is there a particular reason that Hugh Jackman is denied the privileges afforded a Muppet?

— Alexandra DuPont’s review of Wolverine

67 days ago

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Inside the Baby Mind

It turns out that the baby brain actually contains more brain cells, or neurons, than the adult brain: The instant we open our eyes, our neurons start the “pruning process,” which involves the elimination of seemingly unnecessary neural connections…

while the pruning process makes the brain more efficient, it can also narrow our thoughts and make learning more difficult, as we become less able to adjust to new circumstances and absorb new ideas.

— From Inside the Baby Mind, a look at how babies’ brains develop.

72 days ago

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