Read My Mind By Reading My Bookmarks
My thought today: Can you tell what’s on someone’s mind by what they’ve been bookmarking? See if you can figure out what I’ve been thinking about by looking at a dozen of my most recent bookmarks:
- Flipper Nation
I’m a huge fan of anything HGTV, and recently I’ve also been watching a lot of shows about Filpping Houses. I ran across this link, a parody of couple of guys who flip houses. Not only did I get a good laugh, but I also thought they did an excellent job of integrating Web 2.0 concepts into the promotion of their website. I thought if I had a chance, I might blog about some of their comical “rules to real estate” in my some-what always-neglected Utah Real Estate Blog - Graphic Design USA Logo Trends 2005
Since I’ve been getting quite a few clicks on my graphic design trends category, I thought I’d do some more research and found this link. I thought it halarious what they called some types of logos such as “wicker balls”, “weaves”, and “puffies”. I’ve been noticing a lot of “transparencies” in recent design annuals and wanted to blog about it being a trend. - Does chocolate really give you pimples?
No, I’m not really worried about pimples, but ran across this article in looking for interesting items for my Tweet Sweet blog about misconceptions of chocolate. I ended up blogging about Does Chocolate Spoil instead. - Icon Advertising Museum
I’ve had several posts bouncing around in my head about Advertising icons or “company mascots” as I call them. I also wanted to refer Jeff Fisher to this link when I posted a response to his Michelin Man post (since he mentioned he was a fan of advertising characters), but I forgot. - Logo Lounge
For $100 annually you can have access to over 41,740 logos that have been uploaded and cataloged by Logo Lounge members. Members can also upload their own logo designs and they’ll be entered in their logo competition where winners are published. It’s always nice to have logo books around when brainstorming for a new brand, but it’s even more nice to have a logo book with my logo inside. (Jeff Fisher is my hero when it comes to getting published) - doba.com - Education Page
After running across their co-founder’s blog, AND seeing a couple billboards saying “need products to sell”, AND finding a product that was on their website that would work great for Therty Brand, I decided I should probably learn more. Doba provides product sourcing services for small businesses and entrepreneurs, in case you were wondering. - The Gardo House: A History of the Mansion and Its Occupants
In a random search for historical houses of Salt Lake City, I found one who’s appearance intreaged me, and I wanted to know more about it. Starting with my search of “Amelia’s Palace”, I ended up finding this link. I was sad to find out that this amazing piece of architecture originally built for Brigham Young was torn down in 1921. But what an amazing history - well worth the read. - The Portland Business Journal - The Oscar goes to…
After visiting a Moonstruck Cafe in Portland Oregon and blogging about their amazing chocolates, I tried to figure out if their familiar logo had won awards. I learned that it was purchased by Sally and Dave Bany, former executives for Columbia Sportsware company, in 2001. They took their experience and applied it to chocolate with the intentions of positioning it to grow into a national, premium chocolate brand. - Feedburner
What in the world is Feedburner and why have I been running across it so much lately? It looks like something I should learn more about, so I bookmarked it. Do you use it? Perhaps you could fill me in. - is this your name?
A bit of a goofy site that allows you to enter your name and see various stats about it. Since I recently discovered that I’m an egosurfer, this site really appealed to me. - seomoz.org - Long List of Link Searches
I scanned this article about SEO inside information, and bookmarked it to come back for later. As a website designer, I’m always interested in expanding my arsenal of information about SEO. - Ironic Sans - Idea: Pre-pixelated clothes for Reality TV shows
Have you ever watched reality television and saw someone that was wearing a t-shirt with a pixelated logo? Here’s the idea for David’s pre-pixelated line of clothing. I found some of the comments prett comical.
Since this is my last post before the Christmas Holidays, I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Christmas!
December 30th, 2006 at 11:37 am
Well, you just told me about the Advertising Icon Museum. How cool! The American Advertising Museum was located in Portland until it closed. I wonder if the Icon Museum got some of its collection when it was sold off.
Oh, and the Moonstruck Chocolate factory is located near my house. Every once in a while my friend Lisa and I wander over, slobber on the window above the packaging assembly line, and treat ourselves to a few chocolates.
Sandstrom Design created the Moonstruck logo and I’ve seen it published in quite a few design annuals. Steve Sandstrom and I were at the University of Oregon at the same time. In fact, we both worked at the Oregon Daily Emerald (the daily college newspaper). Steve was the editorial cartoonist and I was the paper’s advertising designer. I still have one of Steve’s original cartoons.
Thanks for the mentions!