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Web 2.0 in just 5 minutes

Chanpory Rith — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:00:08 +0000

Mention “Web 2.0″ and you’ll probably hear a groan. People are just sick and tired of hearing it. Brian Clark of CopyBlogger has even made a New Year’s resolution to stop using the buzzword. So for the jaded and newbie alike, here’s a poetic and inspiring video on the history of Web 2.0:

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

The video’s quite well-written, fun, and imaginative. I think Brian would be proud.

I’m reminded of the famed Eames educational films which were also masterful in explaining complex ideas simply and elegantly. How can you forget Powers of Ten?

To contrast, here’s a more traditional lecture on Web 2.0:

Understanding Web 2.0

It’s certainly informative, but I’ve already forgotten it.

Thanks to Hugh Dubberly for pointing me to the first video.

Schmooze with joy and wonder at the DWR Eames Film Festival

Chanpory Rith — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:30:01 +0000

The misnomered furniture store, Design Within Reach, is hosting the Eames Film Festival at various retail locations nationwide. If you haven’t seen any of the films by the legendary design couple, Charles and Ray Eames, you must attend. Their most famous film, Powers of Ten, truly induces eyegasms.

We missed the San Francisco showing, but it’s not too late to attend the event in other cities like Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, St. Louis, Miami and 10 other cities.

For design students, this is also a chance to schmooze with local designers while lusting after unattainable modern furniture. The merchandise might be out of reach, but the event’s free and they’ll be serving refreshments–free booze and fancy snacks=free dinner.

RSVP early before spaces fill up.

Fake the look of film grain on digital photos

Chanpory Rith — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:00:51 +0000

Petteri Sulonen has a quick trick for faking the graininess of authentic high-speed film on sharp digital photos.

Instead of Photoshop filters that look fake, Petteri uses a grain file he created by scanning a photo of a cloudless sky taken with a traditional camera and high-speed film. He then layers the grain file on top of a digital photo, and sets the blending mode of that layer to “Overlay.” Voila! Instant reportage photo!

If you’re lazy like me, you can download Petteri’s already prepared grain file:

For more instructions, check out Patteri’s tutorial.