Cat Power

Thanks to @danimation for that one.

Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language

As a lady that takes liberties with language (I'm only allowed to copy + paste most things these days) Stephen Fry's monologue made me smile. Even if you don't agree with Stephen (which you will) there's something about words moving on a page that mystifies me.

From RogersCreations:

UPDATE 11/10/2010: Thanks to Stephen Fry for mentioning this video on his twitter account, rather exciting!

Using the wonderful words of acclaimed writer, actor and allround know it all (I mean that in the best of ways) Stephen Fry I have created this kinetic typography animation. If you like what you hear you can download the rest of the audio file from Mr. Fry's website. stephenfry.com and then go to the audio and video section at the top of the page and look for the file entitled language. You can also find the file on iTunes by searching the name 'Stephen Fry's Podgrams'.

I loved this particular essay on language and I thought it would be the prefect opportunity to make my first kinetic typography. I hope you like it and even if you dont I would like to heard what you think in the comments section. Also I know that at point the audio does not match the text so you doesnt have to write that. It is because I copied the transcript off of Stephen's website and it was not 100% exactly what he said and i did not notice until I was well underway. However these cases are few and far between.

Just incase you were wondering the programs I used to make this were all by adobe. Mostly after effects but also flash and illustrator. Flash for the changing background colour transitions and illustrator for putting the words in to the shape of 'language' before loading it into after effects to animate.

Enjoy

via @brainpicker

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Today I have an amazing voicemail to share. This weekend I dialed a wrong number -- around 8 on a Friday -- and realized I hit the 7 instead of the 4 ... or some mistake like that.

Today I got this amazing voicemail message ... and thanks to Google Voice I get to share it with you:

Aimee Mullins: How my legs give me super powers

In this short TED talk Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs (12 pairs in all) and the super powers they grant her.

"Change Starts with Your Underwear"

... and how. Buy them here! Via Creativity.

Kanye-Gate Continues with I'mma Let You Finish

via @rivercitygal

A Receive Pie Glitz Shinny

I've never been good at word games, but I've always enjoyed playing and I'd like to add I've always been a graceful loser especially at Scrabble (even if that game is not allowed in my apartment anymore). Hitting that 3 o'clock slump that I'm so familar with I went on over to have some word play with anagrams and this site took out all the guesswork. It was a toss up between "A Cheese Verily Pining Zit" and "A Receive Pie Glitz Shinny." Sorry I liked the sound of the latter.

I even took things a step further with the acronym generator SPoNGY is my favourite: SPoNGy: SPecialize everythiNG. You can never have enough acronyms within any project/document -- so do it up or SOUP: SO do it UP.