the bowden family blog

so with the redesign of my site recently, i have also launched a new blog, more focused on technology / business / and design. please join the conversation if you like. thanks.

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

though baby bowden is still 6 months away, i imagine him doing something creative like this in 30 years.

let my people go surfing

by yvon chouinard

Tribes

by seth godin

How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer

by Debbie Millman

so i just ran across this via a banner on imeem’s home page. seemed like a cool concpet, city music. then they throw a shirt randomely in the mix, so inconspiculously yelling BUY BUY BUY. this is just wrong. if you want to tell me a story, i’ll listen to a great, mysterious, intriguing story, but switch and bait.

a better example of having a legit retail business, no shame about it, and then telling the stories that emerge naturally from the people that are the company, customers, and community…. nau.com

Powerful video from amnesty international. Touches on one of my core convictions. You and I are powerful. Our voice and what we choose as worthy to speak about matters. Where we spend our money matters. As to what we spend our time and energy on matters. We are extremely powerful. Wake up.

thanks alex

I found this website recently, that produces a wireframe of popular sites. pretty interesting. I am use to working the reverse, being given wireframes and working them into designs, so this is amusing. I’m working on a big corporate redesign right now, so it’s pretty timely to see these.

also, can you guess the sites wireframed above? Answers are in the links.

Brittany and I watched this video last night, and were pretty amazed. The video in the link is actually an  hour long, and it’s worth every minute. Enjoy.

music - jon foreman - limbs and branches

movie - the dark knight

book - God in search of man, by Joshua Abraham Heschel

web application - a tie between pandora and imeem

All the hard work paid off Jonathan’s props on an indepth CokeZero game.

an update: we also won the fwa (favorite website award) site of the day on friday. very cool.  http://www.thefwa.com