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Post-It Stop Motion

Here’s a cleverly designed stop motion video clip using post-it notes—or stickies as some of you know it as. I personally like the rain scene and how rain droplets fall and drip on the umbrella.

This clip is as amazing as Oren Lavie’s music video clip I posted months ago.

Google Wave

I’ve been busy crunching numbers and digesting journals in the recent weeks, so much that I didn’t have much time to open Google Wave invitation that has been sitting idle in my inbox for long. Well, today I did, after the majority of my loads are off of the list.

gwave Google Wave

Google Wave’s fun factor depends on the number of friends (or family and colleagues) you have in your contact list. Only those with Google Wave account can hop on your communication wagon.

The interface design is pretty good, but it is still not intuitive enough for beginners to discover what they can do with it and how to do it. Perhaps mimicking typical email interface to something that is revolved around the complexity of Google Wave isn’t a good idea afterall.

Judging by the performance, Google Wave isn’t that great when it’s running on my Safari; It ran slower as soon as I opened Google Wave. Aside from that, there’s really nothing much to comment at this moment…

Still, Google Wave is an interesting communication concept that works pretty decent at its preview stage; It worth trying and exploring. I feel excited imagining a streamlined communication and collaboration for work and leisure. Not to mention the amount of reducible paperwork if this streamlined communication works well.

Why don’t you take Google Wave a spin yourself and see how you like it? I do still have some Google Wave preview invitations left. Drop me a line if you wanna get one.

If you know fun ways to use Google Wave, drop me a line, leave a comment below, or wave me directly.

Projects

Overview of projects that have been keeping me busy lately:

1. Human-Computer Interaction CS3240

The first project up on the list is ShuttleNet, an interactive kiosk displaying shuttle bus arrival information, route, schedule, and map. This interactive application is built using Flash from scratch with user-centered approach—gathering input from the users during design phase and continue involving them in usability tests in implementation phase.

The result? An attractive interactive system that works the way users expect it to be, effectively delivering information in a visually pleasing manner.

shuttlenet1 Projects

shuttlenet2 Projects

shuttlenet3 Projects

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gTheme

I switched my Gmail theme from Minimalist to Ninja since I discover Mini Ninja that I used for Infotech recruitment flyer. Just like Tea House, Ninja changes according to the time. It’s fun to see what the Ninja is up to while busy reading and writing emails.

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Curious Ninja

 Curious Ninja

Programmers
Designers
Ninjas
All are welcome, regardless of their Dojo and belt color.

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Cool coffee mugs

mug Cool coffee mugs

Eight cool coffee mugs featured in oddee.com, especially the on/off mug, are very interesting. I’d love to see it myself, turning from OFF to ON and back to OFF when I finish my favorite coffee.

Hmm… I saw My Cuppa Coffee some time ago but I can’t recall where that was.

Creative ads around the world

tangled Creative ads around the world

Just as creative as previously featured ads about energy conservancy and getting the right job, oddee.com lists fifteen creative ads plus another sixteen creative ads in unusual places from around the world. Check it out.

axe Creative ads around the world

Chrome in 2.5D Clip

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An interesting short clip about Google Chrome. I like how this lively short clip features perfect mix of colors and blends 2D+3D to showcase Chrome’s features. The first screen (gray interface with progress bar) reminds me of Mac OS 7’s classic interface. Very old school indeed.

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Remember my previous blog post about my new web hosting service? I’m migrating to a new hosting service because the one that I had earlier was substandard. Well, knowing its extremely affordable annual price plan, I should have been mindful of its inferiority. It was a good lesson to learn though…

Behind the name ChrisPra.com
Cutting the story short, I migrated to a new web hosting service and it offered free domain name. There I went to grab chrispra.com as a shorter way to reach chrisprasojo.com
This thought arise when I realize my new friends called my Chris Prasago, Chris Prosaja, Chris Prasajo, and a series of anagrammatized Prasojo.
Believe me, no matter how you look at it, ChrisPra.com is just better.

Both .com name link to this blog at this moment. I’ll use ChrisPra.com for portfolio and other general stuff and use ChrisPrasojo.com for blog (Hello there my friends!).

Fresher wooden layout
As you can see here, my blog sports a new layout which looks similar to my previous layout. Yup, you get it right… I keep the dark wooden wall from my previous blog and photoshopped it a little further to darken the surface and its edges.

This theme isn’t built from scratch, but rather, built on a free Wordpress theme with major tweaks which is heavily adapted to my taste.

Dark. Earthy. Woody.
There goes the name of this theme: Kayuku, which literally means “My Wood”.

Do you see what I don’t?
I personally pick a series of font type that comes default in Mac but not in Windows with a reason. Um… Do you think I’m a Mac fanboy who’s trying to widen the gap between Mac and Windows users? Mocking “I’m a Mac, You’re a PC. Haha!” phrase? Nope.

It’s my intention to educate and spread good stuff to everyone, like you, regardless of what kind of computer you’re using. Take a look at the screenshot below (click to enlarge) and compare how this blog suppose to be and how it looks on your screen.

See the difference? Good.
I’m planning to publish a new page for readers to download good stuff. The first thing in that download page is likely to be a set of font types you can install to your computer. Go grab it when it’s available so you can see prettier websites.

I shall get back to work now and clear my piled-up tasks. Thanks for dropping by! Do let me know if there’s any issue on the layout, plugin, RSS feed, or in any other area. Have a good day!

Kayuku

“Here Lies Love” Website

You have seen the posters and read Reasons to watch Here Lies Love. Now, don’t miss the musical’s beautiful website; read the storyline, casts details, and more details at:

http://www.kentridge.nus.edu.sg/here_lies_love

Here Lies Love Website