There are a number of compelling State of the Union visualizations online that highlight President Obama’s most commonly used words and themes, the time in the speech during which they were used, and how they compare to his past speeches. Continue Reading →
Today, Wednesday January 18, 2012 marks an important day in American legislation. Today, the Web is demonstrating its dynamic power through coordinated resistance against two American bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). So what is at the heart of these two bills—one in the House and the other in the Senate, respectively—that could prompt such determined defiance? The infographic displayed on Google’s ‘take action’ site illustrates that the concern is clearly not over the foreign piracy that the bills seek to shutdown; rather, the slippery slope of censorship it would induce.
A common complaint of energy efficiency proponents is the phantom energy use of chargers for electronic devices. These chargers continue to use energy and attempt to re-charge the device, even after the battery is full. Continue Reading →
A recent discovery has found that it is possible to learn new tasks and skills with little to no conscious effort through fMRI manipulation, also called decoded neurofeedback. Instantaneous learning like this occurs in the movie The Matrix, in which the characters literally download knowledge straight to their brains, and become experts in, for example, kung fu, or learn how to fly a helicopter.
GOOD has compiled a collection of infographics from 2011, their “Best Of” infographics from the year.
Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, a member of the Maga staff took a trip overseas to France. While there, she found this book in Nantes and really appreciated the entertaining look at the two most (arguably) beloved cities in the world.
With the ever growing number of social media outlets, it can be quite a challenge deciding where, when –and even if– you should post a status message. The decision graphic below was posted on Breaking Copy earlier this fall and seems to now be making the rounds on, among other social media sites, Facebook. We liked this graphic for its sense of humor, honesty and ease
Google recently celebrated the one billionth download of their ‘Google Earth’ satellite imagery program. Over the past six years since the free program was released, it has become available for use on phones and tablets in addition to the original computer platform.
Google recently celebrated the one billionth download of their ‘Google Earth’ satellite imagery program. Over the past six years since the free program was released, it has become available for use on phones and tablets in addition to the original computer platform.
Every employee in our company gets a Mac (whether they want it or not!) and the reason is simple – the MacBooks are our calling card. Yes, we have a segment of the workforce doing hard core design and the Mac is essential for Illustrator, video work , etc. But, for the rest of the staff, where any machine could work – we very much want clients (most of whom MUST use the standard PC) to see our team and our staff representing the design community by using a different tool. Continue Reading →
The reason that people like, make that LOVE something, and they aren’t really even sure why … that’s design. It is so funny to me that from the moment we had a mouse driven Mac 1 in 1984 to the multi-color iMACs 15 years later, the basic recipe of very clean, intuitive and highly professional design and its ensuing revenue generation has not been a focus for more companies. One really can’t look at the sea of PC laptops in their shades of dull gray and black, compared to the unibody machined aluminum of the MacBook, and not quickly conclude which product has more design dollars built in as a percentage of product cost. 
Whether creating a $100M fighter jet, the latest web technology, or the next flavor of ‘YourTown’ Cupcakes – the endless loop of listening to customers and the marketplace vs. envisioning the possibilities that people haven’t thought of yet seems to mire so many projects and organizations.
Stories abound on the internet on Jobs as the Showman, the uncompromising visionary, and the “oversees every detail” obsessive. There will go on to be volumes (or dare I say, gigabytes,) written about his leadership style, including mostly great reviews, along with many not so positive ones, evaluating his style and personality.
Wow….My wife and I were at a wonderful restaurant in a private room with 8 great friends and business associates in Charleston, SC when the news of Steve Jobs death came across my phone. Everyone at the table had their devices out reading the news. Nine out of ten of the devices at the table were Apple products or inspired by Apple products and the 313 patents and thousands of
