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Spotobe and the New Campaign Monitor

I had the chance to use the all new Campaign Monitor tool for Spotobe last week and I’ll have to say that I’m very impressed! Two of the features brought over from their previous MailBuild product, rebranding and client templates, are probably the most valuable additions.

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  Round Trip

  Being a parent, I get to see and read a lot of children’s books. Some of them have amazing illustrations. One such example is Round Trip by illustrator Ann Jonas.

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  jQuery to the Rescue

  Lately I’ve been reading lots of blog posts praising jQuery for how easy it is to use and implement, especially for those, like myself, who are not JavaScript gurus. It’s touted as a “write less, do more” Javascript library. So I thought I’d give it a try on a recent project. Being my first time using jQuery, it was obviously a learning experience, however, I found it fairly easy to pick up.

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  The Nomadic Revolution

  For years, information workers and creative thinkers have become accustomed to working in offices of one form or another. Will we be able to break through the barriers of our industrial era past and shatter the 9-5 mentality?

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  Spotobe.com Updates Are Released

  It’s been a crazy few weeks here at andCulture as we’ve released a number of soft updates to Spotobe.com this past week that we hope improve overall performance and usability.

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Random Signals

• An inventor from England named Kane Kramer was way ahead of his time when he essentially pitched to potential investors the idea of a portable, pocket sized, solid state music player. http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/briton-invented.html # (0)
• Turns out print may not be dead yet. Esquire magazine publishes a front cover animation on a their magazine using e-ink technology http://jeanricardbroek-architect.blogspot.com/2008/09/esquire-magazine-unveils-cover-with.html # (1)
• A very thorough article on the topic of CSS optimization. Tony covers tips regarding shorthand, hacks, whitespace, documentation, and compression. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/18/7-principles-of-clean-and-optimized-css-code/ # (0)
• According to the GristMill, U.S. driving was down 11 billion miles in March, the sharpest drop in history. And gas was barely $3 a gallon then. Look for the wave of people moving closer to work, family and schools to cut their gas costs. # (1)
• In case you are ever debating two similar cost carriers...Airfare Watchdog (great site for lowest fares, BTW) provides a list of the best and worst seats by airline. # (0)
• Next time you throw a party, save the plastic cups and make a cool light fixture. Modern AND eco-friendly. Without the DWR price tag. # (0)
• Think twice before investing in nano-silver products, generally touted for antimicrobial benefits. Turns out these particles are leeching into everything they ought'nt and the ecoprotectosphere is raving mad at the EPA for, well, being the EPA. # (0)
• This UI for the game Dirt on Xbox360 puts all other video game UIs to shame. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGNvRcS9A7w&feature=related # (0)
• Preorder your Obama action figure today. Or Einstein...or Any Warhol... http://www.jailbreaktoys.com/ # (1)
• The Email Standards Project has put together a video of frustrated users because of Gmail's snubbing of HTML email standards. # (0)
• Michael Pollan, author/natural food advocate, makes a compelling case for growing your own food...even one little plot o'tomatoes. Skeptical? Think about this: "...during World War II, victory gardens supplied as much as 40 percent of the produce Americans ate."# (0)
• "Shazaam! The technology of Google Reader minus one craptacular design." - Brian Fling, on integrating Google Reader with Fluid, a site specific browser for OS X Leopard. # (0)
• I'm a fan of Second Life. I think it's a great place to collaborate. In the jump, I like the use of a 3D camera, something we've been experimenting with here on some interactive projects. But you have to admit, this may be the geekiest thing you've ever seen. # (0)
• Flickr announces the addition of video to their website this week. # (0)
• The N.Y. Times has an op-ed this morning written by Steven Heller where he interviews Brian Collins about the apparent design success that the Obama campaign seems to have this year. # (0)
• Seen by some as a dying art, the N.Y. Times explains the hand signals used on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. # (0)
• Photoshop Express, aimed at "casual" users, was released by Adobe last week. PSE offers easy-to-use, one-click photo editing tools, 2GB storage, sharing, and integration with social networking sites, all for free. # (2)
• Covers of the book Freakonomics from around the world. Personally, the British version is a personal favorite. # (1)

Meet A BFD

Justin, our newest BFD, baby!!!  The Kunkelator!!!!

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No matter what you call him, Justin is the SpotoMAN, and this month’s BFD!  Congratulations to Justin Kunkel for his well-deserved & highly-regarded achievements, specifically with his personal efforts to the Spotobe campaign.