Times are a changin. Yes. Yes they are Mr. Dyaln. Last night over 111 million people tuned in to watch the Superbowl. But I would say only half of them tuned in for the game. The ones not watching Rodgers firing on all cylinders, were tuning in for the commercials.
Gone are big budgets, yet we tune in. Gone are the overboard productions, yet we tune in.
Gone are the talented writers, yet we tune in.
Ah, yes, the Design 100 challenge. I haven’t touch this since last March I believe.
Failed miserably. This is an attempt to get back into the creative free flow of the tools at hand. thought I would go back and brush up on my PS and AI skills; rediscover what some of the filters and effects can achieve.
Yes. We met while back actually. First off, I want to say that I love your sexy new look. Look at you using the latest and great web tech, and blazing a path of your own. Mmmmm Mmm! Hot Damn! Okay, but that’s as far as the sexiness goes.
I miss the version that would clean & cook for me. You know the one. Wasn’t as flashy as you, but took care of my needs and knew how to get into my heart. Yup, you know that old adage—”only way to get into a man’s heart is through is stomach.”
I miss the way you served up heaping helpings of that good stuff. Now all you want to is be secretive and not share any of the tasty tidbits. What happened? I thought we a good thing going. C’mon gimmie that good stuff one more time.
Please baby, please baby, please baby, baby baby please!
What’s got me quoting old Spike Lee movies? DATA.
The NEW Twitter is great for people wanting to consume info & tweets that others post; displaying images and videos without having click a link at all. But if your business relies on knowing who’s watching your videos, you are SOL right now.
When someone views an image or video from a service supported by twitter, those stats are not logged in most of the services they are coming from. I’m not sure that this was a calculated move by the talented folks at Twitter to shift towards monetization, but it sure looks like it. I’m surprised that a lot more people are not up in arms about this. Where are the social media experts?! I need your help! As Twitter Analytics rolls out I’m sure that they will address this issue. Why? Because Twitter Analytics is only for advertisers.
Yes, this is about Farmville. We’ll get to it later. This past week I was trapped in the house due to a freak winter storm that our State was not ready to handle. I was going stir crazy. Twitter was no fun; everyone was complaining about snow/ice. And I had run out fresh content on the intertubes.
So I decided to something wild and crazy. Play Farmville. If you know me you’re going, WTF?! But rest assured this was not for entertainment purposes alone. I wanted to see what attracted so many players to the game. What made Zynga more profitable than Facebook this year.
As I began playing, the game reminded me of Warcraft. No not WOW, but the original game. Very task based and directed at first and then it gave you the freedom to what ever you wanted within the game once you started leveling up.
Lest go over basic gameplay first. The soundtrack is a simple melodic tune that comes to life when you complete simple tasks. Think Vegas slot machines. The game lulls you into playing and cashing in to hear that sweet cha-ching sound. But you can only hear that sound so often with out neighbors. In order to level up, you must get neighbors, your facebook friends to play the game. Brilliant.
This creates a swarm of activity on your farm, that your resources (energy and cash) can’t keep up with. Zynga has masterfully partnered with other business to give you game cash if you sign up a particular service or product. Kind of like a squeeze page if you will.
I was wondering what happened to them on the net. Zynga cornered the market and moved it to Facebook. I don’t know if I should be happy that a lot of that gunk has been cleared from the tubes or upset that these practices still exist on a different level.
This is the year of the Farhan. The year of me. I am returning to my roots. I am returning to the things that ignite my passion. Music, art, & learning.
Let’s start with the fun stuff, music. Those of you that have been to a show with me know that someone/something else emerges. I get enthralled by the rhythm become one with the crowd. At that moment I transcend. I want to capture this energy and use it in other environments.
Art is one of them. Remember my design 100 challenge? Yeah… By going to more shows, I’ll fuel the fire for my art. This year, I’m starting a new.
Finally, I’m going to start learning again. I really haven’t brushed up on my physics or psych & that really irks me.
These past two years, I feel, have been stagnant for me. I have been resting on my laurels. No more. 2011 is the year of the Farhan. See you at the top.
I have grossly neglected my challenge to myself. I am just putting up post #4 for the Design100! This year has gone by a lot faster than I anticipated. I can’t believe it’s March & it’s snowing in March here in Atlanta! Wow…
So, this time around I some decided to take on somewhat of a project for a print design that would be fun. Again, I’m using my favorite thirds grid. The call to action is not what I would have liked it to be copy wise. I think the hierarchy flows well from top bottom guiding the reader along.
I need to get back to doing more of these things.
Yup. I have to do it… Question, I will.
Ok, so, tonight we found out that the numbers represented “candidates” that could take over the island once Jacob is gone. We also found out that they are the ones that Jacob touched. It leaves out all that mess about Claire, Christian, & Aaron being a candidate… so far. I hate Lost. Anyways, what I am trying to get at is, what about Kate? Jacob touched her too! Why isn’t she on the wall? If she is not a candidate, why bring/touch her? Everyone else has a number associated with them.
Why not her? And who is #42? Is it Jin or Sun?
To answer those two questions, I delved deeper into the mythos behind Jacob. I believe Jacob to be derived from the three most popular monotheistic faiths. The Qur’an says, “He was a man of might and vision.” This is the reason, I believe, that most of the “natives” look to him for instruction. Christianity and Judaism describe him in detail. If you know the story, you too are guessing that the “man in black” is Esau. BOO-YA!!!!! ”By your sword you shall live, but your brother you shall serve; yet it shall be that when you are aggrieved, you may cast off his yoke from upon your neck.” Esau “vows” to kill Jacob to be free, but is forbidden to do so!! But we all know this is all too transparent for the writers of LOST. I think that is just half of the story…
Getting back to Kate and Sun & why they can not be candidates. If that, indeed, is the inspiration of character of Jacob; he is a patriarch. Following that logic, Sun & Kate can not be “patriarch;” that simple. Feel free to disagree & shoot holes in my theories.
I’m going to miss this show. All the mythos & philosophies that each person embodies. It’s been a hell of a ride.
P.S. Wikipedia sucks as a Lost knowledge hub. Serves me right, should’ve gone to lostpedia.
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