Vi.sualize.us is a social bookmarking site for images. Developed in 5 months by Victor Espigares, “a Spanish software engineer who loves photography (as described on the site)”.
I like the simple look and the tone of the early content. Features like Safe Browsing and Tag Cloud are well suited for its purpose. Firefox Addon is also provided allowing users to summit the image in one click via the (right click) contextual menu.
An unexpected consequence of the 2008 Beijing Olympics that solves my dilemma in translating Chinese (food) menu items to friends. The list is 170 pages long according to the NYT (Update: 2425 items).
This month, the Chinese government has officially released its very long list of suggested translations for Chinese dishes in preparation for a tourist-friendly Olympics. … The master list is incredibly helpful because, as it was built through consensus over many drafts, it conveys the optimal translations to bridge the gap between American and Chinese culinary sensibilities. This list will be useful not just in China, but for Chinese restaurants here in America for years to come.
Having read a few pages, I’d say these translations are pretty accurate and descriptive. Here are a few examples showing why the existence of an official list is such a wonderful thing:
Husband and wife lung slices: Pork Lungs in Chili Sauce (夫妻肺片) Chicken without a sexual life: Steamed Spring Chicken (清蒸童子鸡) Ants climb up a tree: Sautéed Vermicelli with Spicy Minced Pork (蚂蚁上树) Braised lion’s head: Stewed Pork Ball in Brown Sauce (红烧狮子头) Saliva chicken: Steamed Chicken with Chili Sauce (口水鸡)
FOR-A is a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in professional broadcast and video equipments. The first US website (above image) was a collaboration between myself and FOR-A’s New York branch in 2003. Designed and developed single-handedly, this 3-months project is a good representation of the quality standard of my earlier works as a graphic designer and a web developer.
Note: The US website was later replaced by a new global template in 2005. Link:FOR-A.com
It was two years ago when I first saw this fantastic photo series through a random surf. I had never thought that it would become a project that lasts this long and being put into a book. “Little People in the City” will be out on Sept. 5th, available for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk.
Great statistics for those who are interested in the usage trends of Social Networking websites.
The only social networks studied that didn’t have more women than men in the 18-24 year old group were venerable old LinkedIn (where incidentally the 25-34 age group was tops) and a site called Perfspot.
Other highlights:
Women ages 14-24 dominate activity on social networks and have more friends than men of the same ages.
Men ages 35+ are more active and have more friends than women of the same ages.
The average social network user has 2-25 friends.
There are a disproportionately high number of 69 year olds across various social networks. (my guess is that it’s the most popular ‘fake age’)
“The Dancing Girl of Izu (伊豆の踊子)”, originally published in 1926 by Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成 - The first Japanese to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature), was repackaged in the style of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) and sold at 7-Eleven outlets to attract young readers in Japan.
I was fascinated by this cover art (right). The interpretation is almost “an exact opposite image of the book’s content (from 2-channel)”!
This post has made my day … with a bit of bitterness.
At its charming new stock price of $12, the New York Times Company (NYT) has an enterprise value of about $2.85 billion. As BusinessWeek’s Jay Yarow notes, after you back out all the non-core stuff, that means that the New York Times itself–the paper and the digital assets–are valued at about $750 million. That’s less than half of what CBS just paid for CNET…
Want to make a point but couldn’t do it alone? Start a campaign on ThePoint.com.
I first saw this site about 4 or 5 months ago and really like the concept. The Beta tag was recently dropped with a redesign and some new features. Had to say that I personally like the old NewYorker-ish page style a little better.
8.22 Audio Player
8.16 WP SEO Pack
8.16 XML Sitemap
8.02 Addthis
8.01 Feed Burner
8.01 Sitemeter
7.10 Google Analytics
7.05 Juno Player
7.02 Font Size Control
7.01 Nexgen Gallery
6.30 My Anobii Bookshelf
