That Would Be Version 10

Dec
15

Photoshop CS3 has hit public beta. The biggest addition is that it is a Universal Binary, so all you Intel Mac (or Hackintosh) folks can go ahead and start using it natively without the headache of Rosetta.

If you’re interested, here’s the link to the Adobe Labs page. You need a CS2 key as well as an Adobe ID.


Postcard for 07

Dec
13

For The Green Cross, a promotional postcard.


Chinese People Sound Like This

Dec
12

Proud lesbian civil rights activist, philanthropist to children, and host of The View, Rosie O’Donnell had this to say about news broadcasts in China.

Send her a comment or a note on her website www.rosie.com.

Official Statement from her people is, “I certainly hope that one day they will be able to grasp her humor.”

Sorry, my bad.

Under: APA issues

Defining Oriental Part 1

Nov
15

This is a New York Times article (ironically named “Demolishing Stereotypes”) explaining why Korean-American actor John Cho is not Chinese, but “Asian-American”

“The Oriental” is a gross oversimplifying of Asian and Asian-American cultures which quite often leads to the confusion of completely distinct and unique identities. This extends back several hundred years when any imported good from Asia, or even faux-chonoiserie was given the title of “Oriental,” to be more marketable to a society obsessed with manifest destiny.

See the review.

Under: APA issues

Human Nature

Nov
15

People are individualized by the situation in which they are born into;

In other words, when things are wildly homogenized, people tend to look what’s ”wrong” with things, more often than what’s “great” about them.

How do we differentiate our designs by our own deviances (differences)?


Another Youtube Standout

Nov
14

Very creative use of music, stop-motion and creativity proving once again that imagination can indeed be more of an asset than flashy and expensive production.

Here’s the Youtube link, it’s worth it.