While I try not to venture off-theme when blogging, sometimes there is something so amazing that I just want to share it. This is one of those times. Paul Adams, a user experience researcher at Google, gave the presentation embedded below. It provides an illuminating look into how we tend to naturally organize our groups of friends into buckets and offers insight into the levels of friendship we tend to have.
This should be required reading for anyone who works on the internet, since he outlines the influencing factors that should guide any web product being built. However, much of this will be fascinating to anyone interested in sociology and wants to learn more about how we structure our social lives, online or off.
Panasonic is using a gorgeous and simple design for the packaging of these headphones. I found this on Lovely Package, which you should definitely check if you are into these sorts of things.
As a fan of ramen, I’ve been struggling with how to best keep the top down to keep the heat in since middle school.The “Cupmen 2″ is an ingenious product that not only keeps the lid sealed, but it also tells you the temperature via some snazzy color-changing. As a bonus, it looks pretty awesome. You can read more about it here.
LTL Prints feature a wide selection of wall decals to fit about any personality. Luckily for me, they carry a great selection of video game artwork from some great games, including Jet Set Radio Future. I’m still waiting for a followup to the fantastic XBox title, but in the meantime, maybe I’ll pick up one of these to tide me over. You can see all of the JSRF wall graphics here.
Capcom did a very cool thing with their first return to the 8-bit glory of Mega Man when they enlisted the artist Gerald de Jesus to create new “box art” for the download that evoked the vibe of the original Mega Man box art from the 80′s. Fans loved the treatments, and so Capcom commissioned more work for the relatively-newly-released Mega Man 10. Here are the new graphics, which include many favorite characters from the series. You can read more about it on the Capcom blog here.
