Andrew Thompson

Andrew Thompson is a GREAT motion friend of mine in NYC.

Atslopes working hard in 2006 | Westchester County's finest

Vandertramp Productions

Jason Davenport and Doug Davenport are my friends over at Going Interactive. They also have a funny video/blog type site called Vandertamp.

Vandertramp Productions, Some funny stuff like Internet Down

Robert Hodgin | The Barbarian Group

Robert Hodgin is co-founder and creative director at Boston-based The Barbarian Group. Robert, who has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, has also held positions at Arnold Worldwide and Circle.com. He was the creative force behind some of The Barbarian Group’s most visually compelling sites, including the original Nike ACG “Go” campaign site, the Discover Card “Car, Paddleball, Train, Snowman” campaign and the HP+Fender online guitar-playing module. He also worked with Macromedia, contributing to the development of the look and feel and the libraries and tutorials of Flash 5. Robert has won several major design awards and his work has appeared in virtually every major design magazine.

Robert Hodgin, See the video

Javascript Flash detection and embed script

FlashObject is a small Javascript file used for embedding Macromedia Flash content. The script can detect the Flash plug-in in all major web browsers (on Mac and PC) and is designed to make embedding Flash movies as easy as possible. It is also very search engine friendly, degrades gracefully, can be used in valid HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents*, and is forward compatible, so it should work for years to come.

Javascript Flash detection and embed script

Firefox

Firefox had a contest to see who could come up with an ad for their browser. This one pretty much nails it with the simple charactures of the icons. Thanks Mason Poe for the link.

Firefox Contest

Overheard in New York | Part 2

Chick: Why did you move my beverage to the floor?
Woman #1: You're not supposed to have drinks on the train.
Chick: It's not going to spill. Are you a cop?
Woman #1: No, I'm a taxpayer.
Chick: So am I. I have rights, too.
Woman #1: Yeah, I'm a cop.
Woman #2: Can you be a taxpayer and a cop?

--7th Street & 5rd Avenue

Overheard in New York

LOOK AT ME BEING SERIOUS!

Fair warning: this video contains foul language and lots of off-camera violence
against balloons.

Where'd the AIR come from? You used the air that COSTS MONEY!"

Jonathan Hills | Domani Studios | NYC

Jonathan Hills co-founded Brooklyn-based design firm Domani Studios in 2000, where he serves as creative director for clients that include The Whitney Museum of American Art, Gucci, W-Hotels and Estée Lauder. Domani’s innovative work has been featured in numerous publications and honored by top industry awards. When he’s not performing for clients, Jon plays guitar in NYC’s ambient, instrumental duo 1 Mile North.

Has the structure of creative teams changed?

Ruin skate shop

Atlanta skater James Coleman's part from the Ruin skate shop DVD Nouveau. Filmed and directed by Matt Creasy. Other Atlanta skaters featured in a montage.

Ruin skate shop DVD Nouveau

Vietnam Documentary

This is another atempt to re-create some of my Dad's experiences during Vietnam.

Dad and the Vietnam War

Moria Campbell, Copywriter

There is something to say about GREAT copy.

Moria Campbell, Copywriter

Overheard in New York

Dude #1: Easy, Big Poppa, you're stepping on my shoes.
Dude #2: Sorry, it's a little crowded in here.
Dude #1: I can tell.
Dude #2: But I love it when you call me Big Poppa.
Dude #1: Seriously, get off my shoes.

--11th Street & 3rd Avenue

I think living in NYC would be a great experience. Being around culture like this is worth the price tag. What do you think?

Overheard in New York

Night Writer | This is insane!

The night writer extends the functionality of LED throwies by allowing a writer to catch a tag in lights. It’s cheap, easy to make and writes 12-inch glowing letters 25-feet in the air on any iron or steel surface.

LED bombing!

MC Tween: it saves the world.™

MC Tween is a free library of prototypes that can be used on Flash MX and above (with both AS1 and AS2) to create property tweenings dinamically using several different easing equations - in practical words, creating easing animations via simple and small coding. Also called a tweening extension, MC Tween is just a bunch of actionscript code you can add to your Flash movies via a #include command. You will then have several "new" MovieClip, TextField and Sound methods and functions at your hand.

MC Tween

Publikspace | John Ferguson

John Fergusons work inspires me. And, he is a nice guy.

Publikspace Exhibit

My Dad in Vietnam

I made this little video a few months back; some images I put together from his tour fighting in the Vietnam War.

My Dad in Vietnam. 1969-1971

Here are his thoughts on the opening scene:

"Memorial Service at 7th Engineering Batallion. I think this was around June of 1970. A squad of Marines had been ambushed in Quang Nam Province, outside of DaNang. The Huey gunships weren't far away for support, but Charlie is expert in quick surprise ambushes. First the booby traps where they are set up for a specific place, then by the time you react, they are sitting, waiting for you in their concealed locations and finish up the job with a couple RPG's and the old reliable AK47. By the time the gunships and backup troops arrived, it was all over. It's a sad day losing your friends. Particularly, in a war zone. Semper Fi, Marines........Dad"

Ryan Flynn | Photography

Ryan Flynn; old skate buddy that's going strong with Photography. I love seeing how a lot of my friends from those day's are now in some type of creative field. To me, skateboarding was a form of self expression; same as art.

Atlanta Hates Us
lightTight

Frank Shoemaker Photography

My Dad is a Photographer, and getting more Keen on Flickr.

Frank Shoemaker Photography on Flickr
Frank Shoemaker Photography on erokCom Flickr

Yeah (Acoustic) - Okay Samurai Multimedia

I only met Dave Werner a few times. PC grad that just took a job at Frog Design.

Yeah (Acoustic)