The Design Can

Harrington Design Company presents a forum to discuss design-related issues, inspiration and stories.

Monday, October 29, 2007

The End of Windows :: Dell wants to win me back.


Baby come back, you can blame it all on me. I was wrong and I just can't live without you.

This Dell is like a desperate overweight teenager with her ruby red prom dress trying to get a date.

A few posts back I spouted about how our shop is switching to Mac after 10 years of Windows. So I'm no Mac fanboy.

Even the first generation iMac blows this design away. You know, the one with the bulbous bottom. Not even Sony could pull off a decent all-in-one, so I certainly don't have high hopes for this latest try. It's reminiscence to the Alienware line will appeal to the gamers but at $2000+ for the base model, I can't see many takers.

Hasta la Vista baby.

Dell XPS One coming next month - Engadget

Labels: ,

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Team building is f*cking great.

If your co-workers start swearing at you a little more often, it might not be because of your incompetence. It could be the latest team building trend.

Excerpt from Yahoo article: "Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers."

Swearing at work 'boosts team spirit, morale' - Yahoo! News:

Labels: ,

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Portrait of a Guitar

Looking for some culture in Jacksonville? Riverside Fine Arts is hosting LA Guitar Quartet this Friday. As is if that wasn't enough, one of Jacksonville's most prestigious photographers is displaying his work at the following reception. Actually it's not me, it's Ryan Ketterman, a long-time friend and incredibly talented dude.


You should come out to see both. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

Buy your tickets here. Or call 904 389 6222.

Labels: ,

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Engle Bells and Whistles

One of our clients, Engle Homes, asked us to kick up their Web presence a notch. We are helping them with a new campaign, Choose 2 for free. So we dug up an idea from about a year ago, of adding some Flash Video. Rocky, our main client contact, has a lot of experience with public speaking. So we rented a video camera from our good friend Paul Figura and set up a ghetto-style studio in the vacant office next door.

Add a little help from Adobe Premier and Flash and voila, Rocky walks on screen announcing the big sale. It's certainly not a first for the web, but it's definitely a first for us. Too fun. Anyhow, check it our for yourself. http://www.englejax.com/index-video.html

And while your at it, why not buy a house or too.

Labels: , , , ,