Reading about this has given me a new respect for LinkedIn. It seems like it's the new Facebook (in terms of being a media darling). It also made me think about being a "prosumer" and how LinkedIn creates a win-win situation for both recruiters and users.

This website is brilliant. Professional-looking websites are looking more and more alike these days. This one, however, looks like nothing I've ever seen and illustrates how skillful storytelling, good visual skills, and tech savvy come together to read like a window into two peoples lives. What this website is about is a pleasant surprise at the end!

Hayley, an MPC student last year, made this resume in video format. I found it a really creative, fun way to present a document that's increasingly feeling like a product of a bygone age. Cool as it is, it must be a pain to keep it up-to-date.

We learn a lot about technology in Virtual Organization. Here is an article that speaks to Toronto's potential as a information-technology hotspot for developers. What I find most interesting is that the best medium to interact in this high-stakes, high-information-rich sort of milieu is face-to-face.

Watch this beautiful video of Nuit Blanche 2012. It makes me regret not going this year. This got me thinking about video as a medium to build brand value. How could Nuit Blanche use this video (or video in general) to capture the imagination of Torontonians and get more people out on the street and enjoy this event?

It seems like Twitter's been busy upgrading its service to be more visual-oriented. is this a counter move to Facebook's purchase and integration of Instagram? Does it make sense in the Twitterverse to have the ability to add filters/effects to twitpics?

On Saturday evening, Iceland took an important first step toward rewriting its constitution, as the majority of population of the small island nation voted in favour of using a crowdsourced draft as the basis its new constitution.

Compare and contrast the mood of this song with that of Katy Perry's Part of Me and how each video employed typography differently. I love how this is bringing type back into a medium that feels driven by...non-type.

Our previous VisCom class on typography and composition got me thinking about the rise of lyric videos on YouTube. Music and typography come together in an expected way. Compare the use of typography to convey the song in this and Adele's Skyfall.

The Swiss style isn't actually "Swiss." It refers to a global movement towards simplified, structured design, evident in both composition/layout and type. This distinctively bold approach can be seen everywhere - just keep your eyes open the next time you flip through a magazine or walk through the Eaton Centre.

Here is a graphic that captures a visual history of scrollbars from 1981 to the present. I point out the trend towards making the scrollbar less and less noticeable, with fewer graphical details to signal to users its function given its progressive ubiquity. The scrollbar is the visual equivalent of "More informaiton, please!"

Emojis represent a move to standardize emoticons. I'd like to emphasize the "emotion" part of the portmanteau. Emotions are devastatingly difficult things to transmit electronically. But try we shall! Emotions are information- and context-rich. We want people to know how we feel because that piece of information provides a lot in any communication context. How often do you use emoticons or emojis? Why do we try to avoid using emoticons and emojis in formal/professional communication? Why is it inappropriate to display emotions in a professional setting?

Foxconn, which makes high tech parts for companies such as Apple, has been criticized for the poor conditions of its factory complexes. Breaking news of this riot forces me to wonder: "My iPhone, at what cost?" This is purely speculation, but could consumer demand for the iPhone 5 be exacerbating supply problems?

Helvetica the movie is a documentary about typography, graphic design, and visual culture. It discusses how a sans serif typeface created in the 1950s has become one of the most widely used, yet, for the unassuming, least noticed in the world.

Dieter Rams is an industrial designer known for his work with Braun. His famous principles of good design can be distilled by the "less is more" ethos. His legacy is felt strongly at Apple, a company renowned for the sublime designs of its products.