Category Archives: annunciation

UI Realism.

Written by Peter. Posted on January 22, 2010. Filed under advertising, annunciation, consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, user interface, work. No comments.
UI Realism.
I was a huge fan of Marvel Comics growing up, and love Scott McCloud’s books on comic art’s ability to communicate across languages via symbology, etc.  Found an article recently by Lukas Mathis of ignorethecode.net that applies cartoon principles to User Interface (UI) design.  Not quite ‘less is more’, but rather ‘just enough is correct’ [...]

Puck the System.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under annunciation, business, consumer, design, interactive, technology, user interface, vids. No comments.
Puck the System.
This is pretty rad – a RFID wireless ‘puck’ that can be used as a remote to interact w. sensors to control whatever parameters you’ve got set up – in this case, mood lighting…

Come On, Apple.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 3, 2009. Filed under annunciation, brand, business, consumer, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface, work. No comments.
Come On, Apple.
I saw this described as passive aggressive warfare this morning.  Adobe’s taking the gloves off re: Apple’s mobile Flash support (or lack thereof).  Seems they’re taking a lead from the ‘Death to IE6′ shame campaign also being waged very publicly.

GeoCities No More.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 26, 2009. Filed under annunciation, brand, business, design, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface. No comments.
GeoCities No More.
Never liked GeoCities much, but it did attract a pretty wide audience back in the day.  Yahoo shut it down today, after more than 10 years of crappy websites.  Good article in today’s LA Times.

Refill 2.0

Written by Peter. Posted on October 14, 2009. Filed under annunciation, consumer, design, food, interactive, signs, technology, user interface. 2 Comments.
Refill 2.0
Allan at Vector Living sent me this illustration, figuring I’d appreciate it (being an absolute caffeine junkie). Love it.

Boom.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 16, 2009. Filed under annunciation, fauborg, orleans, pranks. No comments.
Twenty B’s took this picture from the Moonwalk here in New Orleans on the Fourth of July. I like it because it looks like the Crescent City Connection is blowing up.

CSS Fu.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 6, 2009. Filed under advertising, annunciation, business, design, interactive, internet, projects, technology, work. No comments.
CSS Fu.
Our friend Travis in Breaux Bridge has released CSS Fu – a batch CSS Gallery submitter. It’s still in beta, and submissions are currently free – check it out!

Bon Voyage, Jonah.

Written by Peter. Posted on July 2, 2009. Filed under annunciation, business, interactive, internet, orleans, work. No comments.
Bon Voyage, Jonah.
My business partner of more than two years, Jonah Langenbeck, is making a big career move, recently accepting the Interactive Media Manager position at the National WWII Museum. We partnered back in 2007 and spent the last two years working (sometimes frantically) on dozens of websites and interactive assets for various local and national clients. [...]

Annunciation Interactive

Written by Peter. Posted on June 1, 2007. Filed under advertising, annunciation, business, design, orleans, projects, technology, work. No comments.
Annunciation Interactive
I’m pleased to announce that I have partnered with Jonah Langenbeck and Annunciation Interactive, a little design and technology studio in New Orleans. We are in the process of launching the company while serving existing customers.