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OBAMA + WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE = Off the Charts Exciting

Nick — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:28:55 +0000

It’s official. I’m an Obama fanboy. This put me over the top:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Rebranding the GOP

Nick — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:30:45 +0000

Rebranded Republican

Graphic Design We Can Believe In

Nick — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:38:00 +0000

A rejected Obama 08 logo.

I’m sure that title has been used somewhere before. If not, “©”.

So, yeah… Barack Obama is president. I hadn’t written about it as I was on blog hiatus all through November. Mostly because I was brain dead from how excited I was.

And as a lover of all things design, I was always amped about the graphic design behind the Obama campaign. I mean, light years ahead of anything we’d seen before in national politics.

Logo Design Love has a riveting look at the finalists for the iconic Obama 08 logo. They went through many iterations, and it’s always interesting to think that something as iconic as Obamas logo was actually part of a process. Sometimes we just assume this stuff jumps out of thin air.

Anyway, check it out.

Excited Casting

Nick — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:24:56 +0000

These guys could be father and son.

Something I noticed last night while watching the debate is that if Bill Paxton were about 20 years older, a little fatter, and ran himself through a meat processor, he’d look a lot like John McCain.

Has anyone heard of any intentions on casting Paxton in a biopic?

Compare these youtube videos:

Paxton interviews for HBO

McCain’s most recent ad (as of this writing)

Democracy + Technology = I’m excited (Update x 1)

Nick — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:31:29 +0000

Yes we 101001010111

When you mix two of my favorite things together, like say democracy and technology, I piddle on the carpet like a hyper chihuahua. I love it. And technology is doing things for democracy that would make Thomas Jefferson join me in my pee.

Today, an iPhone app (don’t even get me started now on the iPhone, I’ll spend a month on it) debuted that shows Barack Obama’s campaign really gets this technology thing.

Obama ’08 is your official, comprehensive connection to the heart of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s campaign, giving you the tools you need to make an impact and stay in the know…

Oh, and you can make donations from your iPhone as well. This might kill my checking account in the same way the iTunes store did.

Download it now.

UPDATE: There is a feature that lets you organize calls to your contacts. It takes their area codes and breaks them down by state. Swing states first in order, of course. How hot is that?