BrainFuel

I’ve seen this technique before on the old US West web site however since then I’ve seen it only once or twice (and it’s been over two years).

Basically it works like this. Go to the ProjectCMS Forum and click on the Search button and you’ll see the technique. A layer pops up instead of taking you to a new page. Cool.

For our Phoenix readers… and really anyone, I thought this was an interesting company: Measure-X… they help companies improve their customer service.

If you haven’t bookmarked/favoritized this list already, you’ll want to. Some of the web’s best-known names in Flash and design pick their favorite site, new every month.

Here’s a neat QTVR of Mars panorama… awesome.

Update: I had a chat with my friend about this photo.
him: this is the * * * *!
him: thx for sending
me: Yup
me: Looks like an exciting place
me: lots of rocks, lots of red,
me: dirt to kick around
him: cheap acerage but a costly commute
me: Totally

Update Update: Raw images from NASA

Hi people, we’re at the CES show in Las Vegas reporting (Ben is here and me, Chris). We’ve seen tons of great new technologies from Panasonic, Canon, Microsoft, (Apple isn’t here??), Toshiba, Intel, Motorola, and really every single technology company…

Today I was at the Motorola booth and saw the great Motorola Broadband site, and I wanted to post it for everyone to see. What did I like? The neat drop-down menu effect showing products (top left corner of screen). Then if you go to a sub page check out the “product comparison” section with an awesome CSS effect on-click.

monochrom’s attempt to evaluate the actual power of brands by making Austrian people draw a total of twelve logos (nine international, three typically European) from memory, 25 people per brand. Salut, share of mind!

For the longest time I’ve been meaning to tear this article out of Fast Company and bring it into the office. Now I can just post a link to it. If He’s So Smart…Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of Innovationis a fascinating article about Apple Computer and about how for the longest time they’ve been innovating yet never truly making a huge profit. Highly recommended.

I’m in to photography lately, can you tell? Visit NoahGrey.com for some fantastic shots. After you’ve done that visit his photoBlog at GreyExpectations.com. Lastly, a new site about digital SLR cameras is over at digitalslr.org and it is run by Michael Buffington, a popular blogger.