April 2012
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“All time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.”
– Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Video for Tax Foundation: We're Number 1!
In our latest work for the Tax Foundation you’ll learn two important things: 1. The U.S. now has the highest corporate tax rate of any industrialized nation in the world and; 2. The world’s largest ketchup bottle (though they spell it “catsup”) is in Collinsville, Illinois. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
March 2012
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GREY AREA
(Apologies to the late greats David Foster Wallace, Joseph Heller and The Simpsons, all of whom would have a good case that I’m ripping them off here.) 10:45am ABC studios Conference Room J WRITERS MEETING Edward Tryte, Assistant Senior VP of Primetime: Alright everyone settle down. Now, as you all know, one of our marquee shows, Grey’s Anatomy, is about to enter its...
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Sending Video in the Mail
[[posterous-content:pid___0]] We get to do some interesting projects at work, but this one was something entirely different and, in my biased opinion, very cool. Thanks to the Technology CEO Council and our friends at Tax Foundation, we produced 5 videos on corporate tax policy. The catch is that after they were all done, they were distributed by mail. As you can tell from the poorly-shot...
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A Sign Tech is Booming - Funding Without an Idea
From the Y Combinator blog. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
February 2012
2 posts
The Inventor of E-mail on Systems
Important quote from V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, inventor of e-mail. From today’s Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/innovations).”The problems of today’s world are not just learning how to build a computer better or writing a software program. A lot of that stuff is being outsourced, like in America. The big problems are large-scale systems - so the educational system,...
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A Sign My Rocking Days Are Over
The ads on YouTube provided a nice reminder of the demographic that is checking out the Van Halen video. (ie the demographic to which I belong.) Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
January 2012
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Great Quote on Complexity
”Sometime in the past decade…we stopped analyzing emergence and started creating it. We began building self-organizing systems into our software applications, our video games, our art, our music. We built emergent systems to recommend new books, recognize our voices, or find mates.” -Steven Johnson in his book, Emergence Posted via email from Craig...
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Great Quote on Complexity
”Sometime in the past decade…we stopped analyzing emergence and started creating it. We began building self-organizing systems into our software applications, our video games, our art, our music. We built emergent systems to recommend new books, recognize our voices, or find mates.” -Steven Johnson in his book, Emergence Posted via email from Craig...
December 2011
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Video for Tax Foundation: Falling Behind by...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kly8pjEU2g0 A while ago we were lucky to do a video for the Tax Foundation on the issue of Tax Deferral (seen here.) We loved the project and had hoped to revisit it someday. We’re happy to say that earlier this week, Tax Foundation released the follow- up video. Done in a similar style, the video examines the issue of the Corporate Tax Rate. Complex...
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Video: Why a Pigeon is as Good an Art Critic as...
From the Santa Fe Institute’s YouTube Channel. The whole video is worth a watch if you have the time. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
November 2011
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Nice Video: 60-Second Adventures in Thought
Not our work, but a great job making some complex ideas pretty simple here: (via devour) Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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Some Good, Basic Tips on Making Web Videos from...
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This is what your desk may look like in the...
via Mashable, via Mike Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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It's all a little foggy...
Taken this morning with Vignette for Android (with a little Photoshop help) Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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Alex Castellanos on 11/6's Meet the Press
Yesterday, my boss Alex Castellanos was on Meet the Press and weighed in on Herman Cain and what might happen if he wins Iowa. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
October 2011
4 posts
Behind the scenes at Radiolab
I’m a big fan of the show/podcast Radiolab and just found out that its creator, Jad Abumrad is a MacArthur grant recipient. This interview with him is a great look at the hard work he puts in to create each episode. More on Radiolab and downloadable episodes are at http://Radiolab.org Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Two Videos About Underground Cuban Music Scenes
First, the electronic music scene. Although, I hear the festival documented here has been taken over by the state. (Thanks Carlos!) And the punk scene (NSFW language): Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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So Long, Dr. Rosenau
I recently read that Dr. James Rosenau, a noted political scientist and professor passed away. There are plenty of people who knew Dr. Rosenau better than I. And it’s probably best left to someone smarter to explain how his application of the science of Complexity to politics was revolutionary. But, in 1999 I was fortunate to be one of his students for 2 semesters and he changed...
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The Center for Audit Quality's System of Investor...
Recently, we had the opportunity to work with the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) on a great project. The CAQ wanted to find a way to bring attention to some of the people, laws and requirements in place to help protect investors and help them make informed decisions. The topic is important and timely but can also be highly technical. I think we found a great way to keep it interesting. ...
September 2011
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The Decemberists + Parks & Recreation + Infinite...
The video for The Decemberists tune, “Calamity Song” was directed by Michael Schur of Parks and Recreation and re-creates the “Eschaton” game in David Foster Wallace’s book, “Infinite Jest.” Albeit it with a kinder ending to poor Otis P. Lord (the kid in the beanie) than the book has. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment » ...
August 2011
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Adobe Edge Preview: Making HTML5 Animations Pretty...
This week, Adobe launched a new tool called Adobe Edge that’s meant to make designing animations in HTML5 easy. I’ve had the chance to try it a bit and so far it’s pretty cool. It’s designed like After Effects lite with a touch of Flash - based around keyframes and changing values. It plays well with Photoshop and is available for a 150-plus day preview here. ...
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Video: Move
MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo. Great video. Click through to watch in HD and see their other work. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
July 2011
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Video: Good, Contentious Interview with Rep. Steny...
I’m sure there are hours of great, important interviews with politicians from this week. I caught this one this morning and thought it was worth watching: Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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Video: The Surprising Math Behind Cities and...
Here’s Santa Fe Institue’s Geoffrey West giving a TED talk about how the size of cities (and corporations) is not only scalable, but scarily predictable. Even crazier? If you give them some detail on a city, (such as, the number of gas stations or how many steps per minute the average resident takes) they can tell you how many people live in that city. For more on this,...
Web News for 7/27/11
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Sesame Street Covers the Beastie Boys
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RNC ad: Change Direction 2
Our post-production team did some great work on this ad for the RNC called, “Change Direction 2” In particular, I thought the text effect at the end was pretty cool. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Web News for 7/13/11
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Web News for 7/6/11
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Web News for 7/5/11
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Web News for 7/3/11
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Web News for 7/1/11
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June 2011
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Web News for 6/29/11
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Web News for 6/28/11
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This is Water
Over the weekend I stumbled across a fantastic (and kind of haunting) commencement address author David Foster Wallace gave to Kenyon College in 2005. Here’s a snippet: Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The...
Web News for 6/22/11
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Watch. Dog.
Hanky doing what she does best. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Web News for 6/20/2011
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Rep. Paul Ryan on all things political and fiscal...
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) gave a long, thoughtful interview to CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning on just about all things political and fiscal: Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Web New for 6/18/11
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Web News for June 16, 2011
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Web News for 6/15/2011
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A DC Thunderstorm video
I work with some great people who make cool stuff - even when they’re not on the clock. Victor Wolansky made this HD timelapse after one of our DC-area thunderstorms last week. Very cool. Lighting Storm from Victor Wolansky on Vimeo. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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Interview with the makers of the guitar Google...
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Tim Pawlenty runs the economic gauntlet on CNBC,...
Tim Pawlenty’s appearance on The Kudlow Report on CNBC from earlier this week: Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Web News for 6/8/2011
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Evernote releases IPad "peek" application
Ok, so I’m an Evernote fanboy. But this is pretty clever. Connect the app to something in your Evernote that you want to learn, peel back the cover on the iPad2 and you have a flashcard-like learning system. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
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Beautiful NYC Timelapse
There’s no shortage of timelapse videos on the web these days and the competition seems to be driving better and better videos. For my money this one the best. It’s worth clicking through to watch in HD. Mindrelic - Manhattan in motion from Mindrelic on Vimeo. Posted via email from Craig Kirchoff | Comment »
Web News for 6/3/2011
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