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Alex is studying economics as an undergraduate student at UC San Diego.
He is also an Apple Campus Rep and a Web Production Assistant for the Rady School.
pianobell
This could be fun/useful. I'd probably spend hours outside of a friend's house playing something.
here & there — a horizonless projection in manhattan
Here & There is a project by S&W exploring speculative projections of dense cities. These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th. They're intended to be seen at those same places, putting the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it where she stands, both looking down and looking forward.
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contxts - text message based business cards
Contxts is a mobile business card service. If somebody wants your business card info, you can just have them text "name" to 50500 and it'll reply with your preset information! Try it out with mine (text alexcho to 50500). It's still in the alpha stage but it looks like a wonderful replacement for business cards.
If you're looking to get actual business cards, check out Card Observer for some inspiration before going ahead with your own design.
Here are some of the cards you can see featured at Card Observer:
via Card Observer
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google going square?
In the last two days, Google introduced new layouts for YouTube and Google Reader. Both designs feature "square" styles, escaping the familiar Web 2.0 trend of going towards soft, round shapes. Reader's new layout looks fresh and really shows that squares can work. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about YouTube. The new embedded search bar as well as the navigation in YouTube make me believe that Google's taking a step in the wrong direction. The square navigation doesn't pair well with the rounded content boxes that fill out the rest of the page. Despite this, I do believe that Google is doing a great job of openly making a case for the future of angled design as opposed to round design. We'll see how much they can influence design on the web as a result of this.
[Official Google Reader Blog] Google's take on their new Reader design.
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