It’s been a long time coming, but here is a sneak peek of a few brand new designs. Colors and final art direction are being done on them, but we thought we’d share a part of some to peek some interest. Peace and Love!
Technology evolves and improves at such a fast rate that it’s often very difficult to make any predictions about its future. Below is one of the most interesting lists I came across in regards to technology predictions.
The following are the top 10 Worst Technology Predictions compiled by L. Gordon Crovitz of WSJ:
“Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments,” said Roman engineer Julius Sextus Frontinus in 10 A.D. This end-of-progress view has been echoed many times, including by Charles Duell, commissioner for the U.S. Patent Office, who in 1899 said, “Everything that can be invented has already been invented.”
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys,” Sir William Preece, chief engineer at the British Post Office, 1878.
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” H.M. Warner, Warner Bros., 1927.
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers,” Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
“Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,” Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946.
“The world potential market for copying machines is 5,000 at most,” IBM executives to the eventual founders of Xerox, 1959.
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home,” Ken Olsen, founder of mainframe-producer Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
“No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer—640K ought to be enough for anybody,” Bill Gates, Microsoft, 1981.
“Next Christmas the iPod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput,” Sir Alan Sugar, British entrepreneur, 2005.
After many years in graphic design, I still don’t have an absolute answer whenever someone asks me where I get inspiration for my designs. I think this is so because there never is one concrete answer. Inspiration derives from the obvious like commercials, posters, art, nature…but also from the not so obvious like interactions with friends, interactions with strangers, music, experiences, prayer, etc.
With that said, here are some cool pics I snapped with my blackberry (the camera on the storm is pretty good things like this!) of random books and images in the last few days. Enjoy!
Pure Love Club is an organization / revolution that I support wholeheartedly, so I was honored when I got the opportunity to design some sweaters for them. Here are some pics!
I’ve always been a PC or “Non-MAC” guy with computers. This is for a variety of reasons I could write about in a completely different post for why graphic design can accomplished without the Apple logo. This being said, I might have finally found a reason to try out a Macintosh computer. In the last month, yes…within the last thirty days, two of my PC computers have both died and are now resting in peace.
1. Sony VAIO FW
The first computer to fall victim to the angel of computer death was my Sony VAIO laptop. It was a gorgeous machine with a 16.4 inch wide-screen view and absolutely stocked to handle my editing and graphic design needs. There was nothing wrong with its performance, except a few minor hardware downsides (keyboard and touchpad).
I connected the laptop to a DLP project to present a slideshow I had created, and left it on top of a projector tray. After the presentation ended, I moved the laptop off the projector and put it on a shelf for the very specific reason of keeping it safe. I answered a few questions, wrapped up with a few comments of my own and proceeded to move the projector tray out of the way to help clean up. My laptop was still attached the the projector by the vga cable, the projector stretch it too far, and in what seemed like an eternity…the laptop fell off the shelf and took a nose dive 5 feet down to the hard, marble floor. My initial reaction was shock, then confusion. After I regained composure, I turned on my laptop to check out the damage.
Hardware wise, the AC port was loose and would not hold the power cord’s input into the computer. Windows started slower than usual and all processes would either crash or take an incredibly long amount of time (if it didn’t freeze before then) to finish. Slowly this symptom would get worse as time went on, and I spent a good part of the night backing up all my documents to an external hard drive.
I now turn on the computer and it’s nothing more than a paper weight. 
2. DELL inspiron E1505
With my primary machine in a comatose state. I planned on using my backup computer until I could research and shop around for another computer. I plugged in my old DELL Inspiron E1505, and with 2 gb of RAM, thought that it could suffice for at least another month. It was running beautifully and I began to rely on it more than I had anticipated, installing a lot of my old software on the DELL and putting off buying another computer more and more.
Then it happened one Sunday morning…the blue screen of death.
I did everything I could to revive it but it did not take. I finally had to resort to purchasing a Hard Drive dock and saving out the data from the laptop to recover my work. But alas, tragedy struck again, and I had to retire my second laptop within 30 days.
I am looking at a variety of machines, from ACER to HP to yes… a MAC BOOK. I will gladly take suggestions for any machine you’ve owned or currently own that you would recommend me getting.
Lifeteen hosts an annual event at Six Flags Magic Mountain in beautiful Valencia, CA called “Inspiration.” It’s truly an inspired day filled with great speakers, praise, mass, adoration, and of course…rides and attractions! I’ve taken the Youth Ministry group from my parish for the past six years without missing a beat and have now noticed an increase in groups making special t-shirts just for the event. Luckily, I had my camera and was able to snap a few tees that caught my eye.
***I want to make it known that these t-shirts, however good or bad were not made by Catholic t-shirt companies, which PAL Campaign is one of, but rather from Youth Groups and Parish Ministry groups. The designers could be students in the program, a parent, or one of the teachers. I think the increase of Catholic T-Shirt designs are an awesome testament to the fruitful use of God’s blessings!
PAL Campaign was at the SCRC conference in Anaheim this past weekend. It’s an amazing conference of Charismatic Renewal and the Holy Spirit was definitely present throughout. We worshipped and prayed with Mass, Praise, Talks, Adoration, Confession and more.
We set up our booth at the “Teen” area and got to hang out all weekend with the people from PAX Clothing and Seraph 7. They were super cool and very helpful. I’m sure we’ll run into and help each other out more in the near future.
Gotta remember to also thank Jacob and Matthew for leading worhsip and for hanging out with us at the PAL Campaign booth, and all the attendees who purchased PAL Campaign tees, you’re all awesome! It was a great weekend, and we’re sure to be back next year!
I have to admit, I’m not a big You Tube junkie that can spend hours watching funny, insane, outrageous, or cool videos. But when one comes around that makes me say “Oh Snap!” I have to share with you all. One of my favorite superhero movies ever was the first Iron Man movie. Number 2 is coming out soon and the leaked footage looks amazing. Geeks unite! this movie is gadget heaven.
The second video is the trailer for “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Originally a children’s book by Roald Dahl, this was and still could be one of my favorites…(“Babar” your stories are good too). YUP – Fox Searchlight has made it into a movie coming out this fall!
I ran across a post on Gizmodo.com about a Canadian company that claimed they could build a nuclear fusion reactor in the next 10 years. For all of you out there with the heart of a nerd inside them, that fact alone is interesting enough to read on. But the image of the Reactor Core really made me stop and say “Wow, that looks like a Monstrance!”
To see why this may be an interesting coincidence, read about the Monstrance and the symbolism behind its design.
Here are some t-shirt designs I did for a new catering company called “Kitchen 12000.” They’re not your ordinary company, but rather a new revolution and movement in the way we think about food and life. Check out their website to find out more about this team, and to see their thoughts on food as nourishment for the soul!
