Student Blogs Rock!

Working for a University with student bloggers, there is so much that we can capture because the students are just being themselves! Adults attempting to accomplish the same task would not be given the clear perspective of life on campus RIGHT NOW, unfiltered, slightly censored, and free from the burden of "this is an assignment."

I'm following a handful of blogs on my Google Reader and I bundled them together for easy reference. I welcome you to take a peek and subscribe!

We're close to 2 weeks until the end of the semester wraps up with finals!
Cheers and enjoy the perspectives!
CM

Recipes for Creative Stimulation

Every day, I begin the work day by opening a new browser window with my umpteen tabs. By the time I've worked through them, I know what's going on in the world around me and far away. I've seen some neat creative work from other people and I've checked in with life in general.

Here's my list of links that get me going, in their order- feel free to bookmark!

News and Life
www.CNN.com
www.iGoogle.com (my email, calendar and LIFE)
hootsuite.com/dashboard - to control my social media life (a little)
www.wired.com - there's always something crazy cool I didn't know about
www.wzpl.com - Local Indy morning radio show, stream it!
www.indystar.com - For bigger local news
www.aroundindy.com/today.php - Indy events and free stuff
www.idsnews.com/news/headline.aspx - Student news for the town I work in
woot.com - Deal of the Day, sometimes dumb

Web Comics
xkcd.com - brainy & witty
marriedtothesea.com - witty & obscure
toothpastefordinner.com - wry & obscure but dead on
www.cad-comic.com/cad - for the illustrations & occasional story
www.wulffmorgenthaler.com/default.aspx - hilarious, obscure, rude & produced in Denmark
dilbert.com/strips - classic, fitting, & I understand it more every day

Creativity
freshbump.com - interesting, creative, and user content driven
quotesondesign.com - inspiring, inconsistently deep
www.flickr.com - My photo account to check stats and seek creative inspiration

Enjoy!

Typography and April Fools History

From the article "Top 100 April Fool's Jokes"

#5 San Serriffe 1977:
The British newspaper The Guardian published a special seven-page supplement devoted to San Serriffe, a small republic said to consist of several semi-colon-shaped islands located in the Indian Ocean. A series of articles affectionately described the geography and culture of this obscure nation. Its two main islands were named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse. Its capital was Bodoni, and its leader was General Pica. The Guardian's phones rang all day as readers sought more information about the idyllic holiday spot. Only a few noticed that everything about the island was named after printer's terminology. The success of this hoax is widely credited with launching the enthusiasm for April Foolery that gripped the British tabloids in subsequent decades.

Design nerds and the uninitiated alike commented back and forth on this post.
What a delightful prank. I would love to visit Lower Caisse!

CM