Posts Tagged ‘print’

Seen a font and want to know what it is? Check out What The Font.

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Over the course of my career I’ve been asked (or have asked) “do you know what this font is?” hundreds of times. MyFonts.com has solved this problem by creating What The Font, a simple online tool that can identify fonts. You upload an image of a font, double check to make sure it recognizes the letters in the image properly, and click a continue. The font has been identified you are presented with buy links, the ability to rate the font, or the option to submit the font to the site to have it matched manually. The app works best when the font is isolated from other images or background texture, but in my experience it has proven very reliable.

Check out What The Font.

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Stickybits – Attach Comments or Media to any Barcode

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Stickybits is a service that lets you attach comments or media to any barcode. Instead of generating QR codes, you can make an object social by using the barcode it already has. To tag an object without a barcode you can either download a custom code to print yourself or buy Stickybits barcode stickers.

Download the Stickybits iPhone or Android application and track down a barcode. Using the app you can tag an object, view your tag archives, or see what other people have tagged near you. Each item gets its own page on Stickybits.com where you can comment, upload media and follow the conversation from the web.

Frankly, I’ve been waiting patiently for QR codes to matter but with companies like Stickybits using pre-existing targets, and the huge advancements in image recognition software QR has a hard road ahead. Stickybits is currently only on the iPhone and Android platform, but their unique strategy around making codes social may push them to the front of the pack.

Check out Stickybits and get the app here.

Thanks to Jeremy Kutner for introducing me to this one.

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Beautiful data visualization

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Datavisualization.ch has compiled a really beautiful list of charts and graphs from the Datavis Tumblr. While data visualization isn’t often seen as a sexy form of design, these designers and illustrators have brought some amazing style along with usability to the genre.

Fanbase Print Press

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Our new AIR application, Fanbase Desktop has been getting some really solid press online for a while now, but I wanted to highlight a few offline mentions that have been popping up lately.

I was interviewed for Billboard Magazine about the app.

Adobe put out a promotional print piece about Rich Internet Applications and we were one of the featured applications.

And right after the application launched I saw the Reuters article displayed in the cab on my way home from the airport. I thought it was hilarious and snapped a picture with my iPhone.

Moo!

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Moo is a great service for custom printing of business cards, postcards and other collateral. They are higher priced than some of their competitors, but their appeal is being able to print several different images in the same run. You can even hook into your Flickr account and have a differnt image on each card you print. Collect them all!

Check out Moo.

Zazzle

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Infinite and instant, Zazzle is the only on-demand retail platform for consumers and major brands offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products shipped within 24 hours. It allows users to create anything from shirts to posters, hats to postage. Yes. Your face on a stamp. Items are created as orders are placed so there is no investment or inventory.

Check out Zazzle.