Gillian Salit

Hyper Island Master Class

gsalit1 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:19:33 +0000

Wow. If I was given the opportunity to sit with fellow creatives, dissect the digital world, brainstorm the current state of that very same world, all while being challenged improve that state, oh yeah, did I mention that there are no constraints? I think I would start drooling. A company called Hyper Island creates opportunities like this for executives, project managers, account managers, creatives and strategists all the time in for form of Master Classes all over the world.

Since the world is constantly changing, we have a responsibility to be a part of the change. Learning how and why it is changing is important. The Hyper Island Master Class is a 3–4 day whirlwind of advanced professional training that lets you and your company take the next step within digital.

I wish I worked someplace cool enough to realize this was necessary!

statdash – metrics even your mother can love

gsalit1 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:38:33 +0000

statdash – metrics even your mother can love.

We all need analytics! Just like I let my grandmother take my measurements when I need to tailor some pants, I think I’ll let the sweet old lady on this page take the measurements on the site, too. It only seems right.

I love him.

gsalit1 — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:51:47 +0000

AT-AT DAY AFTERNOON. I found a clip on YouTube. All I can say is- Yes, he’s a robot. But, he licks himself, he chases squirrels, he even poops little jabba-the-poop’s!

Surprise! It’s a Cat!

gsalit1 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:05:44 +0000

Making my morning sample sale rounds, I stumble upon this amazing and inspirational design find. Like a starving artist, this may look like an ordinary, ugly, empty bowl saved from 1972 that probably should have been thrown away at the last church tag sale. At the very least, it should have been given to a homeless man to collect coins on Santa Monica Blvd. Possibly even better, a cat-lady recluse could have used it to collect chockees like buttons and thimbles to share with the voices in her head.

BUT WAIT!

Fill it with sustenance and that empty vessel of a starving artist now has a voice and meaning! He takes shape; and what an appropriate shape he takes- that of the feline form.

If you would like to join Fab.com “Fab.com features daily design inspirations and sales at up to 70% off retail”.

NOPE it’s Ojai Valley Taxidermy

gsalit1 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:21:30 +0000

Taken from his website, :, “Ojai Valley Taxidermy began its long journey in the summer of 1981. Intrigued by a do it yourself bird mounting kit ordered from the back of a magazine, Chuck Testa’s initial curiosity became a hobby and continues on.

Knowing the Taxidermy business was the right fit and willing to throw caution to the wind, Ojai Valley Taxidermy opened its doors full time in 1987. Housed in the beautiful Ojai Valley of Southern California, Taxidermy is a most unusual business for the area more known for exclusive artists, entertainers and millionaires.”

Chuck Testa has also been featured on CNBC! Thanks to IFC program called “Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings”, which decided to help him make a commercial to boost business, Chuck’s commercial has gotten over 2.8 million hits on Youtube.

Finally!

gsalit1 — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:58:47 +0000

The date has been announced. I can once again join the living! I recall that day that memory cannot erase when my night before desperately called for an electrolyte remedy. Unfortunately, that same remedy spilled in my purse; yes, the same purse that served as trusted iPhone’s- my connection to society- home. It was at that moment when the Gatorade’s faulty top came loose and my dreams of social media on-the-go came to a screeching halt.

Well no more! Today, release date for the iPhone 5 was [almost] announced: Apple today announced that it will be holding its next iPhone event on Tuesday, October 4th and then expect to be able to line up and purchase your next iPhone on Friday, October 14th.

The 10 Most Creative People in Marketing and Advertising

gsalit1 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:59:28 +0000

Leave it to Fast Company (Specifically, Danielle Sacks on Thursday, Jun 11, 2009) to finally highlight was was important when creating a winning business brand strategy: creativity. According to the powers that be at FC, here is the power team: ten up-and-coming talented [mostly] right-brain’ers who have successfully proven why creativity is a necessary ingredient in the marketplace. The 10 Most Creative People in Marketing and Advertising

It’s Like A Rip in the Space Time Continuum

gsalit1 — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:48:02 +0000

ben heine: pencil vs. camera

“‘pencil vs. camera’ by ivory coast-born brussels-based photographer ben heine is a series of images that inject hand-drawn pictures within real-life settings to create a composite effect that is often surreal and highly narrative. manipulating the backdrop to host added elements such as real-life tetris blocks,floating speech bubbles, and an alcoholic panda, the photographs are an exercise in manual photoshop, always including heine’s hand which holds up the sketched piece of paper in the foreground.

alarmingly accurate and crisply focused, the series puts great care in the alignment and perspective required to successfully pull off the optical illusion. heine creates seemingly effortless snapshots that are highly imaginative and contextual. “

Just When You Thought MixTapes Were Dead…

gsalit1 — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:50:40 +0000

Basically, DragonTape is a browser-based visual playlist editor, which enables users to merge video files from different online sources into one. The result is a new gapless video which can be easily shared and embedded as if it was a single file – meanwhile the sources remain in their original location so there are no duplicates only a rearrangement of files. With the quick search function users can find their favourite video within seconds and integrate it into their playlist by simply dragging it on their endless tape.

The idea behind Dragontape was born after a party in Peter’s apartment late 2009 where he asked his friends to bring their YouTube playlists in order to turn a simple get-together with music in the background into a fun and entertaining social event.

Yes, Mommy? [Batting Eyelashes]

gsalit1 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:54:17 +0000

My only explanation is that I’m single. See Quincy up close and personal here.