written by Marc Katsambis for the Typography section(s).
⇒20 Jan 2010
It’s official. We’re back from our summer break and after a couple of weeks in the tropical climates of Vanuatu, I’ve managed to come back with a few added shades of pink to my now shedding epidermis. Hard to believe how quickly it has gone, but it’s now time to get back into the groove.
To kick off the new year, I thought I’d spread the word about a documentary called Typeface. A quaint film about Hamilton Wood Type Museum, a museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, that tells the story of a bygone-era in Typography and the fading art of hand-making letterforms. Read on!
written by Marc Katsambis for the Music section(s).
⇒18 Dec 2009
Prior to compiling this list, I honestly thought I’d struggle to find 10 worthy albums. From what I can remember, it didn’t really seem like a stellar year of music (to me). However, once I started flicking through my playlists, it soon became evident that we have, in fact, been spoilt. Either I wasn’t paying attention, or all of these great albums snuck up on me.
Well, without further ado, it’s time to reveal my ‘Top 10 Albums of 2009′ (plus another ten or so worthy runners-up).
1. The Temper Trap – Conditions
Summary: ‘Conditions’ displays The Temper Trap’s ability to combine their influences into an original sound that bridges the gap between credible indie & mainstream hooks. (Source: Sputnik Music)
Track Listing:
1. Love Lost
2. Rest
3. Sweet Disposition
4. Down River
5. Soldier On
6. Fader
7. Fools
8. Resurrection
9. Science Of Fear
10. Drum Song
Label: Liberation Music
Genre: Rock
Read on!
written by Marc Katsambis for the General section(s).
⇒16 Dec 2009
As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we had made up our minds on the client gift for two-double-o-nine that was gonna smash last year’s donut idea outta the park.
Well, after about 2 weeks of brewin’ down at the local Barleycorn Brewers, a week worth of ‘post-production’ and 2 days worth of trekking around Melbourne, we have finally, finished hand-delivering some very cool (literally on ice), custom made and designed beer to all of our wonderful clients! Read on!
written by Marc Katsambis for the Music section(s).
⇒27 Nov 2009
The other day, I managed to catch the last few moments of a wonderfully sampled piece of music that instantly conjured up childhood memories of a Disney favourite. At first I thought it might have been the work of DJ Dexter from The Avalanches or possibly even Japan’s Cornelius. Quick to discover what the song was, I rushed home and searched my little heart out, to discover the sublime audio delight I had just heard was an audio remix of the original Alice In Wonderland movie sampled and mixed by an Australian lad named Pogo. Read on!
written by Marc Katsambis for the General section(s).
⇒20 Nov 2009
Last year, for the festive season, we hand delivered dozens of fresh and tasty Koodoz themed donuts to all of our clients, as a way of saying thank you, for their continued business.
This year, we’ve thought long and hard about how we could raise the bar on 2008s well-received gift idea and after countless hours of brainstorming, internet searching and deliberation — we’ve finally decided and put the order through!
We’re pretty confident this idea will trump last year’s efforts and we’re sure our client’s will agree!
Stay tuned…
written by Daniel Angel for the Web Design section(s).
⇒19 Nov 2009
Via Digg, I recently found a magazine scan from Wired Magazine that arranged corporate logos (I’m guessing from Fortune 500 companies) by their dominant colours. Unsurprisingly, a visible majority of those logos are blue. I’ve been wondering why people seem to like blue so much. Think about it: most operating systems are dominantly blue by default (bad ubuntu!). Heck, even denim jeans — western society’s greatest achievement — are predominantly blue!
Now I think I know why we tend to like blue so much: it’s because we’re really bad at it. Allow me to explain… Read on!
One of the things we focus on at Koodoz is making our sites accessible. We try to bring all our sites to a minimum standard that will make it easy for users with disabilities to access our sites.
Previously, I’ve had some of the sites that I’ve done, tested for accessibility in focus groups. Unfortunately, they were always held by third parties who were not able to technically interpret test subjects’ concerns in a way that was really helpful for us. I’d get reports with things like “User couldn’t make their way to page X”. No reasons, no detail. Nevertheless, I’d read a lot of theory regarding what to do and how to do it, and always tried to implement most of it.
Recently, however, an awesome friend from my master’s course, who is visually-impaired, needed help building a website, so I offered to help her. It was a win-win situation: she would learn to hand-code some good (x)HTML and I would get an awesome, first-hand assessment of my accessibility skills. Here’s what I learned. Read on!
