Want a quick and abstract selection of pics or something more thorough? Help yourself.

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That was my intro, buddy.

A little bit of context

I listen to music, I try as hard as I can to be eclectic but let me confess that: I've always loved Hip-Hop. Of course my Hip-Hop heroes have changed through the years, but there's one that never left my inner podium... He's Canadian, he's weird (proof: he's worn a platypus shirt, once), he's probably the most subtle writer I know (OK, with Yoni Wolf) and he's evolving.

He's Buck 65.

An ounce of Twitter

As in every web tale, it all starts with a Twitter status. Mine started with this one:

I kinda need a logo-thing made of the numbers 65 and 20. Anyone wanna take a crack? Who knows what might happen?!

I read this and thought "Well yes, but I'm kind of busy you know. And what the hell could I do with those damn numbers? Plus, lots of fans will answer that".

Some friendly advice

A few days later as I was chatting with a good friend of mine (and discreetly sent him the link to that tweet) he reacted something like: "You bitch-ass cunt, you could try something and see! Stupid-ass jerk". "Hum, well yeah, you know. Just sayin'..." I kind of replied.

So I fired Illustrator and tried a few things out. A "65", a "20", and 15 minutes later I had something.

Not quite ready for prime-time, but the concept was there. A few iterations later I was kind of happy with this:

So I tweeted back.

Who knows what might happen

And got an answer, a private one. Saying he was liking it... Oh boy.

A few days later I received another private message asking me if I could add a "th" to the logo, letting me know the mysterious logo was in fact for his "20 years as a rap weirdo". Which I (of course) did.

We then e-mailed back and forth and "sorted out the details", he "blew [the logo] up with dynamite and shot it with a gun a few times" and that was it.

Oh boy

I made Buck 65's 20th "year in the game" logo, which is up on his new website.

Call me a happy fan. Yup.

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Always looking for help when writing AS3 for Flash, Flex and AIR? Think Adobe's reference is rich but browsing it sucks? Well, I did too. So I wrote this little thingy that loads, parses and caches help pages and then presents them in a slick and quick UI!

Since this app is only intended for devs and therefore may not be very interesting to others, I decided it should look good. So I tried my best and worked hard on those pixels and styles (colors and textures inspired by that sweet clock)... Jump to the project page for life-size screenshot!

This project is absolutely OpenSource, from top to bottom. AS3 classes, MXML, Illustrator and Photoshop files, PNGs and so on... Help yourself.

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Le son n'est pas extra, l'image est un peu moyenne mais l'ambiance est là ! Merci aux organisateurs d'avoir pensé à moi, merci aux gens qui sont venus me voir après pour parler ornithorynque, merci à Céline pour avoir appuyé sur le bouton aux bons moments (et pour l'encodage !), merci à Renaud, à ma manageuse, aux tickets boisson, au tram qui n'a pas accepté de nous prendre... Je m'arrête là, de toute façon personne ne sait de quoi je parle !

Voilà donc ma session de cette 4è Pecha Kucha, hop.

Mise à jour (08/05/2010) ! Une photo et la liste des slides, avec quelques liens...

1. No Online Friends
2. Cahier d'enfant - Icônes
3. Mon bureau - Play Station
4. L'ornithorynque
5. Scroll Clock
6. Scroll Effect
7. dribbble
8. Kwot
9. Kid Acne
10. FFFFOUND Desktop
11. Erosie
12. Buck 65/20th
13. Eltono+Nuria
14. Les sites morbides...
15. Alopecia+Alopecia
16. Boks
17. Les Gens
18. Jan Vormann+truth
19. Paper
20. No Requests

Boogie down!

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Drank some Birlou, listened to Da Babylonianz, didn't break any of my bones. Dope.

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Firefox also provides similar documents on its Wiki, and Chromatic Pixel tells you everything about it.

Speaking of UI design, here's a nice article about crafting subtle and realistic ones. You'll find gems like this one in it, and how it is achieved...

Got similar links to share? Do so!

Hey, did you notice I didn't say anything about Flash and/or the iPad? Thank me.

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The "ad" version

The "flashback triptych" version

Since it's a triptych it needs more space, so I set up a dedicated page... Go see it!

What now?

The actual greeting card will be posted in January!

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Since it also records videos it will allow me to shoot a new Beat Battle soon (remember?), with better image quality... Cool, huh?

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A little bit of JavaScript and some Photoshop/CSS trickery to present a growing collection of images designed for your favorite piece of technology!

The page also works on iPhone/iPod touch but looks a little different for better usability. Just tap+hold on the image to save it.

Expect the gallery to evolve, with new images and quotes!

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I also set up a gallery, so if you've got nice scrollbars that aren't here yet, send' em right away!

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I loved this guy's work. RIP.

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Yes, you can read TOKI WOKI on that right picture. Yummy!

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Le principe : Donner naissance à un caractère typographique qui n’a rien demandé, complètement hors contexte et hors du temps. Fond transparent ou blanc de préférence. Postez-le sur votre blog avec comme titre “Lost Characters”.

Create a single character, out of context and out of time. Post it on your blog with “Lost Characters” as a title. The freak must be on a transparent or white background.

Update: play with the home-brewed Type Tester!

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I remember picking it up in the streets of Ethiopia... Lovely.

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