Taperouge Editorial Desings

Amelia with Lalala Human Steps

I received this video, an excerpt from the film Amelia, from a friend of mine. It' absolutely amazing. The photography, the lighting, the choreography...

"The multi-award winning dance film Amelia (2002), directed and choreographed by Edouard Lock and performed by the acclaimed dance company La La La Human Steps, explores the use of point technique using extended intertwining solos, complex partnering sequences and extreme speed to generate powerful performances with unexpected moments of tender emotion and serenity.

A portrait of today’s man and woman seen through the eyes of one of the most innovative artists of our time. Edouard Lock continues to push the limits of dance by exploring human gesture through a breathtaking interplay of speed and extremes and the flawless weaving of choreographic, musical and cinematic strands."

Organize or die!

Eternal, ungrateful, never-ending job! It's your purse, your drawer at work, the kitchen, your hard drive... the chaos, the chaos!!

Maybe a garage sale is the solution! Or a more Earth conscious one like FreeCycle! You certainly can find junk or treasures. Isn't the neighbor's grass always greener?

And if all else fails you can call in Clean Sweep or just do something stupid to your computer so you are forced to format and re-install everything. You'll loose good stuff, but inevitably you'll have everything organized. For a while at least.

Hey! Tips and tragic stories are welcome!!

Quality fine

Listen. I know this web site might not be the greatest in the world. It might not be the most beautiful, nor the most organized, and maybe not even the most interesting. But I do worry about doing things right, to the best of my knowledge.

Today I had the opportunity to take a look at a design agency's portfolio site. They were trying to pitch a sale of a web service application and I was curious to see how they worked. Obviously, the first thing I noticed was that in their e-mail signature was the address to their web site. So there I went.

My first impression was OK. Strong graphic design. But as soon as I started to go through the menu, page after page came up with "404 page not found" messages and "500 server error" messages.

"Are they trying to sell web applications?", were my thoughts.

"Well, let's take a look at what's wrong..." EVERYTHING! The most basic tags were missing. Definitely not a good sign.

When contracting web services try to ask someone for help to evaluate the quality of what is being offered if you are not sure. This simple snoop under the hood can reveal a lot about what's going on. It might even give you a hint as to whether the services will be rendered as promised or not.

To me, looking at other people's work is always a way to measure my own work. To evaluate if I'm doing things as I should or if there's a better way.

Can you guess if they got the job?

The secret to making money online

Catchy title, huh? "David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of the Ruby on Rails framework and Partner at 37Signals gives insight into creating a profitable startup company." Great advice: don't be greedy and you'll achieve a lot more than aiming for the billion dollar idea by trying to get the perfect one right off the bat! Way too much pressure.