This is a great article that goes into the thought process of how one of the most recognized identities was created, how it was passed on and how its life seems timeless.

A Chat with the Designer of the Google Logo, Ruth Kedar

I found 2 interesting articles that has opened the conversation for what is good design on the web and why does there seem to be a lack of it. Here is an excerpt from one of the articles. This is from the article posted on Subtraction. They are reviewing Armin Vit's article "Where are all the landmark web sites?". Its a really great read with some really great comments from other readers. Check it out.

Two mildly controversial and seemingly unrelated blog posts were written last week that you shouldn’t miss. First, on Tuesday, Armin Vit asked “Where are all the ‘landmark’ Web sites?” over at Speak Up. His contention is that we have yet to see examples of Web design in the fashion of “Milton Glaser’s Dylan poster; Paul Rand’s IBM logo; Paula Scher’s Public Theater posters; Massimo Vignelli’s New York subway map; [and] Kyle Cooper’s ‘Seven’ opening titles.” In short, Armin claims that the practice of design online has yet to produce its own canon of seminal and iconic works that can stand their own in the history books of the profession.

The good ol President once again showed just how uncaring, stupid and utterly useless he is when dealing with anything. He just vetoed a bill that would expand childrens health care insurance. Way to go buddy! If only the kids could make oil or some type of war machine they would have gotten their coverage. Instead only 4 million children will be covered instead of 8 million.

"Never has it been clearer how detached President Bush is from the priorities of the American people," Reid said in a statement. I couldnt agree more. Its so unfortunate that this country is so more worried about who has the power and ego's and war then it is in fixing their won country and making it a better place to live for all who live in it.

I hope this wakes up some of those people who never think, never use thier brain and just do as thier told to realize that the person they put in office is NOT good and we can't let it happen again. Somehow I think that is a very tall order for most of those people.

Read the complete story here.

I just read a really great article, Civilizing the Web's Ethical Wildness. It talks to the social and ethical implications of anonymity and some possible solutions to cut down unethical practices on the web by Mark Lange. Here is an excerpt from the article.

We are still sorting out the Web's social and ethical implications. Its greatest virtue – and the source of its spam, spyware, viruses, and vices – is as a distributed medium, resistant to central control. This, in turn, creates an imperative of self-governance that, so far and too often, isn't being met. To test that proposition, consider whether the social and business ethics on display online are equal to those that people would display in the same room.

This is a really great read, very informative and seemingly even take on where the web is and how much room there is for growth provided we step up and start doing the right things which in this day in age seems like a very tall order. And, unfortunately I think I agree with Mark that option 3 is most likely to happen. It sucks but unless there is some major changes it seems the most realistic.

Napp (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) just concluded their annual Photoshop World Conference in Vegas and with that came the winners of the Guru Awards. If you are any type of artist, digital or traditional you should really check the art work out. It's quite amazing what Photoshop can really do. They winners ranged from digital illustrations to photo restoration to commericial. Check out the all the winners here.

The image shown above is Best In Show, "Night in the Mansion" by Carol Rossi

Formerly know as Photoshop Tennis this is a really cool fun idea. The change in name has been made due to the advances in Photoshop and other programs of the Creative Suite. So now instead of only be able to use Photoshop the players can use any of the Creative Suite programs. Here is how it works.

Two artists (or two small teams of artists) will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a "volley" and then we post that to the site. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. The matches last for ten volleys and when it's complete, everyone visiting the site votes for a winner.

The games are being presented by Codual Partners in conjuction with the Creative Suite 3 team. Its sure to be a lot of fun to watch this fall on Friday afternoons. Check out all the details, when its being played, who is playing etc at Coudal.com

I hope the designer of this bag was joking around. If the name of the desinger is ever released and they weren't joking I think they will have quite the problem finding a job!

A day after the President addresed the nation about the war in Iraq he held a news conference. Unlike all other news conferences this one involved bloggers and bloggers only. Of course these bloggers are sympathetic to Bush and the Military but none-the-less still pretty cool. But that besides the point. In an article I was reading about this news conference a blogger was quoted as saying "No deer-in-the-headlights stuff here. Truly unwavering and passionate. Facts on the ground notwithstanding, he believes the United States can win the Iraq War." Well, duh! Take the facts out of any situation and you can make it look any way you want and easily believe that the outcome you want is realistic. I just think this is truly funny! Read the full article here.

Think.MTV.com is a another great program put forward by MTV targeting their huge youth market. Its purpose is to give young people a resource to learn about important current events raning from local to national and tells them how they can get involved and help to make a difference. This comes on the heels of a study MTV did that found 80% of young people want to get involved but only 19% feel they are "very involved". Read the full article here.