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	<title>The Other Drummer &#187; Awesomeness</title>
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		<title>New, uber creepy Skittles commercial. I love it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<title>@DayOneapp winners announced</title>
		<link>http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/03/dayoneapp-winners-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There you have it folks. The winners of the Day One apps (see my review here) are listed above. Winners were drawn by my co-worker, much to the dismay of our other co-worker who watched the whole process but didn&#8217;t win. Sorry Autumn. I&#8217;ll attempt to contact the winners via the contact info provided. If [...]]]></description>
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<p>There you have it folks. The winners of the <a href="http://dayoneapp.com/" target="_blank">Day One apps</a> (see my review <a href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/03/day-one-app-review-and-codes-for-free-downloads/" target="_blank">here</a>) are listed above. Winners were drawn by my co-worker, much to the dismay of our other co-worker who watched the whole process but didn&#8217;t win. Sorry Autumn.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll attempt to contact the winners via the contact info provided. If they don&#8217;t respond by next Monday I&#8217;ll draw another name in their place.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1941" href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/03/dayoneapp-winners-announced/day-one-whats-hot/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1941 aligncenter" title="Day One What's Hot" src="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Day-One-Whats-Hot.png" alt="" width="320" height="480" /></a></p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who participated. For your reading pleasure, I have some good news about the apps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Featured by Apple in New and Noteworthy (#1 for OS X)</li>
<li>Featured by Apple in What&#8217;s Hot (#2 for OS X)</li>
<li>Broke into the Top 10 Paid Apps (OS X)</li>
</ul>
<p>Not too shabby for being on the market for less than two weeks. If you were holding out to buy it until the drawing (and didn&#8217;t win), jump on over to buy them now (<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/day-one/id422304217?mt=12" target="_blank">OS X</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/day-one-journal/id421706526?mt=8" target="_blank">iOS</a>).</p>
<p>And congrats to <a href="http://paulmayne.org">Paul</a>!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Reminder: last day to enter Day One app giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to enter the drawing for Day One app bundle. Here&#8217;s what you need to know My review of the Day One apps. Here&#8217;s what you win The Grand Prize Winner gets The Ultimate Day One Bundle Pack: the desktop app and the iPhone app, both [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just a friendly reminder that today is the last day to enter the drawing for <a href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/03/day-one-app-review-and-codes-for-free-downloads/">Day One app bundle</a>.</p>
<h3>Here&#8217;s what you need to know</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/03/day-one-app-review-and-codes-for-free-downloads/">My review of the Day One apps</a>.</p>
<h3>Here&#8217;s what you win</h3>
<p>The Grand Prize Winner gets The Ultimate Day One Bundle Pack: the desktop app and the iPhone app, both autographed by Paul himself.</p>
<p>Second- and third-place winners each get the app for their iDevice.</p>
<h3>Here&#8217;s how you enter</h3>
<ul>
<li>Give a shout-out to <a href="http://twitter.com/theotherdrummer">@theotherdrummer</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/dayoneapp">@dayoneapp</a> on Twitter</li>
<li>Link to this post on Facebook (and me, so I can see you did it) on Facebook</li>
<li>Leave a comment here with an inspirational thought about writing/journaling</li>
</ul>
<p>You get your name put in the hat for each thing you do.</p>
<p>I’ll draw the names this weekend and announce the winners on Monday here on The Other Drummer.</p>
<p>Leave a comment or email me if you have any questions.</p>
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		<title>Who knew glass could be so awesome?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought I&#8217;d throw out this little gem to get your week started on the right foot. The folks over at Corning have been busy imagining the future. Of course, this is all conceptual, proof-of-concept stuff. The biggest flaw I noticed is the kids looking down at the counter to talk to grandma. Note that you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Thought I&#8217;d throw out this little gem to get your week started on the right foot. The folks over at Corning have been busy <em>imagining the future</em>.</p>
<p>Of course, this is all conceptual, proof-of-concept stuff. The biggest flaw I noticed is the kids looking down at the counter to talk to grandma. Note that you don&#8217;t see grandma&#8217;s point of view. That&#8217;s because she&#8217;d be looking straight up the kids&#8217; noses. Not attractive.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a fan of the refrigerator with videos and digital pictures on it &#8211; ala sticking things to your fridge with magnets. I&#8217;m also looking forward to the day when all the guts of a cell phone can be housed above and below the screen so we can have a clear piece of glass as the primary interface (ala <a href="http://techland.time.com/2010/05/07/starkgadgets/">Tony Stark</a>). </p>
<p>I dig the ginormous signs over the interstate which change dynamically based on the traffic.</p>
<p>Not a fan of the all-glass controls in the car. It&#8217;s good to have tactile feedback in there so you can fiddle with the stereo/temperature without taking your eyes off the road. Of course, by the time any of this becomes reality voice recognition will eliminate that concern.</p>
<p>Of course the &#8220;touch your phone to a surface to transfer information&#8221; is going to be real this summer when HP releases their tablet which, if it actually ships, looks to be pretty cool.</p>
<p>What was your favorite part of the video and how long until all this magical goodness becomes reality? Let me know in the comments.</p>
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		<title>Brushstrokes and handwriting and Google&#8217;s Art Project</title>
		<link>http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/02/brushstrokes-and-handwriting-and-googles-art-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeing brushstrokes on paintings is like seeing an author’s handwriting; it’s intimate. This is what they created &#8211; not a reproduction of it, but the actual creation itself. (Click twice to view larger.) Google&#8217;s new Art Project is as close as you&#8217;re going to get to seeing these works in person. There are over 1,000 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1883" href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/02/brushstrokes-and-handwriting-and-googles-art-project/van-gogh/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1883" title="Van Gogh" src="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Van-Gogh.png" alt="" width="555" height="675" /></a></p>
<p>Seeing brushstrokes on paintings is like seeing an author’s handwriting; it’s intimate. <em>This</em> is what they created &#8211; not a reproduction of it, but the actual creation itself. (Click twice to view larger.)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1884" href="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/2011/02/brushstrokes-and-handwriting-and-googles-art-project/van-gogh-close-up/"><img class="size-full wp-image-1884  aligncenter" title="Van Gogh close-up" src="http://www.theotherdrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Van-Gogh-close-up.png" alt="" width="567" height="355" /></a></p>
<p>Google&#8217;s new <a href="http://www.googleartproject.com/">Art Project</a> is as close as you&#8217;re going to get to seeing these works in person. There are over 1,000 works featured from top museums around the world. They also took gigapixel (<em>7,000 megapixel</em>) images of each museum&#8217;s proudest piece.</p>
<p>This awesome.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=GThNZH5Q1yY">Here&#8217;s a video</a> describing the actual product (sorry, couldn&#8217;t get it to embed for some reason).</p>
<p>Are you as stoked about this as I am?</p>
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