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Inspiring presentation from Kevin Mcconkey (Grip Design). It made me realize how long its been since I’ve experienced a great talk about design. I’ve been so engrossed in the tech world lately that I forgot to take a second and realize that I’m a designer first, techy second.
Best quote of the night:
“We must stop being makers and start being thinkers”
Couldn’t agree more.
Brought to you by the same people who made Surf Jax Pier and Rep Your Break is Ghive, a social network/surf report community for surfers by surfers. While I don’t surf personally, every surfer I’ve talked to about this got super excited when I mentioned the site to them so they definitely found a niche to fill.
Its a direct to competitor to sites like Surfline which aggregate data themselves and publish reports like the weather channel on surf. Ghive, on the other hand, takes a social approach and allows people to create their own surf report which in my mind feels more personal and relevant than reading tons of graphs and data. They’re two different ways to present the same type of information to surfers but I feel like this community approach is something that will win out over time.
Overall, the design is executed beautifully and everything seems to function well (although Safari users are kind of screwed). The surf report seems to be more of a group-blog so far but I’m sure as things pick up they’ll get more relevant data.
So, if you’re into surfing and want to hang out with other people who love surfing definitely give Ghive a chance.
Thanks to Chad Bearden at Bear Den Designs for the great presentation on Regular Expressions. It takes a talented person to humanize something as technical as Regex.
Thanks to Joey for putting together a great show. Beer, Toys and Music = Good Times.
Here’s our coverage from the show:
Flickr Set
Other Sets:
Levi’s (UAW)
Tara Kane
Jax Beach Militia
The Color of Munny 07/07/07 @ 7:00pm
Thief in the Knight Downtown Jacksonville
Hosted by the W.A. Knight building
The entries are incredible so far. Take some time off from your day to check out the awesomeness.