JAG85.com Redux

vibes! the portfolio

web, print, audio, video, photography, advertising

03.31.09 | creative

Community Tech

PhD pursuits in library and information science

03.31.09 | academic

Sunset Stallion

I'm not talented, so I record & produce theirs

03.31.09 | groups

who is this guy?

meet the mastermind behind all of this, Jeff Ginger

03.31.09 | about

of dukes and ducks

I live vicariously through my freelance artist friends

03.31.09 | also

On the web people read in pictures.
A cutting-edge exhibition in cultivating creativity through art and intellect, JAG85.com is the personal-professional ensemble of grad student Jeff Ginger guided and illustrated by pictures! Just chase what looks interesting, updated every few months.

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The latest from my shared items. Read below, or link up directly.

Guide to the Euro Crisis

A well annotated graphic from the NYT. Over at Visual Journalism, they point out the design differences between the print and online versions of this graphic.

online version:

Balloon artist Addi Somekh traveled to 34 countries with...

Balloon artist Addi Somekh traveled to 34 countries with photographer Charles Eckert, interacting with locals through his art. He came away learning far more about each culture by engaging them than he would have by observing alone.

Via: Balloon Hat

The Important Field

I hear in some places, you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting who has what incentives to care about what mistakes.

Why computer voices are mostly female

To most owners of the new iPhone, the voice-activated feature called Siri is more than a virtual "assistant" who can help schedule appointments, find a good nearby pizza or tell you if it's going to rain.

Upcoming changes to Reader: a new look, new Google+ features, and some clean-up

Posted by Alan Green, Software Engineer

In the next week, we’ll be making some highly requested changes to Google Reader. First, we’re going to introduce a brand new design (like many of Google’s other products) that we hope you love. Second, we’re going to bring Reader and Google+ closer together, so you can share the best of your feeds with just the right circles.

As a result of these changes, we also think it's important to clean things up a bit. Many of Reader's social features will soon be available via Google+, so in a week's time we'll be retiring things like friending, following and shared link blogs inside of Reader.

We think the end result is better than what's available today, and you can sign up for Google+ right now to start prepping Reader-specific circles. We recognize, however, that some of you may feel like the product is no longer for you. That's why we will also be extending Reader's subscription export feature to include the following items. Your data belongs to you, after all, and we want to make sure you can take it with you.

Your subscriptions
Your shared items
Your friends
Your likes
Your starred items

Like always, the new Google Reader will be a great place to read and share your feeds. And in addition to Google+, you'll still be able to share to almost any service using Send To. We're looking forward to launching the new features very soon.

Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor - New York Times

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is honoring inventors dedicated to helping the billions of people living on less than $2 a day.

Disney Masculinity

This six-minute video, uploaded to youtube by Sanjay Newton, does a wonderful job of explaining and illustrating the portrayal of masculinity in Disney movies. It’s pretty troubling when laid out so simply.