February 25th, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Hip Techies Dig Scene In West L.A. (0)

Twiistup gets another mention on CNNMoney thanks to the great article from Brian Deagon.

February 25th, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Twiistup mentioned on CNNMoney.com (0)

Looks like the article ‘Networking Groups Aim To Turn L.A. Into Technology Star’ from Investor’s Business Daily is making it’s way around the web. Read the CNN article here.

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February 25th, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Networking Groups Aim To Turn L.A. Into Technology Star (0)

Twiistup is in this article by Brian Deagon of Investor’s Business Daily.

February 25th, 2008 by Steph Macadaan

Grown Up (Kinda) Mad Libs (2)

The BureauofCommunication.com sounds serious, but it’s actually a cool site where you can create “forms” such as unsolicited feedback, declaration of romantic intent, formal apology, official invitation and more. The forms are created via the old Mad Lib style and can be emailed immediately. Next time you have something to say, try it out!

February 25th, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

The Oscars in 60 seconds (6)

Thank you Mahalo Daily for these. Also check out..

Grammys in 60 seconds

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February 22nd, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Post a gig on our *beta* Gig Board for free (0)

Reach our growing Twiistup community by posting cool gigs to our new gig board. We have readers all over the place and we’re expanding. LAtwiist is the newest member of our family where we hope to share content that will enhance your creative lifestyle. Gigs posted to either Twiistup or LAtwiist will appear on both sites. Collectively we hope to reach tech & media companies that have cool projects to work on and more importantly job seekers looking to spice up their careers.

Post free for a limited time only by using discount code: twiistup4

February 22nd, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Concept: Mobile identifier (0)

Amazing how far we’ve come over the past several months when it comes to mobile + search + location. That is of course thanks to the iPhone + Google Maps. Just found this concept for another approach at making us even lazier. From the looks of this concept you simply hold the clear sheet in front of locations, objects, words, etc and up comes data!

From the site: Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. With detail informations like that, this gadget might only be used by secret service agents. Very futuristic concept.

The overall form factor seems impractical unless you could wad it up like a handkerchief and stash it in your pocket. Another approach would be to use your iPhone camera + Google Identify. That said, the concept is hot and I want to use it.

Concept Designer: Mac Funamizu

My favorite comment from this post:
WHAT?! Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:00:21 MST
OMG! That’s got to be the ugliest hand model I’ve ever seen! Those fingernails are hideous!

February 21st, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Michael Bierut talks about typography (0)

Michael gets into type. Discussed: Stanley Kubrick’s favorite font, the cover design of The Catcher in the Rye, and the link between phototypesetting and Free Love.

February 21st, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Screening Room Design (3)

Designer James Biber took inspiration from Radio City Music Hall for this basement theater design.  What sets this design apart are the hidden lights that face ‘the stage.’  All this in a residential basement space - how cool is that?!

February 21st, 2008 by Mike Macadaan

Santa Monica based Comedy.com has launched (2)

Santa Monica based Comedy.com has launched.  The site is filled with funny videos, stand up comics and jokes.  Users have the ability to ‘Digg’ er ‘LOL’ funny content.  One of my favorite parts is the randomness of the insult ticker which just told me  “Yo’ momma’s so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.”  Check it out, seems like fun.