Squeak of the Week

Entries from November 2009

The Big Showcase Of Online T-Shirt Stores

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

T-shirts, as you’ll surely agree, play a big part in the design world. Sometimes, we designers don’t get the kinds of projects we want, and so we are left to apply our creativity in some other way, many of us opting to submit graphics in t-shirt competitions or printing them ourselves and selling them through shopping cart systems such as BigCartel. In this post, we bring you a showcase of online t-shirt store Web designs, all of which serves as a great source of inspiration for Web designers, graphic designers and even illustrators. http://bit.ly/2YuSTb

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The amateur scientist (that’s us)

November 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The problem with being an amateur scientist is precisely the reason that marketers relish the opportunity to sell to us, the amateurs: we make stupid decisions, easily manipulated by those who might choose to do the manipulation (on their behalf or on ours). http://bit.ly/1yrnMv

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INFOGRAPHIC: Who is Paying Taxes?

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Recent news articles have brought to light the fact that almost 47% of households in the US currently have zero or negative federal tax liability. We take a closer look at this lack of liability across each income level, highlighting the percentage in each range that will not pay any taxes. Also shown is a full breakdown of who is paying the bulk of all taxes collected by the Federal Government each year. http://bit.ly/1CxZ2J

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Automatic captions in YouTube

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Auto-caps use the same voice recognition algorithms in Google Voice to automatically generate captions for video. The captions will not always be perfect (check out the video below for an amusing example), but even when they're off, they can still be helpful—and the technology will continue to improve with time. http://bit.ly/4dH56w

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Starbucks boosts social media activity during Thanksgiving

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Starbucks is focusing on social media during the festive season in the US, launching initiatives on Flickr, Facebook, and US-based music streaming service Pandora.

The coffee shop chain has created a branded playlist on the Pandora site that is designed to lure consumers into its outlets to collect a free 'All You Need Is Love' CD. http://bit.ly/1PV83h

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