Pine Point Wins a Pixel Award
January 13th, 2012
Pine Point is named the winner in the Animation category at the 6th Annual Pixel Awards!
Bonus: Christmas Comes Twice to mod7!
December 15th, 2011
Just when you thought we were done with the all the love and giving this Christmas, we release a the updated version of our 2010 hit, Hipster Holiday! on the App Store. NOW WITH 50% MORE WINTER SOLSTICE SNARK FOR 2011/2012!
So what’s in this update, you might ask?
- Updated for 2011/2012! Which was way cooler before 2010 sold-out.
- 50% more questions. And they still suck.
- Improved iAd integration. Now Apple pays us in scarves.
(For iPhone)
Happy Holidays from mod7
December 9th, 2011
‘Tis the season to Debt the Halls! We’ve made a series of fun mini-games as a thank-you to all of our clients, family, and friends who’ve made this year fantastic. Happy Holidays!
Pine Point Wins at 2011 Digi Awards
December 8th, 2011Welcome to Pine Point wins Best in Web Series at The Digi Awards. Woo!
Pine Point up for a Pixel Award
November 22nd, 2011
We’re excited to announce that Welcome to Pine Point has been nominated for a 2011 Pixel Award, under the Animation category. If you enjoyed it, please cast your vote for People’s Choice!
Become the Best
November 16th, 2011
Watch the new Act of Valor trailer and get exclusive Battlefield 3 in-game content. Check out the latest EA cross-promotion designed by mod7.
Love the outdoors?
November 1st, 2011
If you love the outdoors, then you must’ve heard of a little retailer called Mountain Equipment Co-op. We teamed up with the folks at ORC to move MEC’s Accountability Report online. Sustainable? Check!
@mod7 Recap: October 31 2011
October 31st, 2011DIY Hack
Last week, Gizmodo showed us how to hack together a brilliant solution to getting your front door buzzer to ring up your (and your roommate’s) mobile using Google Voice. The best application of this hack is calling yourself to let yourself in the door. Whoa, nice! You’ve just created a mobile phone apartment-remote-control. Too bad the article glosses over the Achilles’ heel of this scheme: “Once you’ve got a Google Voice number, give it to your landlord/super to program into your building’s buzzer system.” Uh, yeah, right. Your landlord will get to that right after she replaces the water heater.
Pass the Popcorn
HTML 5 makes more tech headlines. This time it’s thanks to Mozilla’s new Popcorn.js framework for amping-up video with… Twitter? Flickr? Stats? Something like that. We’re sure there are some interesting collaborations and ideas in the wings. No, seriously. We’re actually kind of interested in this one.
PROTECT IP
Also, there was a rather ominous opinion piece (also from Gizmodo) on some proposed Internet copyright law changes in the US. Should these changes come to pass, we shudder to think of the consequences.
Hot Design Interface
Finally, one of the leading minds behind the iPod takes his passion for innovation and usability to one of the most stubbornly-entrenched interfaces of our daily living experience: the thermostat. We’re totally excited about the possibilities, and it seems our Twitter followers were keen, too.
Pine Point Wins a COPAward
October 25th, 2011Welcome to Pine Point wins a Gold at the 2011 COPAwards for Best Video or Multimedia Feature.
@mod7 Recap: October 24 2011
October 24th, 2011Curating the Internet fire hose this past week has brought forth some really titillating clues to what the near future might hold for design, culture and technology. Here are some of the more popular links, as voted on by our follower’s clicks.
Here’s an interesting project that explores a fresh fund-raising model. It helps you use your “social influence” and put your money where your mouth is. Google-Docs-powered, Twitter-integrated, and dead-simple, this lovely site heralds the New Philanthropy: decentralized, faith-neutral and grass roots. Will it work? Well, it’s already collected nearly $100,000 in pledges. But does it have long-term promise? Who knows. Even if it doesn’t last, it’s certainly an experiment worth experimenting with.
No, not the popular cold treat. But Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was a real treat for developers and technology speculators when they got to see some of the new features unveiled. Our take? A lot of great stuff here, if you’re a power user or developer. But Android still feels like it’s trying to play catch-up with iOS devices (especially in the consumer-desirability department). Is cramming in more features really the way to go? Some of the more mom-friendly features are going in the right direction: Face Unlock (assuming it “just works”), Talk-to-Text, some nifty Camera improvements. But we have yet to see real leadership in vision in the Android interface and feature base.
It seems there’s a fine line between parody and infringement, especially where kids (and super-powered pop stars) are concerned. The British High Court has favoured Gaga’s request for injunction against Mind Candy, the creators of the popular kid’s social network Moshi Monsters, from using Gaga’s likeness in the character of Lady Goo Goo. What do you think? Will kids have a hard time telling the difference between Lady Gaga and Lady Goo Goo? :/
Animated History of the iPhone
The Steve Jobs tributes just keep on coming, and this one weaves in the story of the iPhone, from its predecessors to its design to the hardware. You’ll want to hit the pause often as facts fly by with nary a second to ponder. It’s certainly well worth the look. Our favourite part is the comparisons of Jony Ive’s forms to the seminal work done by Dieter Rams. Design nerds will appreciate the wink and nod.
