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Pocket Shop: Comme des Garcons

blogretailrefugees — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:54:39 +0000

Comme des Garcons (Rei Kawakubo) recently opened several pop-up shops in Paris that they are calling Pocket shops. This one, located in Marais, and looks pretty simple and inviting. I suppose that they are simply miniature versions of the pop-up shops that CdG has become famous for. No news as to how long they will be open, but definitely stop by for some CdG basics including accessories and items from the Play collection.

Fervo: Ed e Rick comentam as loucurinhas do show da Yelle que rolou ontem no clube Glória (+ vídeos do show!!)

hicaro — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:09:04 +0000

“Com um look bafo (como na maioria de seus clipes), um make brilhante e muita simpatia, a cantora Yelle conquistou a todos em sua única apresentação no Clube Glória! Esbanjando energia e bombardeando o público com seus hits como “Ce Jeu” e “A Cause Des Garçons”, a francesinha fez o povo enlouquecer de tanto dançar!

O Clube lotou tanto na área externa como na área interna, que estava apinhado de gente, mas mesmo assim não era difícil se locomover pelo clube, o drama mesmo era tentar se aproximar do palco, missão bem loucurinha já que os fãs de verdade da cantora se acotovelavam junto aos fotógrafos para ver a Yelle de perto!” (ED)

“A noite passada no Clube GLORIA tivemos o incrível show da francesinha Yelle, uma noite bafo bafo, com muita gente bonita e simpática, eu mesmo era fofura em pessoa , não tinha com quem eu não batesse um papo e desse boas risadas, acompanhado de um drink, sempre!!! Para todo lado que você virasse eram muitos clicks!!!... Todo mundo querendo uma boa foto das modernas! Sim Sim, pulei, dancei e me joguei na pista, que não era muito espaçosa, então imagina neh, um purra-empurra básico, tudo pra conseguir chegar perto da Yelle, que tentava se comunicar em french com a galera mais não era muito correspondida, até chegar num consenso do inglês! Mais de uma hora de show, cantando seus hits, Yelle faz bonito, taaaaaaaa!!!” (Rick)

Are Vee?

elkephant — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:12:11 +0000

I just caught a bit of the annual PA RV Camping show on tv. I just fell in love with the idea of traveling in one of these cute little buddies.

The T@DA, which comes in adorable colors

by the way is also related to the T@B

Another cool one, was a pop up with a solid roof:

The Scamp is pretty cute

And the most hip one, the Icamp (is it me or do we need to move past the "i" thing?)

With a comfy lil interior

Thanks again tv for getting my hopes high and dreamy.

Pop up window Post back

sparsham — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:32:32 +0000

Here's a tip if you need to do postback in a popup window. I was
using the JavaScript showModalDialog function to launch an ASP.NET page in a
popup window. Which worked great, until I clicked on a button that posted back.
As soon as I clicked on button that posted back, it opened a new window. Not
exactly what I expected.

So after a little searching on the web, I found a simple solution. You need to
include this:

in the <head> section of the page. As soon as I did that, it posted back to the
popup window.

Cheers!!!

General RV Information

rvinfo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:03:32 +0000

General RV Information

This site is the ultimate place to get your questions answered and learn some interesting and random facts. We will post some of the updated information on RVs, such as new models, fun facts, and general info for motor homes, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, expandable units, park models, and tent campers. Also posted will be different areas of the RV world. Included will be RV parts and recreational vehicle servicing. Browse around and enjoy your stay. Please feel free to leave your comments or questions.

DIE ZEIT über blockierende Leser

nilsn — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:24:00 +0000

Gerade beim Medienweblog Medienrauschen gesehen, dass nun auch DIE ZEIT angst vor dem Adblock-Plus hat. Allerdings machen Sie nicht den Fehler, den aus meiner Sicht damals N-TV gemacht hat, und kriminalisierten die Leser.
Nur mal als Gedankenansatz eines PRlers: Da wird Geld für Imagekampagnen in die Hand genommen, es wird versucht neue Zielgruppen zu gewinnen. Aber wenn die technikaffine Userschaft technische Mittel benutzt, wird man rotzig und wirft ihnen Diebstahl vor? Derzeit ist es laut ZEIT gerade einmal 1 % der Nutzerschaft. Gut, das werden mehr, aber sollte ich da nicht anders reagieren? Das Signal ist doch klar, die Werbung nervt den Leser. Sollte man da nicht lieber Werbung anbieten, die weniger nervt? So sagt Adblock-Plus-Entwickler Wladimir Palant zurecht im Artikel:

„Ich hoffe, dass jetzt die Einsicht wächst, dass die momentan so verbreitete aufdringliche Werbung insbesondere mit Animationen und Sound kein guter Weg ist.“

Ich füge noch ergänzend hinzu, auch Pop-up's abzuschaffen. Ansonsten kann man mit dem Artikel der ZEIT schon recht zufrieden sein, objektiver als die N-TV Variante ist er allemal. Und die Überschrift ist, sagen wir mal, kreativ.

Reader's Corner - A reader needs some towing advice

ontheroadrving — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:20:51 +0000

This month Bill would like some advice about towing a pop-up.

I have a question about towing. I have a 2000 Honda Odyssey (van) rated to pull 2000#, and have pulled a pop-up rated @ 1700# a short distance. Someone told me recently that I need to get a transmission cooler on the van, yet friends that have pulled their campers for "years" do not have one. One such friend has a Chevy astro van and pulls a camper as big as or bigger than mine! Any explanation? Advice?

Inverted

iamassociates — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:16:45 +0000

Last week saw the exclusive launch of ‘i-am' and Beyond the Valley's INVERTED environments, a collection of flipped retail spaces spread throughout multiple venues across the Carnaby area for London Design Festival and London Fashion Week 2008.

The main spaces are two distinct INVERTED retail experiences, environments of polar opposites. Using the visual concepts of reversal and reflection, the environments will be presented in a way you will not be expecting. The spaces will showcase brand new fashion and design products in back-to-front and front-to-back versions, most of which will be created exclusively for the Festival. Guest collaborators include Hannah Holland (Trailer Trash/BBB), Tim Watkins (Illustrator for Kate Moss) and a selection of emerging designers.

LOCATIONS
2 Ganton Street, 2 Newburgh Street and 9 Newburgh Street, London W1

DATES
12th - 27th September 2008, 11.30 - 19.00 daily
The spaces will play host to numerous events and workshops throughout the duration of London Design Festival. Check the INVERTED site for details and photos from the launch party (above).

The Pop-Up Farm Team

sean hazell — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:23:49 +0000

I recently wrote about the concept of an Agency Farm Team. The thinking behind a pop-up agency is not dissimilar:

Porter Novelli, a leading public relations agency, is popping up on the list with a short-term, pop-up agency inside its halls, staffed by younger employees who have spent the summer creating campaigns for clients with fledgling businesses to promote.

The entrepreneurial pop-up is named Jack & Bill, after Jack Porter and Bill Novelli, who joined forces in 1972 to found Porter Novelli, an agency now owned by the Omnicom Group with 100 offices in 60 countries.

Eight Porter Novelli account supervisors and account executives — average age, 26 — have been running Jack & Bill on behalf of five clients that are receiving free services...

...Jack & Bill and its clients found one another in a way that turned upside-down — or perhaps pop-up-side-down — the traditional pitching process for selecting a public relations agency. Typically a client calls in several agencies to compete for an account; in this case, the partners of Jack & Bill asked potential clients to audition to win the pop-up’s free services.

Full NYT Article via Murketing

What's interesting about this idea is that Porter Novelli not only saw it as a way to develop emerging clients (as I had considered), but also to empower its emerging employees. It allows them to simultaneously showcase 1) their young talent, and 2) the firm's digital skills - while experimenting in social media and drumming up some press of their own. The project was scheduled for completion after NY Fashion Week, but apparently Jack & Bill may now live on.

Are we on to something here?

Living the Dream

schmoffly — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:22:23 +0000

Played my first game for team "Who Dae Be?" out of TVA. We won- run ruled them. Then I stayed on to play two more games for teams that were short some players. Man, I had a blast! I went 7 for 9 on the night with three home runs (two inside the park, one over the left field fence) and two triples. Yes, that means I hit a few singles, but I am going to work on that. I am not a singles hitter. Still got to get used to waiting back. It's not quite college baseball, but it'll do. I played left center or center and had a ball (no pun intended-wait....yes I did...) tracking fly balls and tossing the ball right past the way too shallow cut-off man/woman to wherever it needed to go. I knew shagging so many balls during BP for four years at Belmont would pay off.

I got this baby while doing a pop-up slide into second. Eric said I was the only idiot who was dumb enough to try so hard in slow pitch co-ed softball that I would do a pop-up slide...but at least this idiot was safe!

Las técnicas de pubicidad más odiadas

Eduardo S Hidalgo — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:41:35 +0000

Del texto original de useit.com, les escribo cómo reacciona la gente ante publicidad online que impacta su experiencia como usuario de manera muy negativa.

Está bien, la publicidad online existe, cuenta y funciona. Vemos anuncios en páginas desde sitios web personales hasta páginas de prensa o enormes portales web.

El tipo de anuncio más odiado fue indudablemente, nuestro amigo pop-up o ventana emergente, puesto en el lugar nº1 por el 95% del público encuestado; seguido de la carga leeentaa y los cuadros que intentan engañarte para que los clickees con el 94% de las preferencias. No subestimar al average user ;). fuente: Conferencia The user experience 2004

Lo de los pop-up no me parece raro, su éxito fue tal que 'obligaron' a los navegadores a instalar sistemas anti-popup (uno de los significativos hechos del porqué del rápido éxito de firefox). Lo que si me es raro es que los cuadros sin botón cerrar estén en el 4º puesto de las preferencias, y que el molesto sonido-automático-inapagable esté en último lugar.

Lo que si me explota, son anuncios que tengan estas últimas características fusionadas para nuestro cómodo uso de interfaz como usuario.

Si bien encuentra a tus compañeros de clase, super hiper mega casino online o el clásico alarga tu pene no son anuncios que de gusto encontrar; ningún tipo de anuncio es un preferido por los usuarios, puesto que -salvo excepciones- no navegamos para buscar anuncios.

Lo que si podemos hacer es tomar en cuenta algunos tips para que nuestro anuncio no sea un dolor de cabeza:

Indicar qué va a pasar si el usuario clickea. (Recordar: Siempre informar al usuario dónde está, qué puede hacer, y qué puede hacer la página por él)
Autoidentificarse como anuncios. (si, y no es una redundancia o una sobreexplicación, funciona)
Entregar información adicional sin tener que dejar la actual página (autoexplicativo)

Así que ¡porfavor! Hagamos del entorno web una experiencia más agradable; despidamos a los pop-up, sonidos automáticos, cuadros que te siguen y te acosan, pongamos skip intro, botón cerrar...

Saludos a todos.

Siapa Pakai Rankwidget.com?

Blogger Indonesia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:09:47 +0000

Apakah Anda salah satu blogger yang memakai widget dari rankwidget.com di blog Anda? Kalau iya, pertimbangkan untuk membuangnya. Karena widget menyimpan iklan pop-up & pop-under yang sangat mengganggu pengunjung. Saya sendiri selalu memblack-list blog yang mengandung iklan pop-ups karena sangat mengganggu dan rawan virus.

Lebih detailnya, baca di sini.

More Pop-Ups

cardsncrafts — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:40:49 +0000

At my last workshop I demonstrated the free standing pop-up card using the technique that I used on my last post, but the card I created was a bit different. The card you see here is the card I actually demo-ed and it seemed to be a hit. It is hard to pass along all the details during the workshop, so for anyone looking to find the specifics you can go to Split Coast Stampers for all the info. This card was also a lot of fun and will be going to my nephew for his upcoming 2nd birthday.

Stamps: Pun Fun, Sweet Stars Stampin' Around

Ink: Summer Sun, Not Quite Navy

Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Summer Sun, Real Red Textured, Whisper White

Accessories: Silver Eyelets, Corner Rounder Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch,

Dimensional, Blender Pens, Pastels

Ribbon: Real Red 1/4" Grosgrain

ABC-3D

papercutpanic — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:07:01 +0000

ABC-3D is a book of 26 three-dimensional letters. The alphabet has never looked so good.

Whippet Grey

papercutpanic — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:34:28 +0000

The website for online shop WhippetGrey is a delightful pop-up book of rooms which users can explore to discover the shop's products. Beautifully illustrated, the animation is complimented by a simple and subtle page design.

Projeto do interior no Pop Up!

tronco — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:34:46 +0000

O Eduardo deu uma entrevista para o blog Pop Up!, do Bruno Nogueira (Recife Rock) falando sobre o projeto no interior.

A entrevista está aqui na íntegra: http://www.popup.mus.br/2008/09/04/entrevista-eduardo-ramos/

E no vídeo abaixo, Bruno e Foca (DoSol) debatem sobre como é possível levar o projeto até o Nordeste.

Paper Forest: Happy Birthday to me: Here's a Blooming Paper Garden for YOU!

Tracy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:37:29 +0000

Paper Forest: Happy Birthday to me: Here's a Blooming Paper Garden for YOU!

Gorgerous rose pop-up card! My imaginary project list is getting longer and longer!

Era Black Flag

Amauri Gonzo — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:10:33 +0000

Desculpem o formato notinha/ link, do qual eu reclamei na carta de intenções, mas é que alguém fez muito bem feito um trabalho que eu já tinha me pautado para fazer. Tou falando do Bruno Nogueira, do excelente Pop-Up, um dos poucos blogs de música que prestam no Brasil. Ele colocou dois textos (uma matéria e uma entrevista com Eduardo Ramos) tratando da mais importante notícia da semana: a turnê que a Tronco Produções (em parceria com os selos Slag e Amplitude) armaram com as bandas Fóssil (CE) e Attractive & Popular (EUA). São QUARENTA shows no inteiror de São Paulo, com a intenção de se estender para NOVENTA no Brasil. Acho que nem todo mundo tem noção de que a "era Black Flag" está sendo inaugurada no Brasil.

No fundo, isso sempre foi a grande lição do Our Band Could Be Your Life - que também rende a outra grande notícia da semana: Michael Azerrad vai dar uma palestra (ao lado de Buzz Osbourne, do Melvins) na FNAC Paulista (Av. Paulista, 901) amanhã, dia 05, às 19h. Azerrad é o autor de Our Band Could Be Your Life, bíblia do rock independente norte-americano (e obra que vai ser onipresente neste blog). Mais detalhes sobre a palestra aqui.

IE Automation with Ruby: Catching pop-up Windows

Steve — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:14:09 +0000

Firstly I need to define what I mean my pop-up Windows. The pop-up windows that cause trouble are not internet explorer based windows, they are actually 'Windows' windows, (sorry if thats confusing). The ones that I am referring to are the ones that come up when, for example, you click on a download link. These are inherently a pain because of the fact that they are not IE windows. Luckily there is a pretty simple work around that i have come up with.

Ruby has access to the WIN32OLE library , which is basically like an API for windows applications. What you can do is use this library to catch these pop up windows. Below is the code that you'll need to run in a Ruby script:

require 'win32ole' #Loads the win32ole library
wsh = WIN32OLE.new(Wscript.Shell) #For more info click here
wsh.AppActivate('Connect') #Focuses on a given application based on its Title

At this point you can manipulate the window, for example, with a SendKeys command:

wsh.SendKeys("%{F4}") #This would close the program with Alt-F4

This clearly has it's limitations because during this time you cannot be doing things on your computer, because the AppActivate would fail. I am still looking for a lower level at which I can address this problem.

Now everyone likes to see code at work, so I have written a quick script that goes to the Notepad++ downloads page, clicks the download link, and then closes the pop-up download window. As a quick side note, if you do not already use notepad++ I highly recommend it!

require 'win32ole'
require 'watir'

wsh = WIN32OLE.new('Wscript.Shell')

ie= Watir::IE.new
ie.goto("http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm")
ie.frame(:name, "index").link(:text, "Download").click #Good example of how to execute a link in a Frame
ie.frame(:name, "index").link(:text, "Download Notepad++ executable files").click

sleep 20 #need to wait for source forge to load it is slow
ie1 = Watir::IE.attach(:title, /Source/)
ie1.link(:id, "showfiles_download_file_pkg0_1rel0_2").click

wsh.AppActivate("File Download - Security Warning") #Focuses on the pop up window
wsh.SendKeys("%{F4}") #Sends the alt-F4 command to the window to close it

Watir::IE.close_all #Closes all open IE windows

So if you are interested try the script out, I did try it out myself to make sure it worked, but let me know if you have any difficulties!

--Steve

I Wonder What You Would Say, If I Told You What I Want You To Know. Don't You Understand? I Could Never Tell You, So You Will Never Know, Just How Much I Love You....

Creating Havok 24/7 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:55:32 +0000

I have 9 MB of space left on my iPod.
That is funny, if you ask me.
Which you didn't, but I'm sharing anyway.

People are stupid, that's all I have to say.

PostSecret's new stuff is good. Lately hasn't been quite as good as it's been before, but this weeks are pretty good. Some of them anyway. I like them. For the same reason everyone else likes them - we all find what we did (or didn't know) about ourselves that we dont' want to admit to others.
So, that's the fact of the matter of it all.
That, and the fact that so many people's handwriting looks the same - unless there's a lot by one person, which isn't the case....

Don't ask why, but I felt like listening to "Stay" by Sugarland.
Good song. Sad song. But good song. I won't go into details.

I hate how long it takes Wikipedia to load on my internet.
It's really annoying, because when you do a google search, that's pretty much where it takes you first.

Anyway, today is just blah.
Like yesterday.
A lot like yesterday.
I don't know what was goin' on yesterday.
Just blah blah blah.
More blah blah blah.
I do keep having paranoid thoughts. Of course I can make them go away, by proving them wrong, but they do pop up a lot more often than they used to. No idea why. But oh well. I used to be paranoid-er than I am now - for I am rather paranoid as it is.
I guess there's nothing I can do about it, for it's been here since like 7th grade.
Ain't goin' away anytime soon either, obviously.

Is it odd to still have imaginary friends at the age of 17?
I've been thinking about that since I flipped. Feels like that was a long time ago, but it was only a little over a week ago, if I remember correctly.
Anyway....When I was talking to Chambers afterwards, he had asked me if I had ever been to counseling. I said no, but my mom threatened me with it when I was like 7, cuz I would talk to my imaginary friends outloud. Come on, I was an only child, I was 7, didn't know any better. Anyway, I told Chambers that I stopped after that - well, stopped doing it outloud, I kept it all in my head.
Which, I still do that.
Of course they're not made up people. They're real people I know, just how I want them to be. Like, if this and this and this happened, what would happen next. That sort of thing.
Is that normal?
Or should I be worried?
You should understand that I've never told this before.
But I'm curious. Because I want to know. I don't find it as weird, for me it's normal. And I can't stop it. I've tried and tried, but it doesn't work. Every so often I have an episode, where my brain (someone in there anyway) is like you know this isn't real, none of it's real, and none of it is ever going to happen, and then I try to make myself stop doing it, but I can't. And then I have this war in my head, and it's all very confusing.
So........?

Tomorrow there is no school.
Thank goodness.
I don't think I'll be ready for that place again by the end of today.
The weekends are too short, the weeks are too long.
The confusion ensues.
And I get stupider and stupider.
Thanks, life.

Survey, interrupting

Dan Reiner — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:10:19 +0000

I am reading Paul Newman's obituary on nyt.com, and suddenly an invitation to take a survey is slapped over the text I'm reading. Annoyed, I close the invitation. It seems obvious that this is a poor way to offer a survey. I've just started reading something of geniune interest to me, I'm a paragraph or so into the article, and a popup ad blocks my view, mid-sentence. Remember popups? Remember why they fell out of use? People hated them, and they reflected badly on the site and the advertiser alike.

I could take the survey and tell them how annoying it is, but I don't want to encourage them. I would like to hear about the response rate of this tactic from someone who actually knows.