Flashpitt 2009

For interactive designers and artists.
I want to go. I want to go. I want to go.

Search Engine Optimization!

Wrote an article for Examiner about the SEO war between Google and Microsoft’s “Bing.”
And now to eat a sweet potato.
P.S. My “son” Alan Palomo and his band Neon Indian have gotten amazing reviews on Pitchfork, including a “best new music” award for the track “Deadbeat Summer.” What a pop star.

Type in motion project

GRIDS: a poem from Chelsey Delaney on Vimeo.
First type in motion video using After Effects.

Damn

Our assignment due Friday asks for typography in motion–We have to use After Effects and typography to create an informative one-minute video on the topic of grid layout.
The topic could be better, but it was all worth it when I found this video for inspiration:

Starring Matt and Matty


West Campus Survivor

2 FOUND DEAD IN WEST CAMPUS CONDO.
That area…
I’ve joked about it: the drugs, the rich kids, the apathy.
Then I remember it’s not funny every time someone dies there (many times a year).

My Life: The Abridged Version

The dream I had last night went like this:
I had just gotten new software for my computer. I began to install it.
Then mid-install, an error message pops up. I have no more space. I panic.
That was it.
My subconscious needs a vacation.

FIXED: I’m not even a Harry Potter fan

So the newspaper I interned for last summer (Victoria Advocate) has AMAZING designers (notice: it’s privately owned, not a chain). This is the NEWSPAPER released on the day of the Harry Potter movie release:

So proud.

If only

“there’s someone named ‘charlie devaney’ signed up for punchline this week…
i’m hoping it’s going to be you with one of those fake nose-glasses-mustache things on.
if it’s not, im going to boo”
-Ramin

Adventures of: First Impressions of America

My darling friend from India who is in my grad program made this list of observations regarding these united states:
“- Americans ARE overweight. It’s not just something they say. It is NOT an exaggeration. It is a common sight. I LOOK SMALL COMPARED TO THEM. That’s the awesome part.
- The suburban houses have shutters [...]

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