Watch All the Flights in the World Using the Guardian’s New Interactive Map

To celebrate 100 years of passenger air travel, the Guardian has created an interactive map that visualizes the thousands of commercial flights that take place every day. Plus, using voice narration, charts, old photos and interactive elements you can explore the history of aviation since 1914. At the end, learn about the future of flight… Continue reading Watch All the Flights in the World Using the Guardian’s New Interactive Map

Edge Animate Adds Audio, Responsive Scaling to Help You Build Better Animations Using HTML

Web designers, here’s some great news: Adobe has just released version 3.0 of Edge Animate for Creative Cloud, which brings many new features for creating animations and interactive content with HTML. Here’s what’s new:   Audio Support One of the most useful features for the future Web is interactive content that plays through HTML rather… Continue reading Edge Animate Adds Audio, Responsive Scaling to Help You Build Better Animations Using HTML

Pinteresting GIFs Could Be Coming to a Pinboard Near You

You probably think of GIFs as either the best or worst thing that’s ever happened to the internet. GIFs are a great way to precisely express emotions and to remember timeless pop culture moments. They’re also a great thing to waste time on online. Perhaps this is why Tumblr recently launched a GIF maker for… Continue reading Pinteresting GIFs Could Be Coming to a Pinboard Near You

Watch a Sneak Peek of the Best 2014 Super Bowl Commercials Before the Game

Are you excited for the Super Bowl this year? With every great Super Bowl game comes some even better commercials. The top five advertisers over the last ten years pouring millions into buying these coveted ad slots include Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi, General Motors, Coca-Cola and Walt Disney. Now for the first time ever, you can get… Continue reading Watch a Sneak Peek of the Best 2014 Super Bowl Commercials Before the Game

The Ultimate Place to Spend Time on the Internet

What is the internet for if not to dazzle our eyes and numb our minds with happy colors and fun user interfaces? By these standards, fill this up .com is the ultimate place to spend time on the internet. fill this up.com is a new digital art piece by Dutch-Brazilian visual artist RafaĆ«l Rozendaal. On… Continue reading The Ultimate Place to Spend Time on the Internet

Scientists Discover First Asteroid of 2014 During Tail End of New Year’s Festivities

It turns out the Ball wasn’t the only thing to drop on New Year’s Day 2014. Scientists of the Catalina Sky Survey operating near Tucson, Ariz. discovered the first asteroid of 2014 late on January 1. The very small 6- to 9-foot asteroid, named 2014 AA, was first spotted over the mid-Atlantic Ocean. After entering… Continue reading Scientists Discover First Asteroid of 2014 During Tail End of New Year’s Festivities

Quirky Hand Drawn Animations That Will Take You for a Spin

The first live-action animation was created back in 1915 by Mark Fleischer who filmed traces frame by frame then with a hand drawn reel. The technique known as rotoscoping actually lives on today and is being payed homage to through the art of designers like Matthias Brown. The effect is oddly fresh and vintage-like at… Continue reading Quirky Hand Drawn Animations That Will Take You for a Spin

22 Irresistably Clever Vine Video Animations by Brock Davis

Brock Davis is a creative artist, photographer and director who works in a variety of mixed mediums. His ideas are often spontaneous, funny and always clever whether he’s building a paper plane that flies itself our your window or helping a choking peach live to grow more fuzz. Brock, a Cannes Lion industry award winner,… Continue reading 22 Irresistably Clever Vine Video Animations by Brock Davis