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Movie Mode app – Despicable Me

Turn on Best Buy Movie Mode at the beginning of the movie to translate every hilarious word the Minions are saying during the 3D end credits of Despicable Me, and unlock even more exclusive content after the show. It’s the exciting new mobile app that syncs with the movie screen to give you a one-of-a-kind experience. Check out the TV spot. By bestbuymoviemode

Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS

How do you answer the Internet Explorer 6 question? 1.Design for better browsers, then design alternative solutions to handle IE6 bugs? 2. Write a remedial IE6 stylesheet to address layout issues? 3.Use JavaScript to bootstrap CSS support in IE6? 4.Make your site look exactly the same in IE6 as in any other browser? 5.Develop to better browsers and spend no development time or testing for IE6? 6. Block IE6 users from seeing your site’s styles? Read More By Andy Clarke, For a Beautiful Web,  May 5 2009

Strategy Basics: Getting your Client’s Ducks in a Row

This is a companion post to “Strategy Basics: It’s Really all about having a Plan” from 11 March. It is a good idea to skim that post before reading this one. Otherwise the combination of the web and orange flavored milk might not make much sense. Congratulations, your client the Think Vitamin Dairy have had a few weeks to mull over what you presented and are now fully on-board. They are super excited about how you will help them sell more orange flavored milk. So exited in fact that they seem to be rushing it a bit. You always want a client to drive their project forward but sometimes you need to slow them down. Preparation and double checking every aspect of the plan is crucial. You don’t … Continue reading →

A Bunch of Cool Conferences

Three cool conferences: 1. PINC 11-18 May 2010 PINC stands for People, Ideas, Nature, Creativity. These themes are the heartbeat of this unique conference held once a year in the Netherlands. An inspiring cascade of new ideas, great stories, and impressive visual presentations delivered by a superb selection of national and international speakers from every imaginable discipline. PINC is a truly extraordinary event. An opportunity to recharge your personal and business batteries. PINC usually features around 16 speakers, who have little in common except that they have a passion for what they do and absolute faith in the power of innovation and creativity. These carefully selected, highly diverse ingredients combine to produce a sumptuous banquet of creativity. Read more 2. PICNIC 22-24 September 2010 PICNIC is a cross-discipline … Continue reading →

Plastikman live – techno goes all techno

Digital DJing pioneer Plastikman (AKA Richie Hawtin) is touring with a convergent technology show, which really gets the audience involved. You download the SYNC app for your smart phone – then during the gig you log onto the Plastikman wifi network. Once on, you can interact with the on stage visuals, see the event from the DJ’s point of view, and even view the realtime programming of the drum and percussive elements that he does… Download App

Nocturne

Amazing video, where no outside light sources were used at all. Nocturne from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo, 19 October 2009

Top 10 iPhone Apps

Each Friday we choose a Lunchtime Poll topic to get a sense of how Mashable readers feel about the chosen topic of the week. Below are the results from last Friday’s poll, where we asked your favorite iPhone apps. Is your favorite app not represented in the list? Let us know in the comments! And to make sure your vote counts next time, be sure to check back tomorrow for the next edition of the Lunchtime Poll….. To read more Click Here By Barb Dybwad, Mashable.com, October 15th, 2009