about Kanye on SNL

(106 spoof + performance)

Champion / Everything I Am / Live Freestyle performance

Stronger / Good Life performance

about '86 weekly series! FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH

on dvd. complete, the rare and shortlived tv series fast times... to bad this didnt succeed they did a good job copying the movie. see all the classic roles reprised.

about Into The Wild

This movie looks sick! and im really feeling the soundtrack.

about facebook developers garage

I am working with FaceBook to help organize a Developer Garage in DC on October 10.

let me know if you want to be part of it

here is the invite
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4944851737

As described by Facebook:

Garages are just like they sound – a place for you to explore, get gritty, tinker, experiment, and test out your ideas for Facebook Platform. Being in the Garage is all about participating, getting your hands dirty, and exploring fresh ideas and solutions.

Most Garages will offer you the opportunity to give a 5-10 minute brief presentation or case study on your App – you can show and tell, get feedback, highlight any novel techniques you’re using, or hunt for partners. So far popular topics include: optimizing product design, best practices for viral growth, tricks for testing your app, metrics for success, ninja code tricks…the usual. Pretty much anything goes.

In general, Garages will welcome ad hoc presentations, brainstorming sessions with other developers, and social interaction time. Some Garages will also offer some Q&A time with Facebook Platform Engineers, either via video conference or in person. Most will also provide food, power, and wireless connectivity. Check your area’s Facebook Developer Garage for specific details about what to bring or what to expect.

UPDATE:

so the event went well, we counted 85 or so people

about 'Hotel Chevalier' Free on iTunes

The Darjeeling Limited comes out this weekend, but you can get the 13-minute prologue, Hotel Chevalier, on iTunes this very second. It's just as sexy and charming and touching as people were saying, and will surely rule the sexiness category of your iTunes at least until Justin Timberlake makes another album.

And if that doesn't convince you, you also get to see Natalie Portman's bare heinie.

Hotel Chevalier [iTunes]

about advertising.com

yesterday I gave a "lunch n learn" session at advertising.com hq in Baltimore MD. for the product development team.

it went really well~

I discussed my art, inspiration, street art history.. and a bunch of killer power tips

here is the link

about Arrington interviews mark zuckerberg

about Lee Dungaree Wallpapers

Looks like Lee is having fun

Check out some of the Lee campaign here, or take a minute to check their website.

about Emotionally Intelligent Signage

about Obrigado Dilla

A tribute to Dilla at the Brasilintime premiere show at SESC Pompeii in Sao Paulo.

about Banksy flickr pool

Giant pool of photos all about Banksy’s work at Flickr.

about Thai spiritual tattoo by Ajahn Noo Kanpai.

about strongggggggger

Kanye and Timbo in the studio reworking the Stronger drums.

Seen via Ye’s newly re-launched website: kanyeunivercity.com

about jeep ad

love this.



Agency: Cutwater, San Francisco
Executive Creative Director: Chuck McBride
Group Creative Director: Joe Kayser
Creative Director: Travis Britton
Executive Producer: Jennifer Golub
Agency Producer: Mai Huynh

Production Company: RSA Films, LA
Executive Producer: Fran McGivern
Director: Jake Scott
DP: Steve St. John

Post-production: PLANK
Editor: Catherine Bull
Visual Effects: The Mill
FX Supervisor: Gabrielle Gourrier
CG: Robert Kolbeins
Flame: David Parker, Phil Crowe
CG Supervisors: Jordi Bares, Hitesh Patel
VFX Producers: Helen Hughes, Stephanie Gilgar, Miles Petit


Stock Footage: Susan Nickerson
Post support: Andrea Bustabade
Music: "Sunshine" by Jonathan Edwards

about Photoshop gets a new logo

the Photoshop family of products now has its own logo and tagline: See What's Possible™






















As the press docs say,

To represent this rich family of products, Adobe is introducing the Photoshop visual logo. This logo will soon appear in all Photoshop-related marketing, so keep an eye out for it. The Photoshop logo on a product, service, or technology, represents the rich legacy, technical quality, and attention to detail that has made Photoshop the gold standard in digital imaging.

about Leslie and Jess3 one year anniversary

Leslie has been kind enough to stick with me for 365 days and counting!

what would I do with out her?

about TechCrunch 40

this is evan williams, who amongst other things founded blogger and twitter

about ZocDoc

a better doctor search.

started by a guy that had a ear infection and couldnt find someone that would help him.. and if you think about it.. searching for a doctor in your coverage is quite hard..

it offers a beautiful interface and some original ideas.. showing if your doctor uses macs or pcs?

they claim to have 2% of the nyc market..

http://www.zocdoc.com

about mint.

mint is really smart.

mint is like a wireless client for the banks. you put your credit info, and it manages it for you. it shows you where your money goes. they can send you text messages if you "spend more money than usual on food" this month.

if you travel alot, it will find the perfect frequent flyer card for you

if your rates go up, and you could be paying less.. mint finds you that shortcut and tells you about it..

AOL SHOULD BUY THEM!

in other mint news, haveamint.com is a really sweet forum service

http://www.mint.com

about xobni

email happiness.

very cool product, its an add-on to outlook that adds better search, and claims to add social networking functionality also.

when you get an email you can pull up related info, including email and attachment history. it reminds me alot of the linkedin plugin for gmail.


xobni.com

about the myspace redesign

about NYC - september 2007

I was in NYC on friday, I hung out with erik at google hq, and went to dumbo brooklyn.











the google cafeteria balcony.. was so nice

about 8apps is hot

8pps is a sexy web3.0 suite of apps. check out the screenshots.

You can view a quicktime version in one part here

The founder hopes that in 8apps, he can provide a suite of 8 applications that provide both an indispensable function and a simple, easy-to-grasp user experience.

However, hes not interested in competing with existing services. "I don’t want to make an online MS Office, an alternative to Google Calendar or 37Signals copycat. I want to fill the holes in the productivity / project timeline that these services do not. A suite of small, focused applications that you can use in tandem with these already-established “major players” to give your productivity and personal organisation a big boost."

8apps in this private beta test stage is currently made up of 3 applications. Those are Handshake, Orchestrate and Blueprint.

Handshake

Handshake is the “glue” that holds the rest of the 8apps together. Handshake is a social network where you can find and make contacts, vote on your contacts’ abilities (which creates a nice polar graph for them like on my profile page), send mails and give appraisals. Any contact that you add in Handshake then becomes available for you to use in the other apps.

Orchestrate

Orchestrate is a multi-pane task manager and Orchestrate in 8apps is an improved version of the original Orchestrate. It’s faster to use and enables you to share your lists and colour them however you like. Your list layout - and even the layout of your shared lists - is preserved for your next visit.

Blueprint

One caveat! This is not IE compatible. In IE you won’t even see the option for it. Currently it is supported by Firefox, Safari and all other sensible browsers… I love that

about Live Roots Videos!

the files below are encoded for playback on an iPod. That means they'll also play in iTunes, Quciktime Player, and possibly VLC.
No technical support will be provided

You can right-click and save them to your computer.
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The Roots Live at Amoeba Records , Hollywood California 9/6/2006
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Amobea.m4v
Game Theory, All In The Music

http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Amobea%201.m4v
Jungle Boogie/Don't Feel Right, Star

http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Amobea%202.m4v
Long Time, Here I Come
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The Roots on A&E's Breakfast with The Arts:
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/aehd.mp4

Game Theory, Interview, Atonement, Interview, Clock with No Hands (With Jack Davey) (Audio is low)
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The Roots on the CBS Early Show Aug 26-2006
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/TheRootsonCBSEarlyShowAug262006.m4v

Don't Feel Right, Interview, Here I Come, Long Time w/Peedi Peedi
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The Roots on The Late Show with David Letterman 8-29-2006
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Here%20I%20Come%20on%20Letterman%208_29_2006.m4v

Here I Come
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The Roots on Jimmy Kimmel Live 9-5-2006

http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Here%20I%20Come%20on%20Letterman%208_29_2006.m4v
Game Theory, Don't Feel Right

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The Roots on Carson Daly 9/15/2006
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/Carson%20Daly%20Show%209_15_2005.m4v
All In The Music, Long Time,

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The Roots on VH1 Album Release party Interviews from VH1
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/vh1soulstoryinterviews1.m4v
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/vh1soulstoryinterviews2.m4v
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Hip Hop Awards 2006

Mc Lyte, Da Brat, Remy Ma, Lil' Kim, and The Roots+
http://www.therootsarchive.com/pubvideos/HHO1.mov

Rakim, Talib Kweli, Black Thought, Styles P, Raekwon, Kid Capri, and The Roots +
http://www.therootsarchive.com/pubvideos/HHO2.mov

George Clinton, bootsy Collins, Q-Tip, Black Thought, Fat Joe, Etykah Badu and The Roots+
http://www.therootsarchive.com/pubvideos/HHO3.mov
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The Roots @ The Montreaux Jazz Festival 2005
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/mont_full.mp4

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The Roots + Big Daddy Kane on VH! Hip Hop Awards 2005
http://therootsarchive.com/ipod/RootsHipHopHonor.m4v

about Guitar Heroes - and why I cant believe I missed the boat on this one!

today I visited my boy Erik at the google HQ in nyc.. and we played around with this game "guitar heroes 2" for ps2.. and I fell in love.

This game pushes the limits with music and gaming in ways that are similar to "dance revolution" but genius in its on right.

you use this plastic "guitar" type thing and basically tap and strum based on colored keys flying at you.. you can pick the song you play.. from a selection of covers of famous songs.. like "heart shaped box".. and then you pick between guitar or bass.. then you pick between battle or cooperate modes..



I was talking to a google employee that seemed to be quite the expert and he said that the company that makes it is coming out with a band version where you can play the drums and what not..



imagine if you hook this kind of game up with the technology of macs garageband.. you can only select from cover songs because the rights were too expensive.. but why not have a whole game devoted to this air guitar controller and do like a "tool - the concert game" or like a rock legends thing, where you are playing with amazing musicians.. and the whole idea is that you get an amazing musical experience. the thing that gets me is the line between game and life merge in a way that most games would dream of.. and I also love that they said screw it and made their own controller for it.. imagine if doom had sold a gun, or second life came with a controller??


check out what the videos on youtube are like

about ImInLikeWithYou redesign

ImInLikeWithYou is a dating site.. but its also really nicely designed.
ImInLikeWithYou.com its also invite only, and its hard to get invites.. but check it out if you know someone that can hook you up.. (I can hook you up)

I loved this site months ago, and I love it now.. IILWY kills it with the little touches.. the liquid layout is modular and useful. they take advatage of full screen in ways we forgot about.. we can all be inspired by work like this.









sick background picker

about Imagining the Tenth Dimension

about kanye west - the good life

Kanye West

about flight of the conchords. is amazing.

as a proud new zealander, I find this show really funny but I think everyone should check it out.. its on hbo..

WATCH!

about skull shirt

want one?

about Linkedin

One of the most important things you can ever do is sign up for a free linkedin account. For those of you that dont know what Linkedin.com is.. it is essentially an online resume centric social network. there are no images, and no pokes.. but there are testimonials (comments) and following in their cousin facebooks footsteps linkedin will be releasing an API in the coming months.

So basically it works like this, you fill out your resume (profile :) and in the process register like facebook with your work email addresses to verify current employment.. a slick feature. you then can search your network of contacts from your gmail, yahoo, aol accounts.. etc and friend your business contacts. they can then comment on your work performance at a certain job.

so thats the basic stuff.. but imagine what you can do with this.. you can search for
anyone from anywhere.. and find out who they know... where they worked etc.. for research alone this is essential.. but if you are on a job search.. this is the ONLY WAY to talk to these people. the user base of linkedin is so ceo heavy it blows my mind, its like the executives use it and the employees are just now catching on.



http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessesaves

check out how I setup my linkedin page, I have my email address as my name so that people can friend me and contact me without paying for membership or going to extra trouble.. EVERY BIT COUNTS.. this is your career we are playing for.. ask your friends to give you a testimonial.. Add me if you like! I have 950 contacts on linkedin..

about this is what kanye wests video should look like

Omnikrom ÉTÉ HIT

trippy hiphop video colors... 80s inspired

id love to know more about this? anyone?

about What Did Apple’s Five Fingers Say to NBC’s Face?

Apple just slapped NBC down hard. Responding to reports NBC was pulling out of the iTunes Store, Apple announced that it was prematurely canceling their partnership — Because NBC wanted $5 per episode of its shows!

Apple® today announced that it will not be selling NBC television shows for the upcoming television season on its online iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com). The move follows NBC’s decision to not renew its agreement with iTunes after Apple declined to pay more than double the wholesale price for each NBC TV episode, which would have resulted in the retail price to consumers increasing to $4.99 per episode from the current $1.99. ABC, CBS, FOX and The CW, along with more than 50 cable networks, are signed up to sell TV shows from their upcoming season on iTunes at $1.99 per episode.

Incredible. NBC has benefited from iTunes more than anyone else, and they’re throwing out crazy price increases. I mean, that would have made Friday Night Lights Season 1 cost $110! NBC is selling the DVD for less than $20 brand-new with more special features! If this is any indication of Hulu’s pricing scheme, it’s screwed out of the gate.

Via Daring Fireball. and cultofmac

about this is our president..

about Jackson Hole, Wyoming

I just spent the long weekend with Leslie's family in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was awesome!.

I got a killer fly fishing lesson from their neighbor on an all day rafting adventure, horse back riding on the moms horses, saw dick cheneys house at teton pines! I ate some elk, and saw the bourne ultimatium at the local movie theater - that movie was sweet!