Creative and Strategy Services for Progressive Organizations
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Fighting technology with technology
In the January 2007 issue of Wired magazine there is a rare gem of an article: How to disable the newly required RFID chips in US passports (a tech that has privacy concerns up the wazoo and has already been hacked across the pond).
What makes this a gem is the solution: a good ol’ fashion hammer.
It’s a nice reminder about technology, that a hammer is just as valuable of a tool as a bluetooth sniffer and hex editor… and in this case is a much more effective one… and that the semantics of the word technology sometimes get screwed up in this online world of ours. Axe, Shovel, or Mouse, tech is tech.
Some New Projects:
- Timber Frames by Collin Beggs
Wacky design meets high functionality. Check out this Wordpress marvel.
- Center for Justice
The Center came to us for a redesign and CMS solution for their advocacy work in Spokane, Washington. It has some nice flash video worked in, lots of interesting publishing features, and a squeaky design.
- Saving Paradise
A small Wordpress powered site for our friends at Beacon Press. Features some interesting gallery functionality.
- Furthur Foundation
A quick one-pager for a good friend.
- MaintainIT Project
A collaboration with good friend Floatleft. We did the design and they did the Drupal backend.
- Ada Kay Lemieux
A certain kind of magical project. Baby pushing and pre-natal by Denise. Postpartum joy with Vernal.
- Voices for Vermont’s Children
A nice Wordpress based site for some good folks here in Vermont. Simple, clean, quick.
- ZeroDivide
Another joint project with Floatleft. Design by Vernal.
- Ringtones08
Post and share ringtones about the 2008 US election - for FREE. Oh wait, that’s over with and it went beautifully.