A clean and gorgeous site from a web design agency in Birmingham: Kalexiko.

These ads sure are creative, maybe with the exception of AXE.

Adobe Scene7 seems like a great tool for turning PDF into an interactive format. I tried it out with the GW Business Magazine. Although it takes a bit of time, the process is very easy. The result looks nice, but I don’t like the interface at all. Adobe should allow us to scale the size of the magazine so we can display it at the size that is readable. Right now users can zoom in to read but it’s not intuitive at all.

Zeldman offers free download of Taking Your Talent to the Web. I haven’t read it yet, but heard good things about it.

Audi vs. BMW. BMW vs. Audi vs. Subaru vs. Bentley.

Not sure when Big Spaceship relaunched, but the new none-Flash design rocks. Dig the big headlines.

The web folks at Vassar gives Africana Studies Program a fresh, clean, elegant look.

I was quoted in The GW Hatchet‘s “Schools Embrace Social Media.” Well, sort of. I don’t recall saying, “I looked at the other schools on Facebook and these sites and I was like, ‘Wow, we’ve got to be on there,'” at all. The writer has done a great job of making me sound like a foreigner. I don’t remember saying this either: “Most of us are already on these sites, so now all we have to do is spread the word. It’s efficient and probably one of the best ways to get in touch with people nowadays.”

Who could be mad at a thirteen-year-old girl trying to swing like Ella? On her debut Ella… Of Thee I Swing recorded live at Montreal’s Place des Arts in 2007, Nikki Yanofsky perfected Ella’s chops on fast-tempo tunes like “Old McDonald,” “A Tisket, a Tasket” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Got That Swing).” She imitated not only Ella’s nimble style, but also her scat. Needless to say, her technical skill, particularly breath control, is nowhere near the First Lady of Song. She has a remarkable voice for her age, but lacks the experience to fully articulate the blues on “Evil Gal Blues” and “Ain’t Got Nothing But the Blues.” She needs a few more years to develop her potential.

An effortless rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” performed by Susan Boyle.