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A Blackwatch Christmas

Here’s another video from Nathan Poppe about local music made in Norman. I’ve been watching this video take shape every couple days when Nathan would show me what he changed, and I’m so excited that it’s finally out in the wild. Check out the video, and get the whole Fowler VW/Blackwatch Christmas album for free A Blackwatch Christmas

The Frontier Is Everywhere

One of the most beautiful and encouraging videos I’ve ever seen. I come back to it often. Narrated by Carl Sagan.

The Crazy Ones

RIP Steve Jobs. 1955-2011

Dustbowl Arts Market Video by Nathan Poppe

My roommate, Nathan Poppe, is an incredibly talented videographer. Check out his latest creation — a video recap of last weekend’s Dustbowl Arts Market in Norman, OK. One of the best I’ve seen from Nathan yet. Check out his tumblr and twitter. Also, this music project he’s involved with called the VDub Sessions is one Dustbowl Arts Market Video by Nathan Poppe

Timbuk2 Brand Experience

I used 4 messenger bags throughout college. 3 of which were bought at thrift stores for less than $2 each. So when I got a real job (a post about that coming soon), I decided to invest in a good messenger. Considering I ride 2 miles to work every day with a $2000 laptop in Timbuk2 Brand Experience

Oklahoma iPhone Backgrounds

I’ve been working on another project recently (as in since last night) for Jake Sloan. Hopefully I’ll post some of the progress on here soon if we go this direction. It may involve using the Oklahoma flag re-illustration I did last year for an awesome local music project. No more details yet, but here are Oklahoma iPhone Backgrounds

MLK

In honor of MLK day, I dug through my old blog archives. I made this iPhone background a little more than one year ago on my old blog. Put it on your iPhone for the day to remember this great leader. I made this early in the Obam-era, so I put CHANGE in the slider MLK

Embracing Oklahoma

Instead of whining about how Oklahoma can be boring sometimes, I try to find the good in it. One of the bittersweet parts of our glorious state, is our flag. It’s a very interesting shield design, but is so poorly executed, and poorly represented online, that I think it may be time for a refresh. Embracing Oklahoma

Stay OK 1: Coffee Shop

This is the start of a series for me: Stay OK. These posts will be reasons why I want to or why I don’t want to stay in Oklahoma after I graduate college. I’ve got a few semi-options right now that would take me around the country: Go to Chicago with my friend Britt, who is Stay OK 1: Coffee Shop

100% of Teens Want iPods – 0% Want Zunes

I am a wholehearted Apple fanboy and Zune hater, but I never expected numbers like this. I thought there were at least a few teens out there who hate Macs and hipsters and fun, and things like that. But 100% iPod!? That’s a pretty incredible market share. News doesn’t get much worse than this for 100% of Teens Want iPods – 0% Want Zunes