Vimeo announced the acquisition of Echograph, an app for making videos appear as if they are animated GIFs. The app plays videos on a loop, similar to Vine from Twitter, and was Editor's Choice in the App Store for over 130 different countries. With the acquisition, Echograph will be a free [Full Story…]
David Karp, #Tumblr’s Minimalist Genius
January 7, 2013 at 8:02 am
David Karp, founder of Tumblr, is worth about $200 million on paper. He’s busy renovating his $1.6 million 1,700 square-foot Williamsburg loft—which is striking for its ascetic atmosphere. Karp owns very little—no books, a sofa, a TV, one suit. Forbes says that minimalist sensibility has [Full Story…]
#Tumblr Releases Faster #iPhone App
November 26, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Engineer Bryan Irace spent the last three months rebuilding Tumblr’s iPhone app. The Verge reports the 3.2 version no longer relies on a webview—a feed pulled down from the web that turns into posts. Tumblr’s content has GIFs, chats, videos, photos and different kinds of HTML, all of which [Full Story…]
NYPL’s New Animated GIF Maker Incorporates Stereographs
February 1, 2012 at 3:11 pm
The New York Public Library created an animated GIF maker that allows users to convert 19th century stereographs into animated GIFs. The application marries an old form of popular culture with a new one for great effects. According to The Atlantic, GIFs play two or more overlapping images over [Full Story…]
Brooklyn “Wallpapers” Exhibition Turns Digital Art Into Physical Architecture
July 23, 2011 at 12:06 pm
According to Art info, 319 Scholes, located in Brooklyn, hosted an exhibition called "Wallpapers" which was directed by Lindsay Howard and musically curated by Katie Miller. The space was lit up with 30 feet of wall-projected animations that was accompanied by matching music. Sara Ludy and Nicolas [Full Story…]
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