If you’ve never been to the Archie McPhee store in Seattle or their website, you should go there now.
There you’ll find all kinds of weird and hilarious items such as the Uh Oh… Emergency Underpants
and Bacon Soap
But I really love their tag line: “Slightly less disappointing than other companies.”
With this type of merchandise it’s perfectly fitting that they wouldn’t take themselves too seriously, but it is still very refreshing.
Here’s Bill Buxton, talking about “natural” user interfaces. If you’re short on time, skip to about 2:08. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcdrfacG_y4]
Here’s Ken Hinckley, of Microsoft Research, demoing his explorations of the use of both pen and touch on a touch screen. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sTgLYH8qWs]
A clever ad by Pearl Izumi who creates cycling and running wear. They want to put their 4D Chamois on Uranus.
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