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-Kyle Gracey

Sometimes I write things, sometimes I find them. Either way, they usually end up here.

Category Archives: Blog

The Advertising Game Layer

August 23rd, 2010 by Kyle Gracey

Seth Priebatsch’s TED talk on ‘The Game Layer’ was just released. Could this game layer the answer for interactive advertising looking forward?


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Posted in Advertising, Blog, Interactive

The Perfect Web Design App

July 28th, 2010 by Kyle Gracey

Jason Santa Maria is calling for a new application that focuses on web design. While the web is a very young medium, especially when compared to print and television, it has been around long enough (and isn’t leaving any time soon) that a dedicated app is much needed.

If you think about it Cascading Style Sheets have been around now since 1996, and heavily adopted by around 2000. Web design has made amazing strides forward and continues to do so every day. Yet we’re still designing in applications originally intended for photo editing, print, or illustration work. It’s time for a new application to emerge, and I truly believe the first ones to do it well will be rewarded heavily.

In his article, Jason Proposes a few simple ideas that are completely do-able by todays standards. (more…)

Posted in Article Highlights, Blog, Development

To New Creatives:

July 26th, 2010 by Kyle Gracey

I was reading through Kyle Meyer’s blog Astheria (amazing blog by the way) and I came across this awesome clip from Ira Glass speaking to young creatives.

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Posted in Blog, Design

10 Things CEOs should learn about Design

July 6th, 2010 by Kyle Gracey

A great slideshow put together by Jason Putorti on interactive design in general. Jason is the former lead designer at mint.com.

Posted in Blog, Design

Facebook PSD Template!

June 25th, 2010 by Kyle Gracey

*Update! Someone awesome over at Surgeworks must have had the same idea. Today (July 25th) they released a super full featured facebook GUI kit. Check out the story on SmashingMagazine.*

So since I’ve been making so many comps of facebook pages for both school and work lately, I’ve been meaning to make an editable .psd template to work off of. (more…)

Posted in Blog, Design, Design Resources