Comments for Brant Collins

Comment on iPad+Video Production=Awesome by LaTonya

LaTonya — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:46:11 +0000

It’s official, iPad is the man! *In my best kids voice of amazement* It can do everything! Can it cook!

Comment on Anchors Away! by Brant

Brant — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:19:33 +0000

Once I get it all ship shape I’ll give you a call

Comment on Anchors Away! by Keith

Keith — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:05:21 +0000

I’ve always dreamed of sailing. I’ve been drawn to the open water since I can remember. If you need any help just holler. I too and trying to teach myself to pull away from this screen

Comment on Geek Chic by Keith

Keith — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:55:37 +0000

Very cool. My idea of design is something black with a Swiss Army logo (and that’s why I’m not in design)

Comment on Geek Chic by Stephanie (stephhwilliams)

Stephanie (stephhwilliams) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:56:26 +0000

Good for you for actually doing it! I’m always saying things like “I’d like to make my own _______” fill-in-the-blank with whatever. But never actually followed through. Can’t wait to check it out – you’ll have to show off the completed project at a future tweetup.

Comment on Geo Location, Why? by tsudo

tsudo — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:29:52 +0000

I think we are combining two different arguments.

1) The monetization of the application.
2) Reward and incentive for user participation.

Concerning, monetization – I think it is clear how these applications intend to turn a profit. We’ve already seen major Foursquare partnerships (Bravo,History,Zagat, etc..) and knowing you can’t even talk to 4sq without $10,000 ready to spend it is safe to assume that this is their viability strategy. I think Gowalla will soon follow suit as evidenced by the recent NJ Nets experiment.

2) Concerning user rewards – Wouldn’t you agree that venue specials and incentives offered through 4sq already accomplish this goal? If the ballpark was active in LBS then they could have definitely responded with discount or reward. As more businesses understand the platform then the procedure already exists.

I find in being able value able to discover people and places and when you add discounts/specials to that equation what more should I expect?

Thanks for linking to my post. Always enjoy the discussion.

Comment on A New Chapter… by Joseph Rodgers

Joseph Rodgers — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:58:54 +0000

Grats Brant. Keep on keepin on.

Comment on Dodge makes bone headed mistake over ram logo by Ray Kampf

Ray Kampf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:31:29 +0000

I disagree.
As a designer and an educator, this is a good lesson for art students and others about the value of effective graphic design and copyright laws.
The school had no right to use the image. Plagiarism is banned in writing a term paper, so why should copying a visual symbol be allowed?
Sure Chrysler may have been a bully about this but they have to be – just like Disney has to be when they say “stop using crappy copy of our Mickey Mouse on the side of your daycare.”
Allowing the students to think that its alright to steal someone else’s design sets a bed precedent.
The teachable opportunity here is to allow the art students to design a new ram for the school – however with art programs getting slashed in most public school, stealing may be all they have.