things that keep us grounded

This looks much nicer on the original poster here

via @Chris_Naylor in a response to this great blog post by @SandySieger

that robot is reading your tweets

Ever wanted a small robotic bear to read your twitter account aloud?

Here he is!

Watch him read someone's tweets in Japanese here

Found via @sue_perry69

create your own projeqt

Ever wanted to tell a story?

Tend to get upset that your graphic designer mates have a cool online folio / ebook / storyboard to back up their new idea, but you wouldn't know where to start?

Well now you do.

found via @jymmysim

i have psd

<p>I Have PSD from Hyperakt on Vimeo.</p>

found via @AylinAhmet

local natives live in your backyard

For those of you lucky enough to be friends with anyone even remotely talented, you will understand the implicit pleasure and pain of being close to them as they create.

Pleasure for being so close to something beautiful as it's born into the world.

And at times, pain for the deeply shameful feeling we get when realising we're a bit jealous of their talent.

Now put yourself in the shoes of the crew sitting at Local Native's feet and times that by a million.

This is utterly magical viewing.

found via The Magical Adventures of Ben

luke perry & friends

via Galaxy Grits Gravy

the greatest animated gif compilation of all time

Anyone can make an animated gif.

And (given the time and appropriate level of OCD) just about anyone could make a compilation of animated gifs.

But not every gif goes viral and very few compilation videos have been carefully planned out to this extent.

Creating an amusing gif mixtape? WIN

Creating a killer gif mixtape in sync with GirlTalk's killer mixtape? +1

<p>Cache Rules Everything Around Me from Evan Roth on Vimeo.</p>

found via Catching Zebra