Oliver Hoffmann



Independent Creative Professional
Adjunct Faculty, IPFW

bio and contact information as posted on LinkedIn

VCD-P450 aggregation of class blogs Winter 11

useful

Cloud App filesharing
Worldometers Realtime data
wikimobipedia.org for all things mobile
color scheme designer online app
Kuler color palette social network
filext for identifying mystery files
iphone simulator
reverse dns for lookups based on IP
Live background making tool
Paternmaker tool provides a nice, live preview
ZIP+4 lookup at the USPS
QR code maker (also called 3d barcodes)
2d barcode generator like the old days, and free
efax free free personal fax I've been using for eight years
web fonts great cross-reference with screen caps
internetseer provides free and reliable website monitoring
textureking
free textures
color models
Harbor Freight
tools. cheap.
netcraft web knowledge
mootools Javascript magic
w3c yes, this page validates as XHTML1.0 transitional!
technorati blog search
sitemap generator search engines like these
Google Webmaster free goodness for website managers
Panic Software awesome Mac tools
Postal Address verification by Melissa

interesting

Uppercase Canada
Generator.x art from code
Pitaru is genius
Harmen Liemburg screenprinting
Pristina Design site
Supertouch visual culture site
ryan griffin my colleague at CCS
Falcon motorcycles
Natzke flash
Arduino physical computing for creatives
manyeyes data visualization that's interactive
designboom
waybackmachine archives the web
TED technology entertainment design
theFWA favorite website awards
Mensa Gen X SIG
undoboy artistic provocation
ping magazine from Japan, now dead
universaleverything
clever stuff from
Matt Pyke and Co.
Alex Braidwood Detroit Flash guru
cartype better than chocolate+peanut butter
digitalwork creative collection
Brand New School have done cool things for us
transistor studios inspires with film
realclassic.co.uk rides the T100R-- my bike for 30+ years
Identify an earthbound Messerschmidt and other cool bubble cars

important

Truth has no definition about which a majority of professional philosophers and scholars agree
As it turns out, Truth is a person
Repair is the new Recycle
National Do Not Call Registry
Make the web faster (for developers)
Google Code for all the other good stuff
Jeep Wheel Bearing replacement (important if your bearings are bad)
W Edwards Deming
smart guy, bad haircut
National Insurance Crime Bureau for VIN lookups and "most stolen" reports
Maslow knows your needs
green car score might surprise you
exact time courtesy of the US government
wunderground when you need to know the weather

entertaining

Dutch Design, if you must obsess about it
Cinema Center independent film in Fort Wayne, IN
ToDo from Italy
insertsilence sound play
Car company logo ripoffs
Rhonda drawing tool
polyesterair visual blog
XKCD webcomic for geeks and geek lovers
Andrew Bush does drive-by shootings in L.A.
Make stuff now!
HeadGear animation
Arthur Ganson sculpts exquisite machines
coolhunting art+ design+ culture+ tech
PES films good old-fashioned stop-frame animation
somafm ambient streams
dub beautiful collective provides some great audio streams
billy harvey music has a very entertaining website
wdet fm109 detroit
national public radio has entertained me since 1982
errol morris documentary filmmaker and now ad guy!
dusted music mag
bob schneider music
thinkgeek shopping for geeks and their friends
Dennis robots, etc.

absurd

Fixed, like a cat
failblog documents failures
makemebabies predicts your offspring
engrish - you will weep with pleasure!
Shakespearean Insulter puts you down with style
space hippies - my favorite episode
from TOS (on youtube)
slogan generator mindless entertainment from the UK
bad poetry when you're both untalented AND lazy
turbovan man has an awesome sleeper
white zombie electric Datsun dragster!