The Wilderness Downtown

A friend sent me an amazing example of what can be done with HTML5 in Google Chrome, and it is both artful and amazing!  The music is super cool, too  🙂 Go to http://www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/ (using the Google Chrome web browser!) and click the “Launch Experiment” button to experience the choreographed windows, interactive flocking, custom rendered maps, […]

SXSW PanelPicker Pie

Voting has begun for the 2011 SXSW Interactive Festival, and I’d like everybody to vote for my topic on QR codes!

Ok everybody, voting has begun and I need your help!  Your voting accounts for about 30% of the decision-making process for any given programming slot. Here’s how to help promote my “QR Who QR” SXSW panel topic: Create an account on the SXSW website at http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/users/register. Click the email verification link they send you to activate […]

Blogging is hard.

Well, I assume so, I haven’t really started. However, I’ve spent the last 4 days consumed by my new grantnorwood.com site.  I’m all over the place for sure – spending my time across developing my core vision, planning features, designing the look n’ feel, writing code, configuring servers, creating my initial social presence, and of […]

Vote for my topic on QR Codes for SXSW 2011!

My SXSW teaser article “QR Who QR: Exploring QR Codes” is in the works … so til then, read about how the panel picker works and how you can vote my topic on QR codes ahead of roughly 2400 other submissions! http://sxsw.com/interactive/talks/panelpicker

QR Who QR: Exploring QR Codes

Nothing sounds very cool if it’s still in 2D, right?  Nope, there’s still one thing.  QR codes are 2-dimensional bar codes that can allow quick and purposeful communication like exchanging contact info, or effortlessly transport a perspective customer to your product website. Wanna know more?  Sit tight for a series of pages and posts about […]