Hipsters. Now that I’ve got your attention, check out this quirky video that attempts to explain the ever-mysterious definition of the hipster. Just make sure to put on your glasses that have lenses in them (oops).

London-based graphic designer Katy Beveridge created this neat zeotrope using paper cut-outs and bicycles.

Speaking of bicycles, media artist Nicholas Hanna put his own spin on the long-standing Chinese tradition of water calligraphy.

Board gaming is serious business, and can lead to some intense situations (much more than “who finished the bag of chips?”). Documentary filmmaker Jay Cheel created this well shot and edited re-enactment of a board gaming group of friends. Hey, did we order the pizza yet?

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How Mark Zuckerberg became a millionaire and grew up in the process. [New York Magazine]

Do you want a UNIQLO app that talks you awake every morning? This will either be creepy or amazing to you. [UNIQLO]

Via Gabriela, Novel design of the day, a USB condom to protect your computer from viruses. [Yanko Design]

Vintage (and strangely stylish?) mugshots from the 1920s. [Twisted Sifter]

Spot on: The Wall Street Journal takes on the over-use of the word “bespoke”. [WSJ]

What happens when you mount a camera on skateboard wheels? Gizmodo has the review. [Gizmodo]

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Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” performed entirely with Mac OS X system sounds. Is it stuck in your head yet?

Remember that Tupac hologram everyone was talking about? Try combining your DSLR with your Kinect Xbox peripheral. Awesome right?

A video of things getting smashed in super slow motion. Need I say more? [heron productions & 4mation productions]

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The latest episode of The Voice is now online.

Subscribe to The Voice on iTunes, or listen to this episode right here.

This week is part two of Graham’s two-part series on app development! He’s joined once again by Steve Shock and Nicolas Grégoire-Racicot, Director of Interactive and Strategist at McMillan agency, respectively. The conversation this time around focuses on what to consider when jumping into Facebook app development.

As always, if you’d like to inquire about producing your podcast at the MediaStyle Studio, contact me at travis@mediastyle.ca.

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings confronts Comcast over their Internet data caps affecting American broadband subscribers. The recent heated debates over Net Neutrality that have come out of the States and Canada have fuelled opinions, like Hastings, to keep the Internet a neutral, unrestricted ground. [USAToday]

How well do you know your pop-culture villains? Check out this ABC of Monsters by French production company La Pompadour.

If you’re a fan of hip hop and Sci-Fi, you’ll love this routine by Japanese dance crew The Wrecking Crew Orchestra.

Celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain sat down with rock duo The Black Keys for some ribs and brisket at Kansas City’s Woodyard Bar-B-Que. They chat about the band’s first experiences with eating on the road and the slightly frightening link their hometown has with serial killers. Ribs anyone? [RollingStones Videos]

Via Katie, Coffee that comes out of a faucet, is brewed to barista standards, and can be controlled with your iPhone/iPad. It exists. I swear. [Toxel]

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Check out our interview with Alex Shipillo from marketing at Indochino and a peek at what’s getting everyone so excited over at the pop-up shop.

The pop-up shop is open until Saturday. Find more information and book an appointment for a suit fitting right here.

Hillman Curtis, the recently deceased designer and documentary maker, is honoured in this Gary Hurstwit post. [Urbanized]

The Verge breaks down Twitter’s new Innovator’s Patent Agreement. [The Verge]

A very clever Volkswagen ad that uses Facebook photo controls. [Facebook]

Via Gabriela, Six succesful Twitter hashtag campaigns. In case you don’t know, these are really hard. [Mashable]

A list of ways not to sell software in 2012. Amen. [Alex Payne]

Via Peter Raaymakers, The gentlemen from Street Etiquette looking classy as all get out. [Vimeo]

Via Gabriela, Six crazy resume designs. These are for pros only, guys. [Youthedesigner]

How do you cite a tweet in an academic paper? [The Atlantic]

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Artist Robert Howsare creates “Drawing Apparatus” using two turn tables to create an automated drawing machine.

tUnE-yArDs‘ video for new single “Bizness” features body paint, feathers, crazy dance moves and a wide aray of funny faces. You can see singer Merrill Garbus and team’s performance at this year’s Coachella online.

Speaking of Coachella, the Tupac hologram performance has created quite the buzz.

This short documentary presents the process of creative studio Dentsu and photographer Linden Gledhill as they create the mesmorizing paint sculptures for a canon printer ad campaign.

Writer, director and editor Kirby Ferguson recently completed a four-part documentary on remix culture. You can see all the parts on [hacktext].

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Way back in November, I teased a new documentary I was working on in the MediaStyle Studio. It was called HOME and was about modern infill homes in Ottawa.

This month the documentary was finally completed, you can watch it here on OpenFile Ottawa or embedded below.

Now titled Three Houses, the documentary focuses on three modern home designers in Hintonburg, and examines how houses can affect neighbourhoods and urban design.

This project was completed with just a few pieces of equipment from the MediaStyle Studio and a bit of spare time. That includes recording, editing, and audio editing. Shoot me an email at travis@mediastyle.ca if you think the Studio can help you create content.

The latest episode of The Voice is now online.

Subscribe to The Voice on iTunes, or listen to this episode right here.

When does it make sense for marketers to create an app as part of a campaign? Graham Machacek finds out in a two-part series. He interviews Steve Shock and Nicolas Grégoire-Racicot, Director of Interactive and Strategist at McMillan agency, respectively.

As always, if you’d like to inquire about producing your podcast at the MediaStyle Studio, contact me at travis@mediastyle.ca.

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