new NK&F logo, originally uploaded by naterkane.

it was time to update the very bogus & bad mark that we’ve been using for Nater Kane & Friends. comments are of course welcome.

Last.fm has a new masthead, originally uploaded by naterkane.

Last.fm has recently decided that they needed a slightly looser looking masthead, and i just noticed it. Me likes.

It comes in black too.

I often forget that sometimes a nothing more than a subtle update to a familiar interface or brand can help to keep things feeling fresh, even if there actually isn’t anything else substantial that’s going on.

Walmart recently revamped their logo, and I caught it in a broadcast ad. It gives me a smiley face to know that I will no longer have to look at theirs.

Small talk with a web designer, originally uploaded by naterkane.

Nobody bothered to tell me, but I just got word that TimeInc.com, a website I built for the great folks at ROKKAN back in September 2007, won an award this past April. ROKKAN did all of the IA and creative work, and all I did was the dev, but it was a fun 2-3 weeks putting it together, and I was happy with what launched.

So hooray! The Summit International Awards gave the site a Bronze SCA award. And although I don’t know what ‘SCA’ is an acronym for, it still is nice when other people feel that stuff you did was good.

It’s not much of a listing, but here’s where it’s listed.

And here’s what the site looks like:

I even put it in my portfolio last fall (though those screenshots are crappy)

Twitter just accidentally turned Japanese, originally uploaded by naterkane.

after updating my settings, i started turning japanese.