ASCII art

As a web developer and designer, [Victor] has a habit of putting a very nice ASCII signature in an HTML comment at the top of every web page he designs. He was inspired by seeing others do this,  and this piqued his curiosity to see who else was doing this. His idea was to scan [...]  

This is probably going straight down the memory hole. ASCII art is already hard to archive properly; preserving the experience of scrolling through that web page will be even harder. Especially since Twitter uses that break-the-entire-web "#!" Javascript nonsense.Cute, though.Previously, previously.Mirrored from jwz.org.  

Adding ASCII signatures in a site's HTML is a way to leave a personal stamp while also giving a nod to one of the most basic ways to create visuals on a computer. A practitioner himself, developer...  

Summary: Perhaps ASCII art might just start to make a comeback thanks to this clever animated Twitter ad from Smart Cars. The team at Smart Argentina have completely nailed creative Twitter advertising with this very clever Twitter ad campaign.  

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There's hardly a brand these days that doesn't have a Twitter account. Some use them to connect with customers and fans, some to show off their latest and greatest products. Smart Argentina used its account to tell a simple story in a lot of tweets.  

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an online resource for art, culture and technology. Home · About · Bloggers · Press ... Keyboard Art from the October, 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics, a predecessor to what would become ASCII art. via Retronaut & Modern ...  

you should do that for all kind of purchases too! redbeaver  

Smart cars can park in tight spaces. Tweets are tight spaces for telling stories. Smart and BBDO use these facts to maximum advantage in this fun and effective effort that turns the auto brand's Argentinian Twitter feed into a stop-motion "commercial" made of 450-plus tweets (of 140 characters or less, naturally). You can see the effect in the video below, but it's better to go to Smart Argentina's Twitter page and play around. Use the "J...  

The amount of awesome that is displayed in the picture above is almost too much for words. Created by Seattle artist Erich Ginder, the wallpaper you see above depicts a classic floral print that has been created entirely by using ASCII text. Bringing together the decorations your grandmother had in her house with the textual [...]  

OKI Data Americas announces its participation and Silver Sponsorship of the ASCII SMB Success Summit – a six-city series of events focusing on emerging IT trends for Managed Services Providers (MSPs). The ASCII tour will make stops across the country through October, with the next event taking place March 22, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, CA. OKI will be demonstrating its Managed Print Services (MPS) solution at each...  

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., March 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKI Data Americas announces its participation and Silver Sponsorship of the ASCII SMB Success Summit -- a six-city series of events focusing on emerging IT trends for Managed Services Providers (MSPs). The ASCII tour will make stops across the country through October, with the next event taking place March 22, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove, CA. OKI will be...  

Now that's smart advertising in 140 characters or less: smart Argentina created an ad with ASCII animation in its Twitter page. Each tweet is an animation frame (you can hit "J" on your keyboard to scroll down): Link - via Notcot  

Now this is a pretty nifty use of a corporate Twitter account. Smart Car's Argentinian division has filled practically its entire Twitter stream -- which is currently 456 Tweets long -- with ASCII art images that turn into a stop-action movie when you scroll through them. Check it out for yourself: While on the @SmartArg Twitter page, hit the letter "J", which is the hot key for scrolling to the next Tweet. You'll see a simple motion picture...  

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Smart and BBDO use these facts to maximum advantage in this fun and effective effort that turns the auto brand's Argentinian Twitter feed into a stop-motion "commercial" made of 450-plus tweets (of 140 characters or less, ...