I work for Vimeo. I like space, and other things.About & Photos & AskTumblr (3.0; @bdougherty)http://braddougherty.me/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63437853" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Creative Mornings: Brad Frost</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/50218850276http://braddougherty.me/post/50218850276Sat, 11 May 2013 22:56:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8cb167b2938d75922dce023e4992947/tumblr_mmhh84BYwn1qj26eao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOY</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/49936598800http://braddougherty.me/post/49936598800Wed, 08 May 2013 11:16:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4806e2b6b245c47d024b017559f0a1f/tumblr_mky5hukLhJ1qicrz8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://braddougherty.me/post/49728677834http://braddougherty.me/post/49728677834Sun, 05 May 2013 19:31:07 -0400<a href="http://vimeoapi.tumblr.com/post/48148946288">Vimeo API: Announcing the first Vimeo Hackday! And a new API!</a>: <p><a href="http://vimeoapi.tumblr.com/post/48148946288" class="tumblr_blog">vimeoapi</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We’ve been hard at work building a brand new version of the Vimeo API (dubbed API 3.0) and we’d like to invite you to join us at Vimeo HQ to try it out!</p> <p>We’ll be here May 4th from 11am to 7pm to help you build apps on the new API. The best creations will be featured on our blog and dev site.</p> <p>…</p></blockquote>http://braddougherty.me/post/48149015068http://braddougherty.me/post/48149015068Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:09:44 -0400“Please, don’t screw accessibility, performance and usability for design purpose. Those things should always come first.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://hugogiraudel.com/2013/04/08/css-alternative-select/">Why a CSS alternative to <code><select></code> is impossible</a></em>http://braddougherty.me/post/47660990267http://braddougherty.me/post/47660990267Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:32:00 -0400<a href="http://www.alternet.org/suddenly-nypd-doesnt-love-surveillance-anymore">Suddenly, NYPD Doesn’t Love Surveillance Anymore | Alternet</a>: <p><a href="http://kevinsweeney.me/post/47107836590/suddenly-nypd-doesnt-love-surveillance-anymore" class="tumblr_blog">sweendawg</a>:</p> <blockquote><blockquote> <p><span>[N]obody wants to stop police officers from doing their much-needed job. In fact, civil liberties organizations have been pushing for oversight to make sure police are doing all of their job — including protecting individuals’ civil liberties. With  </span><a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-17-Copmisconduct_N.htm">police brutality a persistent and intensifying problem</a><span>, we should want more officers feeling “apprehension” about breaking civil liberties laws, we should hope more of them “give a lot of thought to what the adverse consequences” will be if they trample someone’s rights and we should crave an immediate “chilling effect” on such violations.</span></p> </blockquote> <p>I’ll just come out and say it: I don’t trust the NYPD. Not one single officer. From the traffic cop who played dumb after I was hit by a car while crossing the street not ten feet from where he was standing (with a walk signal, mind you), to the one who responded to my informing him that an MTA bus had changed its route display to read, “HELP—CALL POLICE”, with nothing but disinterest and contempt, the NYPD <strong>fucking sucks</strong>.</p> <p>For what it’s worth, Christine Quinn has said <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/bloomberg-plans-to-veto-nypd-inspector-general_n_2916414.html">she’d override any veto from Bloomberg</a> if she succeeds him as mayor, but sadly I don’t see that doing much to change the perception of law enforcement being any more accepting of the rights of citizens to film and photograph them in public places…let alone oversight by an outside party.</p></blockquote> <p>Always distrust government.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/47309763808http://braddougherty.me/post/47309763808Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:04:00 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/61659572" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://log.andrewpile.com/post/46501788800/vimeo-the-brooklyn-brewery-mash-by-transient" class="tumblr_blog">pile</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://vimeo.tumblr.com/post/46425552457/the-brooklyn-brewery-mash-by-transient-pictures" class="tumblr_blog">vimeo</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em><a href="https://vimeo.com/61659572">The Brooklyn Brewery MASH</a> by <a href="https://vimeo.com/61659572">Transient Pictures</a></em></p> <p><strong><span><a href="https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/376/creator-qanda-breaking-down-a-stop-motion-tour-of-brooklyn">Creator Q&A: Breaking down a stop motion tour of Brooklyn </a></span></strong><br/><br/><span>A few weeks ago this one minute stop motion video caught our eye, not only because most of us here at Vimeo live in Brooklyn and enjoy drinking beer, but also because of the smooth style and technical expertise with which the video’s creators toured us around our beloved borough. </span><br/><br/><span><a href="https://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/376/creator-qanda-breaking-down-a-stop-motion-tour-of-brooklyn">Find out how Paul and Landon created this stop motion masterpiece in our latest Vimeo Video School lesson ></a></span></p></blockquote> <p>So cool!</p></blockquote>http://braddougherty.me/post/46516592089http://braddougherty.me/post/46516592089Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:19:39 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2dvv-Yib1Xg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Luke’s Change: an Inside Job</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/45733078237http://braddougherty.me/post/45733078237Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:59:03 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/288acbd66304125606e1127eb1f86947/tumblr_mif0gsKqpd1qib9kko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://braddougherty.me/post/45654175635http://braddougherty.me/post/45654175635Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:05:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/99c405794ea4f5ff8a520edff06fbb1a/tumblr_mjkdmtsToG1r62irro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://braddougherty.me/post/45651506024http://braddougherty.me/post/45651506024Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:22:13 -0400“The truth is this: Google destroyed the RSS feed reader ecosystem with a subsidized product, stifling its competitors and killing innovation. It then neglected Google Reader itself for years, after it had effectively become the only player. Today it does further damage by buggering up the already beleaguered links between publishers and readers. It would have been better for the Internet if Reader had never been at all.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://corte.si/posts/socialmedia/rip-google-reader.html">cortesi - Google, destroyer of ecosystems</a></em>http://braddougherty.me/post/45607059855http://braddougherty.me/post/45607059855Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:19:00 -0400<a href="http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/03/why-i-like-dst/">Why I like DST</a>http://braddougherty.me/post/45566273152http://braddougherty.me/post/45566273152Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:19:23 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zb4vhJaX1hw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Perhaps the best video of all time. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/markinhifi/status/311559891699523584">markinhifi</a>)</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/45206407738http://braddougherty.me/post/45206407738Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:43:00 -0400paula deen<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz01i0dXwh1roep5no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I mean… come on.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/45079180737http://braddougherty.me/post/45079180737Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:20:00 -0400penn station1910<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzpntjQw4g1roep5no1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Don’t even try to tell me that Madison Square Garden was worth destroying this.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/45079023257http://braddougherty.me/post/45079023257Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:18:00 -0400penn station1915<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq961uw7e1rfuijjo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-science-llama.tumblr.com/post/44598417119/our-night-sky-when-we-collide-with-andromeda-in">the-science-llama</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Our Night Sky When We Collide With Andromeda</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the photos above in order:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">— <strong>Present day</strong><br/>— <strong>2 Billion years</strong> from now the of the approaching Andromeda galaxy is noticeably larger<br/>— <span><strong>3.75 Billion years</strong>, Andromeda fills the field of view<br/></span>— <span><strong>3.85 Billion years</strong>, the sky is ablaze with new star formation<br/></span>— <span><strong>3.9 Billion years</strong>, star formation continues<br/></span>— <span><strong>4 Billion years</strong>, Milky Way is warped and Andromeda is tidally stretched<br/></span>— <span><strong>5.1 Billion years</strong>, cores of both galaxies appear as a pair of globes<br/>— <strong>7 Billion years</strong>, the cores have merged, the bright core dominates the night sky</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here is an <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html">animation of the collision</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>In around 4 billion years our galaxy, The Milky Way, will collide with our neighbor galaxy Andromeda or M31. You might think this will be a catastrophic event for everything in the galaxy including our solar system but in reality most of the solar systems will simply pass by each other. However, given the new galactic center and the new mass pulling everything towards it and tossing it around, the orbits of those solar systems will be changed.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>The massive Andromeda galaxy is about 120,000 light years across while our galaxy is 100,000 light years across. Given their size, the speed that we our hurdling towards each other is relatively small at 250,000 miles per hour.</span></p> <p><span>Sources:<br/></span><span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html"></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html">http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html</a></a></span><span><br/></span><span><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1837.html"></a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1837.html"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1837.html">http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1837.html</a></a></span></p> </blockquote>http://braddougherty.me/post/44604389618http://braddougherty.me/post/44604389618Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:16:42 -0500<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html">Vortex motion: Viral video showing Sun’s motion through galaxy is wrong.</a>: <p>Please send this to anyone that saw that helix gif or these videos recently.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/44569724756http://braddougherty.me/post/44569724756Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:38:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8bebb048fb25186af0d231c1e139c69/tumblr_mimnwbWixd1qzpsuoo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://braddougherty.me/post/43818815395http://braddougherty.me/post/43818815395Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:25:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb2e5baa79d9bab2cbadf5d9309413ae/tumblr_mi53d25duO1qzlc1ro1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://anniewerner.tumblr.com/post/42976271381/mediaite-the-most-emotional-moment-of-president" class="tumblr_blog">anniewerner</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mediaite.tumblr.com/post/42976075877/the-most-emotional-moment-of-president-obamas">mediaite</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/thunderous-applause-as-president-obama-implores-they-deserve-a-vote-on-gun-measures-at-state-of-the-union/">The most emotional moment of President Obama’s State of the Union address</a></strong>.</p> </blockquote> <p>People often freak out when I tell them you don’t have to take a standard driving test in order to obtain your driver’s license in Texas. </p> <p>But it is even easier to <a href="http://www.texasgunlaws.org/">obtain a gun</a>. That fact also ‘deserves a vote.’</p></blockquote> <p>You know who also deserves a simple vote? US citizens on whether they can be droned without due process by this guy.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/42984569605http://braddougherty.me/post/42984569605Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:38:52 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HjfxaYA6PZE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>New fav.</p>http://braddougherty.me/post/42901806592http://braddougherty.me/post/42901806592Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:25:11 -0500harlem shake