In Gifville, the best place to get your eggs (Easter or breakfast) is from Seb the Eggman!
Credits: SEB’CO via GifCities and Internet Archive
business
A record-breaking year for IPOs 💸
2019 is shaping up to be a breakout year for tech IPOs.
The economy is strong, unemployment rates are low, and investor optimism is high with rising tech valuations. Airbnb, Slack, and Lyft could all go public within the next year, and despite its slowing growth, Uber is among the most anticipated offerings in years.
The biggest software acquisition in history 💰
In 1994, a computer science grad from Carnegie Mellon published a new project: A Linux distribution he dubbed “Red Hat.” Twenty-four years later, Marc Ewing’s project—and the business spun around it—has been bought by IBM for $34 billion, making it the largest software acquisition in history.
The trouble with Onedrive
Now don’t get me wrong. I love Onedrive. At work we now have to start moving our files and documents to Onedrive for Business. Problem is, I have so much stuff, including data archive, which I must preserve for documentary purposes, that getting them all including sub-folders onto the cloud is proving a mammoth task. Oh well, let IT sort it 🙂
Credit: Welcome to Onedrive
And our profits have shot up this quarter
The visual representation of ‘making it rain’.
Credits: H V Gillard and CREDIT CONTROL SERVICES via GifCities and Internet Archive
The living, breathing New York City
A visualization of the work and life cycle of Manhattan (see the CBD glow!)
Credits: Joey Cherdarchuk, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Darkhorse Analytics, Kevin Short and HuffPost via Cat Walker, Info Graphic and Pinterest
Work phones
At my workplace I actually have two phone lines, my direct extension and a switchboard hotline for customers. Sometimes I have to be careful not to get the two confused. Caller ID on the screen helps though.
Credits: Vero Beach Florida Pool Table, Billiard Table and Snooker Table Service Information via GifCities and Internet Archive
UI Interactions of the week #43
BUC promo banner
The above is a advertising banner type GIF I created on a whim for a company I consult for. I made it from a series of stock images using GIF portal EZGIF.com, along with the logo of the consultancy. My friend, who owns the company, was very impressed with it, and this could possibly be used on its website or externally to promote on other sites.
Credits: Vijay Shah, EZGIF.com
Vijay’s classic GIFs 2007-2011 – 100
For the 100th entry in my amazing collection of classic GIFs, here is something a little close to my heart. This GIF, featuring different security documents and tax stamps from Romania, was taken from the website of the country’s state printing house, the Compania Natională “Imprimeria Natională” SA in Bucharest. I collect cigarette tax stamps as a hobby, and this far-flung East European nation has produced some beautiful examples, of which some can be seen in the above animation.
