Hey all. It’s been a pretty quiet weekend here on the Echo Enduring Blog. I haven’t been feeling just the best over the past week, so I’ve spent quite a bit of time resting. I was also away with a bunch of the youth from my church over the weekend, and as you can imagine that meant that I got nothing done (which is okay – I was totally expecting that going in).

I’m hoping to be a bit more efficient this week. I’m planning on publishing the follow up to my Language and Metaphor: An Alternate View on Coding for the Web article, and have some other great content planned for the coming weeks too. Also, if you haven’t entered to win the first installment of the new First Friday Giveaway, be sure to check it out. I have one free license of Fanurio available to one lucky reader!

I’m also really excited for tomorrow, which is the official launch date for MediaLoot, a new and awesome design resource that I have been involved with, and have mentioned in several posts and and tweets over the past few months. I’ve had the opportunity to design some of the resources that will be available there. I’ve also seen some of the resources from other designers, and I have to say that it looks totally awesome. If you’re a designer looking for the best resource base on the net, I think that MediaLoot could well be it, especially as it continues to grow with awesome new resources! Be sure to check it out.

Hands Across the Americas

This logo is apparently for a volunteer based missions to South America. Since the organization is based out Texas, the name makes perfect sense, as the mission connects the two American continents. It also lends itself perfectly to the clever mark used in the logo. At first, I would guess that almost everybody will see the hand prints. It’s only after looking at the logo for a bit longer (perhaps a half second, a few seconds or even a few minutes), that we actually see the shape of North and South America cleverly worked into the palms of the two hands!

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