Fresh Daily – Week of 3/6/17

Covered this week; David Letterman still has some bones to pick… What Trump sees when he opens his Twitter feed… Curating the world’s greatest logos… keeping track of Carriers in the pipeline… Matching readers with their book covers… Pearl Jam invites all 5 of their drummers to their Hall of Fame induction… all of Breaking Bad in a 2-hour movie…

March 6, 2017

Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard. But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been as fixated on politics as the rest of us. “If I still had a show,” says the 69-year-old, dressed in a baggy sweater and cargo pants and sitting high above midtown Manhattan in a conference room at his publicist’s offices, “people would have to come and take me off the stage. ‘Dave, that’s enough about Trump. We’ve run out of tape.’ It’s all I’d be talking about. I’d be exhausted.”

March 7, 2017

For a man with 26.1 million Twitter followers, President Donald Trump follows back surprisingly few people on his @realdonaldtrump account – a mere 43… and unfortunately, they’re not the right 43

March 8, 2017

A new site that catalogs what they consider the world’s greatest logo marks… agree or disagree, sort of a cool site to explore, especially if you’re in the market for a logo yourself.

March 9, 2017

Navy officials tell Scout Warrior that the second Ford-class ship, the future USS Kennedy, will be 50-percent built this year. This comes alongside recent Navy reports that the USS Ford is now “99-percent” complete. Ship developers say the USS Ford is expected to deliver to the Navy later this year.

March 10, 2017

The guys at the Librairie Mollat, a bookshop in France, have been gathering quite a bit of attention lately thanks to their awesome photo series in which they match readers with their book covers. Just when you figured everything had been thought of… this is a pretty fantastic idea.

March 11, 2017

Always a class act… Pearl Jam announced that they will invite all five of their drummers – Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese, Jack Irons and Matt Cameron – to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

March 12, 2017

French filmmakers Lucas Stoll and Gaylor Morestin edit all 62 episodes of Breaking Bad into a single 2-hour movie… a great way to either avoid 62-hours of binge watching or as a nice concise re-cap for those who’ve already watched it.

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Nic Rotondo is the primary designer and sole proprietor of the optiflux|mediatribe. A '95 graduate of the School of the Art Institute Chicago, Nic has provided graphics, websites, presentation media and motion graphics for varied clients across North America.

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