The Perfect GIF
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September 09, 2014
Last year at Barcamp Omaha, I did a tongue-in-cheek talk on Impostor Syndrome. This year, I was floundering on picking a topic for Barcamp—until Derek Eskens suggested I do a talk on GIFs. With only two days to prepare, I think it turned out fairly well.
In the talk I discuss: pronunciation, GIF sources, how to create your own GIFs, and GIF search and workflow. If you listen closely, you can hear the audience (playfully) boo when I finally pronounce GIF for the first time in the talk.
I did not post slides for this talk, given the loss in fidelity with an unanimated deck. But I’ve included below the list of referenced resources.
Sources
Utilities
- LICEcap to create GIFs
- gifwit to catalog/search GIFs
- HoverZoom for easy inline previews of animated GIFs (not mentioned in the talk, but still worth including).
Animated GIFs used (in order of appearance)
- Encyclopedia
- Helicopter Upside Down
- Sad Kid from Looper
- Sir Tim Berners Lee
- Magic Confetti
- History Channel Dude
- Gorilla Flying Lawnmower
- Baby Sliding on Head
- Belieber at Computer
- Awkward Lion Walk with Tire
- Pronounce GIF
- Standoff
- Doctor Who
- Batman and Robin Running
- Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys
- The Professional
- Confused Dogs
- Dinosaur Plotting
- Bike Jump Over Van
- Kid Boxes with Dad
- Roots band member tries not to smile
- Ron from Parks and Rec tries not to laugh
- Shy Cameras
- Flamingo Herd
- Sick GIF, Bro
- King of the Hill Regret
- The Walking Dead comments on Nebraska
- The Office Denial
- Tanks for all the Fish
- Monkey Doll Face
- Dawson Slow Clap
