November 2009
32 posts
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WatchWilson Miner - Design & Build on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
The most interesting quote about generalisation vs specialisation in terms of the web – the code is the object – you must balance the process of design and build due to their close relationship. The process does not end in a stage gate process find the fulcrum of the design and development. (around 15-17 mins)
“Warhols (fame duration)
1 Warhol equals 15 minutes of fame, So if you’ve been...”
– 11 Ways Geeks Measure the World via Kottke
“Giving Christo the bulk of the credit — or failing to give Jeanne-Claude her due...”
– Recognizing Jeanne-Claude | The American Prospect
I think this is key, the most interesting part is the process and coming to the end product. We have such a wealth of ways to document the process yet we still treat creativity as a black box in which auteurs emerge without respect to the...
WatchShiny Suds on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Droga5 wins another round
In Search of an Alternate Economy →
I had dinner with SXSW buddy Britt Raybould last night, and during our conversation I finally put into words something that’s been on my mind: an “alternative economy” that I sense I’m being drawn…
WatchCONATUS : LA NUIT DU DANSEUR (2009)
I like an illuminated helmet on a tap dancer as much as the next guy.
“Websites are today’s most radical and important art objects.
Because the...”
– Happiness is heavy, 1999 by Miltos Manetas
Remembering To Forget →
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The digital age is one of perfect remembering. A characteristic that empowers, but which can also have unforeseen consequences. Once it’s on the web it can be there for good - crawled, cached, traceable, attributable. Google remembers our searches, Facebook remembers, Amazon remembers, places we interact and transact become places where our data is captured, tracked, stored.
“I think that’s why we find Jason Bourne so resonant. It’s easy...”
– russell davies: playful
“Shanzhai, which literally means “mountain fortress” and implies...”
– Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Rebellion in China - WSJ.com
Are we ffff*cked? →
To begin, its worth mentioning that I frequent the very websites I am complaining about, I have served as a blog editor, but I still believe in the romance of personal discovery. I like finding…
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Influence is by no means simple →
Plagiarism has been a big topic this week, with a Listener cover story on alleged or apparent plagiarism by Witi Ihimaera feeding into two discussions on the Public Address site, themselves motivated by PA blogs by reviewer Jolisa Gracewood, who uncovered Ihimaera’s literary crimes and misdemeanours for the Listener. To a large extent, the discussions have been many variations on the idea, which...
“The multitiered, fully enclosed mall (as opposed to the strip mall) has been the...”
– Dawn of the Dead Mall
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“The danger is that the magic will wear off rather quickly. An AR ad looks pretty...”
– Augmented Reality Is Both a Fad and the Future – Here’s Why | Page 2 | Fast Company
dconstruct →
My dConstruct talk has arrived on the podcast, and huffduff, so you might want to listen to it. (MP3)
I haven’t been able to bring myself to do so, but I can’t imagine it’ll be very…
“Gargamel. Gargamel isn’t really a supervillain — just an evil old dude...”
– Is Your Business Useless? - Umair Haque - HarvardBusiness.org
I think pop culture has wrecked business writing
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“Somewhere along the way on the web, a lot of designers and developers have...”
– Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days)
It’s Color Theory, Charlie Brown! →
A little mini brush-up on color theory and its uses in animation, by way of Bill Melendez’ beloved 1966 TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: this essay, written by L.A.-based animator Justin Hilden, contains a scene-by-scene analysis of the use of color on the special, focusing particularly on its emotional and dramatic effects.
“Don’t get stuck like the schoolboy, endlessly practicing grammar and learning...”
– Jonathan Harris . World Building in a Crazy World . Language
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I have a crush on Jonathan Harris
Ever since his observation on the emptiness of flash experimentation vs idea generation (and Harris’ response) at Flash on the Beach, I generate my own internal angst by benchmarking both ideas and the work against my own past experiments and Harris’ benchmarks. I still haven’t succeeded, and not sure i will, but i shall die trying.
Now his essay snippets from World Building...
“Going forward, the primary question will be which specific lists you appear on...”
– Why Twitter “Lists” Change Everything — Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness
I almost edited out the “Going forward” but the analysis of the follower economics that has now shifted to the curated list. Paying attention to the Dunbar number since 1980™
October 2009
78 posts
The value of older people →
Phillip Greenspun argues that technology is reducing the value of older people’s wisdom.
Let’s start by considering factual knowledge. An old person will know more than a young person, but can any person, young or old, know as much as Google and Wikipedia? Why would a young person ask an elder the answer to a fact question that can be solved authoritatively in 10 seconds with a Web search?
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
– Samuel Beckett (via mnmal/zehnuhr)