January 2012
70 posts
Some mornings infuse the air with a heavier weight of destiny, for no discernible reason. Black Star “You Already Knew”
Black Star - You Already Knew by In Audio We Trust
“Obi-Wan dies, Dumbledore dies, Gandalf dies, 1,500 passengers on the Titanic...
– Lindsay Doran, producer and ‘script doctor’ (Spinal Tap, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The firm)
http://nyti.ms/wguKCr
You are not making products or services. You’re making experiences....
– Joe Pine + Jim Gilmore
In the modern metropolitan environment, consumers are overwhelmed with data...
– Douglas Brundage http://hypebeast.com/2012/01/pinterests-social-aesthetic/
I want this in my home/studio.
tele-present water from david bowen on Vimeo.
Allow events to change you.
You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different...
– Bruce Mau ”Incomplete Manifesto for Growth”
If you only have one eye, you don’t have depth perception. If you’re...
– William Gibson expanding on: “This perpetual toggling between nothing being new, under the sun, and everything having very recently changed, absolutely, is perhaps the central driving tension of my work.”
I’m someone who would rather return to a city that he’s visited many...
– William Gibson
… A character’s pursuit of a object with an aura becomes instead a...
– excerpt from a William Gibson interview.
Essáy & CoMa "Deceptive"
…people who talk about video games, myself included, often turn to those...
– Tom Bissell (on making Madden NFL)
This is an industry that demands payment from summer camps if the kids sing...
– Clay Shirky on David Pogue’s piece on SOPA
I think saying no is far too often misunderstood and misrepresented. I think it...
– Patrick Rhone
Jamie xx Rework Part 3: "Bloom" Radiohead
"Almost Made U"
Eventually, paying for (smart phone) apps may be more the exception than the...
– http://bit.ly/zwEbRo
A group of academics at the University of Southern Denmark argues that we are...
– http://bit.ly/z3RC02
One option is to struggle to be heard whenever you’re in the room…
Another is...
– Seth
“TO THE WRITERS OF THE UNIT
GREETINGS.
AS WE LEARN HOW TO WRITE THIS...
– - David Mamet
Memo to the writers of The Unit. Reminding them how to write drama/good TV.
Every single detail applies to Creative Direction and Experience Design.
Go beyond your morbid fascination @ Detroit’s ruins pr0n bit.ly/yy8nGo
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