April 2012
66 posts
Apr 27th
“A classic rookie mistake is giving the client what they ask for, because often...”
Apr 25th
“the songs and dances of contemporary hunter-gatherer peoples serve them at both...”
– On the Origins of the Arts   Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture http://bit.ly/JkmExt 
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“There is generally a lot of enthusiasm in the startup world these days. But some...”
– “Meaningful” startups - @cdixon
Apr 19th
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“Pink bubblegum. Smurf-blue cotton candy. Fading perfume basenotes. Midnight...”
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Apr 18th
“ESQ: Tell me about your amps, though. How much would you tinker with your amps...”
– Eddie Van Halen on the real story about his Marshall amp.   bit.ly/IYAk0X 
Apr 18th
“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may...”
–  Steve
Apr 18th
““The minute I dropped out (of college) I could stop taking the required classes...”
–  Steve
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Apr 17th
“The idea that a 10-person company of 20-somethings in Mesquite, Texas, could get...”
– Valve Software’s usual approach to building a creative business /  Michael Abrash discusses how he came to work for Valve Software (he coauthored Quake with John Carmack back in the day) and, more interestingly, what Valve is like as a company. via @kottke http://bit.ly/IizBUD   original...
Apr 17th
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Azealia Banks @ Coachella / 212 X Firestarter at...
azealia banks Coachella-2012 by CatrachoEDDB
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Apr 16th
“Core insights have three key attributes: 1. Logical, yet unexpected. A core...”
– http://bit.ly/HWnL3Z 
Apr 16th
“We kind of romanticize creativity as inventing ideas out of thin air. When you...”
–  Jonah Lehrer
Apr 16th
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“Sure, Path 2.0 design is amazing. However, amazing design is not enough. It...”
– A POV that’s ruffling feathers today…   “User Experience And The Poison On The Tip Of The Arrow” http://tcrn.ch/HLULOz 
Apr 16th
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"Fighting the fights that really matter…"
Yeah, it’s a Hennessy advert, but it’s produced so well…
Apr 15th
“Disclosure are like, what, 12 or some gobstoppingly young age. And already...”
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Apr 13th
“Asians, unlike their Caucasian peers, tended to collect fat internally, around...”
– Skinny-Fat People http://bit.ly/J5cJ8B 
Apr 13th
Perfection.
Perfect snapshot memory of standing at the edge of a long, narrow dancefloor. Having just walked in pretending to know where you’re going because you’re in a brand new city, in an obviously shit part of town. The maw is swarming with wide-leg pants in unison to some generic-sounding proggy trancy thing. Stairs on the far corner lift you with a matching rise in humidity. Thick, dusty...
Apr 13th
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Can't begin to explain the rush of flashbacks Dave...
Apr 13th
Apr 12th
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Pausing for a moment to enjoy the accomplishments...
Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
We Found Love In A Coded Space - James Bridle @...
This is a talk from the Lift Conference in Geneva, in February 2012, about the New Aesthetic, concerning literature, sexuality, and collaborating with the network. (And, yes, tiny glitch on the right of this tumblr theme overlapping the video)
Apr 11th
Star Slinger X Rhianna "We found love"
Apr 11th
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“… our technology is–always has been–an direct extension of our humanity....”
– Claire Gibson reviewing William Gibson’s “Distrust that particular flavor” http://bit.ly/HJ8X4l 
Apr 11th
Make your own luck. Or dominate it with an army of...
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Apr 7th
“… the fact that someone from outside of the traditional game-writing community...”
– Here are four things the NYT “stupid games” story got right.” via Killscreen  bit.ly/Ih11rQ 
Apr 7th
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Apr 6th
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“The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in tech. The bottleneck is...”
– —Penn Jillette HT @berkun http://bit.ly/HlEM9r 
Apr 6th
WatchWatch
Making lo-fi ringtones until an e-Tron shows up at a car show or the dealer and I can do a proper field recording.
Apr 6th
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“I think what I’m going to talk about is the history of the relationship of artsy...”
– Rushkoff’s topic on 14 April @ The New Museum http://bit.ly/HBZvix 
Apr 6th
I gave my iPad to my parents, but the Katachi mag...
Katachi Magazine Fashion Preview from Katachi Mag on Vimeo.
Apr 6th
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Apr 6th
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: Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Knife →
peternyc: Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Knife Kanso  簡素 Kan — sim­ple, so — essence. By remov­ing the non-essential and ornate, we can express a bare and hon­est sim­plic­ity. Sto­ries told by nature is just that, unpre­ten­tious and with no need for orna­men­ta­tion. Because sim­plic­ity is hon­est, in it we can place our trust and find com­fort. Sim­plic­ity is doing more with enough, easy to...
Apr 5th
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“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You...”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via barrybonds)
Apr 5th
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Apr 4th
“Enter the New Aesthetic, imagery designed for the digital era: ‘Some architects...”
– http://bit.ly/HfPk61 
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