January 2012
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“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to...”
– Antoine de Saint Exupéry
I used this thought in a conversation yesterday and was hoping to get the actual quote. Found it. (via: brainyquote)
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Average Is Over →
In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to buttress employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I. Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.
But this still doesn’t resolve the issue of knowing “What (We) Really Need to Know.”
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RIM co-CEOs stepping down in a “surprise exit” →
Excellent illustration to make a point.
“Someone else can take it from here.”
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NFB/Interactive - Bear 71 →
Bear 7: sometimes it’s hard to tell where the wired world ends and the wild one begins.
I appreciate @NFB’s adventure for interactive storytelling. More from @TheNextWeb.
Bear 71 from National Film Board of Canada on Vimeo.
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My Future of Writing
Apple’s new textbook, and really, publishing initiative with iBooks & iBook Author reminds me of PressPausePlay’s interview with Seth Godin from last year:
Me, a laptop and the Internet. The lesson is… this changes everything. The industry is dead.
If this works, and it looks pretty good from the first three days, Apple would have a solid foothold in establishing the...
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What You (Really) Need to Know →
… the difficulty of reforming a curriculum with the difficulty of moving a cemetery.
Excellent way to put it.
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It doesn’t take Cupertino to make textbooks... →
Interactivity doesn’t exist. More properly, everything is interactive. We use the catch-all term “interactivity” to brand as novel the qualities exhibited by digital objects striving to be like real-world objects.
True in so many cases.
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The day the bookshelf shook: Four lessons for news... →
Once books stop being only finished, whole things — when they can also be works in progress, works in development — the possibilities for journalists open up. Imagine a book on the health-care reform debate that could be updated with each twist and turn, adding profiles of the players, daily news updates, legislative summaries, and more as the story developed.
Not a bad idea.
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The Rise of the New Groupthink →
“Without great solitude, no serious work is possible,” Picasso said.
I don’t think solitude is enough. There also needs to be stillness as well as purpose. But certainly solitude is key.
Virtually all American workers now spend time on teams and some 70 percent inhabit open-plan offices, in which no one has “a room of one’s own.”
I struggle with this with my team. It’s also one...
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Android projected to eclipse PC sales in 2012, iOS... →
Actually… if you combine both iOS (iPhone & iPad), the number of unit ships already exceeds PC sales. And if you include all Apple products, it would dwarf the rest.
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The 2011 Documentary Oscars: My Shortlist →
When I see a list of movies like this on a page, I wish there was a “Add all to Netflix Queue” button.
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Tablet computers take wait out of waiting tables →
Who needs service with a smile? Not 26-year-old Ivan Tsurikov. “I actually dread human interaction of any kind,” he said. “That’s why Tsurikov, who works for a small investment firm on the Peninsula, prefers to order his…”
I wouldn’t go as far as saying I dread human interaction but it’s hard to argue that a system like this isn’t better...
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Silicon Valley's New Secret Weapon: Designers Who... →
If you want to ship great products… consider having a designer in your founding group.
Yes. And to be clear, this is about the design experience and NOT necessarily about visual design which I think some people confuse and make synonymous.
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Job Listing: Openings in Online Media on... →
Some folks have been critical about my requiring several layered skill sets in hiring for multimedia producers but…. wow… some organizations now require knowledge in social media and mobile technologies in addition to requiring “a good understanding of multimedia components.”
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Between Notes - Official Trailer (by BFM Creative)
I guess I should point out that we were a little disappointed with this film. It was a bit more “patient” than we were expecting.
However, if you like a movie cut as a LP music video… and can appreciate an indy film with real musicians… this is worth your rental.
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Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory →
Mike Daisey was a self-described “worshipper in the cult of Mac.” Then he saw some photos from a new iPhone, taken by workers at the factory where it was made. Mike wondered: Who makes all my crap? He traveled to China to find out.
Daisey’s one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” has been on my radar for awhile since the paper has run a number of...
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A Girl You Should Date →
If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads. Or better yet, date a girl who writes.
Check. And check. And did one better… I married her.
(via @Perze).
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10 Most Awe-Inspiring Projects of 2011 →
Great inspiring collection. Steve Kuhl’s Ultimate Pirate Ship Bedroom is my favorite.
I’d like to think I’d do something like this when my kid grows up.
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How Do You Stay Creative? →
… one common thread running through them: it was about opening yourself up to new experiences.
I’d add one: listen to yourselfl and try to satisfy a personal itch… whatever it is.
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Everything I need to know about startups, I... →
Closed mouths don’t get fed. If you want something, you have to either ask for it or walk up and take it.
I say the same thing. Ask anybody who works with me.
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Interview : Brenda Ann Kenneally →
… you live as long as the last person who can remember you. Maybe this is the only reason to take pictures.
So well said. Bravo, Brenda, bravo. I’m honored to call you a friend.
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Fotoshop by Adobé on Vimeo →
by Jesse Rosten, vimeo.com
Clever. I also like the French twist.
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Damon Winter's Portraits of Lives Restored →
But the fact that each person was so uniquely special, fascinating and inspiring was the real beauty of this series.
Nicely said. And, of course, an incredible body of work.
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Maria Popova's Beautiful Mind →
I think “Can I add something to it? Can I add some depth and context and background to really make it worth featuring?”
A good “litmus” for me as well in terms of why I would tweet vs Tumblr.
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The Joy of Quiet →
In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them — often in order to make more time. The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug.
Nothing new here but timely. Just came back from a week-long trip from Italy over the holidays where my-better-half and I spent quality...
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The 2011 Documentary Oscars: My Shortlist →
Whenever I see a list of movies like this on a page, I wish there was a “Add All to Netflix Queue” button.
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