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Tips for Creativity

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:29:16 +0000

I enjoyed seeing these tips for creativity today. Just passing it along and sharing a favorite blog of mine: Idea Sandbox

Quote, Dan Phillips

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:41 +0000

Dan Phillips builds homes out of recycled and reclaimed materials in Huntsville, Texas. He said this (which seemed pretty spontaneous) in a 2010 Ted talk. Don’t forget to take opportunities that present themselves.

“Once in while you get access to the control room and then you can kinda mess with the dials.”

Dan Phillips

Behind-The-Scenes: Your Bag’s Journey

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:32:22 +0000

Go behind-the-scenes and watch where your bags go after they pass through those black rubber flaps at the airport. I liked this more before I realized that it was an ad for an app. Still… it’s a fun ride and I dig Tycho.

Quote, John Holt

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:16:58 +0000

I came across this quote on Caterina Fake’s blog, caterina.net and I post it with this caveat: I think elected officials should not simply go their own way. They are after all, elected to represent others. As a culture, we tend to choose our leaders based on ideology and charisma more so than practical abilities. The other qualities are spot on.

“Leaders are not what many people think – people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see whether anyone is following them.

“Leadership qualities” are not the qualities that enable people to attract followers, but those that enable them to do without them. They include, at the very least, courage, endurance, patience, humor, flexibility, resourcefulness, determination, a keen sense of reality, and the ability to keep a cool and clear head even when things are going badly.

This is the opposite of the “charisma” that we hear so much about.”

John Holt

I Always Wanted to Be a Model

admin — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:25:23 +0000

Poses is a new performance by Yolanda Domínguez. It’s powerful criticism of the phoniness and absurdity of the images used to sell stuff (especially fashion). She asked a group of real women to transfer fashion poses to daily scenes. It’s interesting that (a) People don’t recognize that it’s art and (b) People are concerned for the women’s well-being presumably because of the unnatural positions they are in.

♥ Vihart

admin — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:31:43 +0000

Nifty little video with tons of creativity and cuteness (oh, and principles of math too).

110 Stories App

admin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:15:49 +0000

I hope Brian August and his team are able to complete this project in time (it sounds like they are getting a lot of support). The ability to add messages and photos in tribute is a great use of technology.

NY Times, City Room, An App Puts the Twin Towers Back in Sight

Photo by Daniel Delaney

Typography via PBS Arts

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:37:24 +0000

With so much crammed into 7 minutes (theory, technique, history…), I’m not exactly sure what the point of this is. I’m usually a PBS fan but if the purpose of the Off-Book Series is to “expand the definition of art”, stating “type is universal” doesn’t do it. As much as there is to like about the content of this video, it’s trying to say too much.

PBS Arts: Off Book

Quote, Seth Godin

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:09:01 +0000

1. Go make something happen
2. Do work you’re proud of
3. Treat people with respect
4. Make big promises and keep them
5. Ship it out the door

Seth Godin

Code Making Art

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:15:17 +0000

Pierre Commenge aka Emoc created these painterly images from photographs processed by an app he created. According to Creative Application Network, it “follows deterministic rules where every pixel of the picture is given pictorial qualities from its components in a color space.”