July 2010
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ListenDrunken French maid on the Casiotone? Some...
Jul 31st
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Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Eight:48 →
Eight:48 is a new magazine for the creative community. In a tabloid newspaper format, each issue focuses on a different topic of debate relevant to the current creative scene. Ten leading designers, illustrators and product designers are asked in each issue their opinion on a given topic and have the opportunity to showcase their work and talk about their influences. The theme in Issue 01 was the...
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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“You need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need...”
– Franz Kafka
Jul 29th
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“At the applause of hidden cicadas, hummingbirds sneak sips from artificial...”
– Me
Jul 29th
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“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same...”
– Winston Churchill
Jul 28th
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“One of the reasons that Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Georgetown, Ky., is so...”
– Forget Brainstorming — Newsweek I found the whole article interesting, but this last point surprised me most.
Jul 27th
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Jul 21st
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“The greatest designers are those who can change their minds exceptionally well.”
– -Chris Fahey From a great article called Process, Not Portfolio.
Jul 21st
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“Leaders are not set up to know all the answers, and accept that they cannot know...”
– It was difficult to pull just one quote out of this article, and he links to other articles that I’m going to go back and read. Lots to digest here. We Need To Rethink How We View Creativity - Only Dead Fish
Jul 20th
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“When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its...”
– Pat Riley I go looking for quotes based on keywords often, and quickly found this one. I love it. I don’t know anything about Pat Riley, but I’ve been thinking about this problem of entitlement for a while now, and he describes it perfectly.
Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 18th
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Field Mic Named 'Best Amateur Music Blog' by...
fieldmic: Was quite surprised and humbled today to find such kind words written about our little music blog. Thanks to Cole and Jeremy for helping make this happen. From the Chicago Reader: Chicago-based monolith Pitchfork has a profound influence on the gravitational field of the indie-rock universe, not to mention its own festival. But what about the little guys, who don’t pay attention to...
Jul 18th
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Jul 16th
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I need more music like this.
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be...”
– C. S. Lewis
Jul 16th
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“Man is the living sum of his past.”
– William Faulkner
Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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“Through the Lens of Zoe Strauss” /via @djmooney
Jul 15th
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First Listen: The Books, 'The Way Out' : NPR →
Listening to this for the second time tonight. It may just be their best work as of yet. (via fieldmic)
Jul 15th
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Obama’s 2011 Budget Proposal: How It’s Spent →
Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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Typography is not a superhero
Me: what do you think about Gotham?
Justin Stahl: well if they'd clean up the streets Batman wouldn't be so busy, ya know
(First time sharing a conversation in this format. I think I like it.)
Jul 12th
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“Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to...”
– Solitude and Leadership by William Deresiewicz. Worth reading in its entirety. Twice. (via justahl) Agreed.
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Cleverness versus kindness →
bobulate: “Jeff, one day you’ll understand that it’s harder to be kind than clever.” That’s Jeff Bezos quoting his grandfather in remarks to the class of 2010 at Princeton. He continues: Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy — they’re given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you’re not careful, and if you do, it’ll probably be to the...
Jul 12th
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“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”
– Unknown
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Jul 10th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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The Willpower Paradox: Scientific American →
Quite an interesting article! Below is the conclusion which will hopefully entice you to read the entire thing. ;) “This last finding is crucial. It indicates that those with questioning minds were more intrinsically motivated to change. They were looking for a positive inspiration from within, rather than attempting to hold themselves to a rigid standard. Those asserting will lacked this...
Jul 9th
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“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there...”
– Mahatma Gandhi
Jul 8th
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