December 2008
35 posts
Ambient Umbrella →
The handle glows blue when the forecast suggests rain. Neat.
“allow me to present exhibit A, the love-growth-cash triangle…”
– Maxing out your Triangle — jackcheng.com
“40% of people in the US (and 34% in the UK) do not read books any more. They may...”
– The Long Decline of Reading | Mssv
WatchRockin’ beats…
StickyScreen — jackcheng.com →
WatchHappy holidays…
“You’re now expert at what you set out to master. Great. Now go do...”
– The Long Tail - Wired Blogs
Liking the idea of doing something new every three years…
“creativity is no longer about which companies have the most visionary...”
– Here’s an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas - New York Times
ksuther.com | Warp →
Took me a while to start using Spaces, now it’s one of those things that’s just part of the way I work. This looks like an interesting UI tweak…
“Stop for a second and reread any paragraph in this article, but this time, I...”
– Rands In Repose: A Signature Cadence
…but there’s a middle ground, particularly when it comes to poetry. When you read it, the writing may sound like you, but it’ll be challenged by the poet’s syntax, grammar, etc. In other words, the voice in your head is the love-child...
Less Everything →
Some compelling apps here…
Marianne Bailey - Box to play →
Tagged: ‘Objects of desire’. Also tagged: ‘I want one. Now. And I don’t care if it’s a prototype and will probably never be produced in the real world’. On the strength of her product design, Marianne Bailey seems to be my kind of people (yes, Brrnrrd– the colloquial grammar was intended…;) Head to the root (http://mariannebailey.com) for more.
Global Lives Project - Ten people, one spin →
Sounds like a really interesting project…
“Under this regimen, he produced forty-nine novels in thirty-five years. Having...”
– Daily Routines: Anthony Trollope
“You must manage your life from the calendar, not the to-do list. This is because...”
– A Conversation With Sally McGhee, Productivity Pioneer And Author Of “Take Back Your Life” | Matthew Cornell - Personal Productivity Specialist
Sounds like common sense, right? Do you know how long it took me to get my head around the concept?
“When we aren’t where we want to be, there’s only one person to blame.”
– Exercise - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog
(alternatively titled, ‘Why I work my arse off…’)
“We’ve gotten a little smarter about it. But there always seems to come a...”
– Steve Jobs speaks out - On dealing with roadblocks (10) - FORTUNE
What happens when you drop a Macbook Pro on... →
Getting through the Data Smog →
So I’m a poet, but I use a range of tools for online collaboration when working on projects or supporting creative communities…
“I have always seen manipulation to be a form of abstract sleight of hand. Many...”
– Interview With Arthur Trace: The Creative Process
“Manipulator” = magician = poet?
“Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop...”
– V.S. Pritchett, via Daily Routines
Expect to see more quotes from Daily Routines– a site that showcases the daily routines of writers, artists and other interesting people…
WatchI’ve been an Aardvarck fan for a while now, though this is the first video I’ve seen for any of his tracks. Visually striking, I found myself thinking that a few elements could have been a little more polished, but by the end (when I “got it”) any criticisms fell away.
via www.on-point.be
WatchCarl Craig vs the “Siècles” orchestra.
What am I doing?
Haven’t posted much (any?) poetry or poetry related material here for a while, as you can see. Truth is, I haven’t been up on poetry as much as I normally like to be, allowing some time for me to catch up with myself. It’s that catching up time of year. Poetry will be back soon, in amongst the design, illustration, tech geekery, creativity and productivity posts that...
“Slow Blogging is the re-establishment of the machine as the agent of human...”
– Manifesto — Slow Blog
Velco Dojcinovski →
I’ve been following Velco’s work for a few months via his flickr feed (flickr.com/photos/velco/). I was going to link to that here, but I had a look at his profile and found his fotologue…
IMAGE 1200 DIGITAL PRO →
A whisper in the direction of the angels that fill the Christmas stocking, if they’re listening…