January 2009
47 posts
“I don’t think we’re properly equipped to deal with the new choices technology...”
– In Praise of Lo-Fi
Listening to... →
Top five artists I’ve been listening to, as scrobbled by Last.Fm for the week ending 2009-1-25. This mostly records my listening via iTunes, though the iPod scrobbling occasionally works, so it should be a fairly accurate representation. Having said that, I haven’t actually listened to a ‘Moth’ podcast all the way through– that reflects the amount of time I’ve...
A Review of Two Things: One For the Mac and One... →
Shawn Blanc reviews my favourite task management app. I’ve used iGTD. I was an original Kinkless GTD ninja. There are a few other systems I’ve tried to get into. But Things, by far, has made the most sense.
Having said that, I no longer use the iPhone app. That particular space has been filled by Appigo’s Todo, which syncs beautifully via iCal…
“I tend to be obsessive-compulsive, and I am very picky about the notebooks. No...”
– Design Observer
26 years, 85 notebooks. I wish the pages of MY notebooks looked half as cool as the work Michael Bierut has in his…
“So we live exclusively in relation to others, and what disappears from our lives...”
– The End of Solitude - ChronicleReview.com
(via Arts & Letters)
Listen up. There’s a good chance that William Deresiewicz is talking to (or about) you…
Your trees are no longer welcome.
Wrestled with the christmas tree on Thursday. The tree won. I’m still finding pine needles in my ‘fro. And the worst thing? It was a baby. It didn’t reach far above my waist, and that was when standing on the speaker box I rescued from the back of my car. Note to christmas: your trees are no longer welcome around here. Next year, I’m sticking with fairy lights.
A fitting end to the week...
“Time is the most perishable good in the world, and it is not replenishable. You can’t earn an extra hour to use on a busy day. Nonetheless, we usually have a vague feeling that there is plenty of time — somewhere in the future — so we waste it now and carelessly steal time from our families, friends or ourselves when we come up short at the end of a workday and need to stay an extra...
Watchmore ines on Flickr
'We're All Gonna Die - 100 meters of existence' →
One image. 100 meters long.
“There are 178 people in the picture, all shot in the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the summer of 2007”
Autofocus? →
You mean GTD, ZTD and DIT aren’t the only ways to do productivity in this post-Covey age?
tim berg + rebekah myers: all good things… «... →
Ceramic sculptures. ”Between A Rock” made me smile. Extinction: happens to the best of us…
The Impossible Project →
Bringing back Polaroid! But better!
THE RETURN OF DIMLITE →
I’ve been listening to a lot of Dorian Concept recently. It just occurred to me that Dorian Concept has come to fill the space once filled for me by another producer whose work was a constant soundtrack for much of my creative output: Dimlite. A nudge from a recent Offtrack radio podcast had me back on Dim’s site, and lo, Spring 2009 looks set to be a beautiful time of the year....
The Dirties →
Graphic narrative? Visual short fiction? Okay. Comic. Works for me.
The Tolerance for Courageous Sucking
“Nobody likes feeling like a noob, especially when you’re getting constant pressure on all sides to never stick out in an unflattering way. And, in this godforsaken just-add-Wikipedia era of make-believe insight and instant expertise, it’s natural to start believing you must never suck at anything or admit to knowing less than everything — even when you’re just starting out. Clarinets should...
“There’s an old saying that everyone has heard hundreds of times: practice makes perfect. But what they forget to add is that if you’re not practicing the right things, you don’t get any better. If all you practice on the guitar or piano are the same scales you could already pull off flawlessly a year ago, you’re not learning anything new. You’re not getting any better at playing. Or, if...
Shrift →
Think Da Lata, Amalgamation of Soundz, Astrud Gilberto, stirred with some lazy sunny day ambience and gentle electronic. Nice. Not sure about the cover of God Only Knows, but hey, can’t fault ‘em for trying…
A Softer World: 392 →
Saturday morning link dump…
“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple,...”
– Charles Mingus, Jazz Bassist and Composer
(Via: TheManInTheSea)
Listen up, poets…
BookNotes - MineZone Wiki →
Wow. All hail the interwebs.
“Really, I think one’s art goes only as far and as deep as your love goes,”
– -Andrew Wyeth, who died today at the age of 91. (via alexash)
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(I hope this means I’m doing okay.)
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“On one level, we all know this stuff already. It’s been codified as myths,...”
– David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon College
Palm Pre presentation. →
It’s long, and it takes a minute before they get to the goods (“mobile is in our DNA” etc) but I have to say, it’s looking good. When I first heard about the Palm Pre I was dubious, but the presentation here is really compelling. The concept of aggregating all of your information across different sources through the WebOS makes so much sense. And it looks like a...
Fifty People One Question :: Welcome →
“Fifty People, One Question is a simple project with surprising results. We go to a place, ask fifty people the same question and film their responses.
The project started in New Orleans, LA and received such a warm response that we decided to do it again in New York City. Now we’re traveling to more cities (sister cities to be exact) and asking new questions. Always just trying to...
Addictionary :: What's your word? →
“The Addictionary is a site for word lovers and those who like to see our beloved English language grow in serious or humorous ways. We built the Addictionary to empower word-play and to help lovers of word-play showcase and market their cleverness and creativity to the world.” Plus, it looks great.
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Falling– Tracie Brimhall →
(via Linebreak)
First poem of the year for Miscellany. I’ve been challenging some of the poets I work with to respond to specific events recently– I think this stands as a good example of what’s possible.
Stranger Faces →
“I have always been frustrated by the fact that most of us end up only getting to know the people we grew up with, went to school with, friends of friends, or those we work with. Our best friends and lovers tend to originate from this small group of people.
Stranger Faces is my way of taking time to literally get to know a complete stranger, and reflect on this concept.”
(UPDATE:...
Supakali →
Photography by Supakali. I’m a new follower…
“Sturgeon’s Law is “90% of everything is crap.” Here’s...”
– Sturgeon’s Law: Steven D. Schroeder’s Poetry Site
Great first statement on his site. To continue the rest of the quote:
‘No better than 10% of the poetry out there today is good and worth remembering. (I mean 10% of what’s published and pushed as good, not of everything...
SoundCloud
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Sounds like this is where the party’s at. Check Jonny Miller. And note, he’s got some pretty impressive followers…
Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the... →
Totally.
“No more batteries, no more chargers and no more wire spaghetti. This is the...”
– ‘Wireless power’ spells end for cables | Science | The Observer
First thought: “cancer magnet?” Second thought: “if it’s safe, show me where to sign up…”
“I don’t trust a performance. I could get a response that might make me...”
– Daily Routines: Toni Morrison
“Twitter’s value lies in how it stays out of the way and allows people to easily...”
– Rands In Repose: We Travel in Tribes
I’ve had a Twitter account since April 2007, and I have to say, I haven’t yet been convinced that I can’t live without it. I get on just fine, thanks. Rand in Repose makes a compelling argument, though– enough for me to give it another shot....
“There is a commitment to excellence in Schulz’s work, both artistically and in the pursuit of deeper truths. When he first started attempting syndication in the early 1950s, people tried to get him to steer his creations in more “popular” directions; his own mother suggested that he needed to draw sexier girls. But Sparky stuck to his guns, and when Peanuts (nee...
“For any new job, you should be able to quickly explain to anyone why the new job...”
– Rands In Repose: The Business
Currently thinking about the questions I ask myself when taking on new work. Okay, so it’s a different principle when you work freelance, but freelancers want growth as well, right?
“I suggest you hold a New Day, where you don’t do anything old.”
– Marginal Revolution
“I’ve learned a lot over the last few years and I shared as much as I could....”
– Social media business strategy and more - chrisbrogan.com
A lot of what I’ve been doing over the past few years has been about trying to empower the people around me. I don’t think I can stop doing that– it’s part of my nature. But I think I might have to turn down the volume on...
The Home, Work, Fun triangle
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2009. The year of the triangle. (I’m a sucker for compelling information design…)