November 2010
1 post
June 2010
1 post
Back in action
I’ve been noticeably absent for a while. Lots going on, troubles, challenges and changes.
Time to get back on top of things.
xbh
March 2010
3 posts
February 2010
7 posts
“Depressed affect made people think better.” The challenge, of course, is...”
– Paul Andrews an evolutionary psychologist on the ‘benefits’ depressive episodes have on an individual, particularly those with creative minds. (Depression’s Upside, NYTimes.com) (via lanipauli)
A conversation I have every month or so
somethingchanged:
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring you. Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t...
January 2010
4 posts
“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where...”
– Alice Roosevelt Longworth (via justbesplendid)
“If you’re a digital agency and you want to do more narrative work or TV, don’t...”
– Nick Law on Why Traditional Agencies Need to Start From the Ground Up in Digital (via alexjcampbell)
December 2009
55 posts
Florence & The Machine - ‘Falling’
“Somewhere someone is thinking of you. Someone is calling you an angel. This...”
– Henry Rollins
(via mariamaria09)
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If the brain is the most evolved and sophisticated system known, then creating...”
– SuperBrain: The Brain Re-Creating Itself
IBM is attempting to replicate human scale creative intelligence through cognitive processing. The potential positive and negative outcomes are immense in scale.
Everything But The Girl - ‘Missing (Todd...
Detroit's Unemployment Rate Is Nearly 50% →
(via soupsoup)
This is totally totally incredible. How a major city in one of the supposedly most developed countries in the world could have such high unemployment speaks volumes of the depths of disrepair that the former superpower has sunk to over the last 2 decades. Hopefully for everyones sake they can dig themselves out again…
“When people think of computer science the image that immediately pops into many...”
– Sapna Cheryan, a University of Washington assistant professor of psychology, and the lead author of a study that shows the environment and trappings of computer science is what turns women away, not the field itself (via Physorg.)
Ambient belonging is so powerful. Immediately I can think of lots of...
BRANDS OF THE FUTURE
wearethedigitalkids:
wolffolinsblog:
Many brands today are not equipped to live online. There is a discrepancy in how they are presented and how they work in the real world.
Steve Rubel’s summary of the Le Web conference accounts for this change:
“One of the great untold stories is just how much Facebook and Twitter are growing off-site. Facebook announced they reach 60 million through...
“7. Flight attendants will tell you to turn it off on take off and landing. You...”
– 10 reasons to buy a Kindle 2… and 10 reasons not to (via peterwknox) (via soupsoup)
“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and...”
– Tom Robbins (via quote-book)
