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Supporting my wife’s new #startup Cocotu Feel like a...

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:26:00 -0500

Supporting my wife’s new #startup Cocotu

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10 Tips on Writing Well from David Ogilvy

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:42:13 -0500

Read the Roman-Raphaelson book on writing. Read it three times. Write the way you talk....

Terry Gilliam School of Film: 10 Lessons for Directors

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:46:54 -0500

nevver: Growing up is for losers. Film school is for fools. Auteurism is out. Fil-teurism is in....

13-year old Aidan Dwyer was curious about why tree tops grow in...

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:29:00 -0500

13-year old Aidan Dwyer was curious about why tree tops grow in a seemingly random way. His research revealed that branches follow sequences dictated by the Fibonacci sequences and lead him to design a more efficient model for solar power.

London-based artist Rob Ryan introduces his intricate paper...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:56:24 -0500

London-based artist Rob Ryan introduces his intricate paper cutting illustrations in this Handmade Portrait video from Etsy TV.

Artist Rob Ryan‘s studio is located in a cozy nook in Bethnal Green, London. He and his band of merry helpers spend their days paper-cutting fantastic worlds of love, friendship and longing. It’s hard not to feel an emotional response toward Rob Ryan’s work: it’s timeless in its approach and includes positive missives like “Believe in People” and “Our Adventure Is About to Begin.”

A “Behind The Design” look into the creative process...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 05:52:55 -0500

A “Behind The Design” look into the creative process of designer Tyler Fordham and the ideas and inspiration behind the “Uganda Crane Tee” released by Invisible Children. Video by http://sprinklelab.com/

Keep watching this photo. Creating a cinemagraph photo is not as...

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:42:00 -0500

Keep watching this photo. Creating a cinemagraph photo is not as simple as it may appear. Some take their authors an entire day to make, but as you see the results are breathtaking. Cinemagraph is a technique of blending the effects of images and videos.

This video of gigantic bubbles over Stinson Beach reminds me...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:27:05 -0500

This video of gigantic bubbles over Stinson Beach reminds me that simple things can be powerfully beautiful

American public radio personality Ira Glass on storytelling and...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:24:07 -0500

American public radio personality Ira Glass on storytelling and the creative process. Animation by David Shiyang Liu.

A mesmerising dance created by Daniel Wurtzel is a sculptor from...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:19:00 -0500

A mesmerising dance created by Daniel Wurtzel is a sculptor from Brooklyn, NY, who works with air and lightweight materials that fly

A journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:16:38 -0500

A journey from home to work as seen through the filter of the conscious and subconscious mind. Through the use of moving collages and painterly animation combined with live-action footage, the viewer is able to share the traveller’s experiences and his mental reactions to the trials and triviality of urban existence. This video was made in 1997 by Bafta winning animation director Jonathan Hodgson

An almighty hail to all the great UX designers of the world, a...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:14:00 -0500

An almighty hail to all the great UX designers of the world, a must watch for anyone unsure of what UX design is!

In this short documentary, Michael Wolff, co-founder of Wolff...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:05:19 -0500

In this short documentary, Michael Wolff, co-founder of Wolff Olins Agency and considered one of the preeminent visionaries and perhaps the father of 20th century brand expression and identity, talks about his approach to looking at the world, including the muscles of curiosity, appreciation, and imagination. The video was produced by mssngpeces.

An outstanding video made by the talented Iranian musician Alaa...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:48:00 -0500

An outstanding video made by the talented Iranian musician Alaa Wardi. His videos consist of layered sequences of music using only his voice, mouth and body. The song is extremely catchy and has instant appeal. I think we’ll be seeing a lot more from this young man in the future.

Remarkable animated video for “Tribe” by Piers...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:42:00 -0500

Remarkable animated video for “Tribe” by Piers Faccini using collaged maps

A brilliant animation about procrastination

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:40:00 -0500

A brilliant animation about procrastination

Sergio Albiac ( the creator of content is queen) has created a...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:49:00 -0500

Sergio Albiac ( the creator of content is queen) has created a new type of portrait. His new project is all about going beyond physical appearances and attempting to render the interior world of a human being, through memories, emotions, relationships and personal story. All of it organised around a portrait painting metaphor: brushes loaded with meanings instead of paint would render a portrait using his new “generative video painting” technique. A technique that starts with collecting personal videos of the person portrayed, tagged by him/her with relevant concepts and descriptions. Very innovative to say the least! More info about this incredible piece of art here

“We’ve stopped living life at face value. Now we...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:41:00 -0500

“We’ve stopped living life at face value. Now we live life at interface value”

A Newspaper For The Twitter Age: The Size Of A Sales Receipt,...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:20:00 -0500

A Newspaper For The Twitter Age: The Size Of A Sales Receipt, And Edited By You. Read more here

Two sides to a controversial topic “Frictionless...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 06:10:00 -0500

Two sides to a controversial topic “Frictionless Sharing” aka Facebook’s Open Graph. This experimental technology is an evolution of the Facebook ‘Like; button, where people to ‘opt-in’ to let friends know they have viewed some media that could be of interest. However, Facebook’s new approach is when you click a link to something a friend viewed on a particular site, before you can view it, you are invited to install an application which will subsequently share everything you view on that site with your friends without you being aware of it.

I first noticed this when I was suddenly seeing what many of my friends were listening to on Spotify, then what other friends were reading on The Guardian website. This feels a bit like listening to someone else’s music while they have headphones on, or reading someone else’s newspaper over their shoulder. Sure, I’m likely to find something interesting if my friend recommends it to me, but I’d rather they willingly told me than I came across it by doing what feels like stalking. This doesn’t feel natural, it’s rather creepy…

In this video, +Robert Scoble interviews Mike Kerns, who runs social and personalisation at +Yahoo! News, where they discuss the effects of integrating this new technology. Amongst a small group of adopters, Mike reports that Yahoo! has seen over 10 million new people joining in a very short amount of time, with a 600% increase in traffic from Facebook. They have seen a large demographic shift with the majority of new users under the age of 30.

The way in which people are entering into frictionless sharing has lead to widespread unease and suspicion amongst many Facebook users and the ‘Technorati’. I believe that the majority of sceptics are mature internet users (including myself), who grew up in the pre-omniprescent-internet era where every intimate detail of our lives wasn’t in the public arena. Some critics liken frictionless sharing to ‘malware’, as the majority of people will be unaware of the implications of installing the application and this feels like trickery.

Are we now on a path to sharing every action? Is this the set to become the way that we’ll be consuming and discovering media in the future? I’d love to hear your take on this topic…