February 2012
2 posts
“Even when alternative views are clearly wrong, being exposed to them still...”
– “Criticism allows people to dig below the surface of the imagination and come up with collective ideas that aren’t predictable. And recognizing the importance of conflicting perspectives in a group raises the issue of what kinds of people will work together best.”
Brainstorming Doesn’t...
January 2012
10 posts
“The problem, though, is that while I can appreciate YouTube videos on the basis...”
– An important set of questions posed by the rise of YouTube as a venue for video.
The Uncanny Valley of “Electrocuted Squirrel” (via porcupineschool)
December 2011
4 posts
“Our culture is marketing, this is what we do, and what is marketing? Trying to...”
– Charlie Kaufman, BAFTA Screenwriters Lecture (via sunshinemakesmehigh)
November 2011
11 posts
Jonathan Lethem on the "fetish of perfect... →
austinkleon:
There’s an consistent argument here that the pristine and heroic originality that many people expect from artists is an illusion…a fetish of perfect originality.
[It’s] a great fetish except when it causes us to feel unnecessarily betrayed if we see the little man behind the curtain. It’s a mistake to ask our cultural creations to be immaculate, perfect and greater than our human...
“There’s a reason that our fingertips have some of the densest areas of nerve...”
– Well worth the full read (pictures, too!)
A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (via verdi)
October 2011
5 posts
How to be classy in three easy steps:
I feel more sophisticated already.
laughterkey:
Open this tab.
Open this tab.
Open this tab.
Just do it.
Sound Tossing →
Like tossing shoes over a power line, but you’re tossing sounds instead.
September 2011
7 posts
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“The attitude of remix made possible with the technology first introduced earlier...”
– Remix Theory » Archivio » Notes on Everything is a Remix, Part 1, 2, and 3
August 2011
7 posts
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GLI.TC/H... →
Support the GLI.TC/H digital art project/fest/gathering in Chicago this November!
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July 2011
12 posts
