December 2007
“In philosophy, the abstract noun “design” refers to a pattern with a...”
– wikipedia researching design on the internets…it’s a project for work.
Regarding Boston's Big Dig and 75/85: Atlanta's...
From my friend Carleton, born and raised in Atlanta, living in Boston: After more than 15 years and $14.8 billion, Boston’s Big Dig project officially ends today. A study by the Turnpike Authority found the Big Dig cut the average trip through Boston from 19.5 minutes to 2.8 minutes. Given the number of people moving through the area each day and how much time is saved, $14.8 billion...
how do you spell kjartansson? →
website of type designer stefan kajartansson
The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks →
A 13 shot venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel. It cost a total of $13.76 (with tax).
John Maeda becomes president of RISD. →
john maeda — zachklein
rm9 →
somnambulated meeting over
12.20.2007. 4.27 AM exciting new client good collaboration lots of work to do work in 3.5 hours!
my business card is a ball of putty →
mcsweeneys. by scott blaszak. Some say my designs are too bold, entirely impractical, insulting to the Druids, dangerously dependent on trapezoids. To them I say this: Melt the green putty over a flame and mix with strips of wet newspaper. Blend to a pulp. Stretch over a screen and book a ticket to Rotterdam. Fold the resulting paper into an origami crane during the flight and visit the Museum de...
On therapy: I agree with this 100%
In the below quote, the author writes on why therapy works - and if you can afford it and have found a fabulous therapist, definitely go. But to be honest, I think the general idea that you need a therapist to do serious therapy is actually quite a lot of bullshit, not to mention elitist. So only the rich - or those with some sick health-care - are able to work through their issues?? Save...
my favorite music of 2007
i used to make this list religiously, every december…but then i stopped for a while (didn’t have the internet so no new music, busy making babies, drawing things, whatever). anyway, swifty mctullis and james nord inspired me to come back with the heat. so here it is. 1 of montreal - hissing fauna, are you the destroyer? 2 feist - the reminder 3 spoon - ga ga ga ga ga 4 the national...
“Travis planted the seeds for a lot of the things I am interested in now: music,...”
– -James Nord Let’s consider it a fair trade for those three or four years where you kept me stocked with musical goodness when I didn’t have the internet. Also factor in the vintage wines and PBR Tallboys indirectly provided for me by Papa Nord…the introduction to The National...
“The effort was organized entirely by volunteers online.”
– This past Sunday, the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul made history Sunday by raising $6 million in online contributions in 24 hours, breaking the record for the most money raised by a national candidate in a single day, and potentially putting...
“Trying stuff is cheaper than deciding whether to try it. (Compare the cost of...”
– kottke.org i think ted might agree with this; and i think gluz and i could learn from this - the agonizing and overplanning means that ideas never get validated…if you throw it out there, you can at least get a response…quit being afraid of output.
cherished objects
I’ve talked about this before, and I’m not sure what’s bringing it to mind, but its a topic that I believe is pertinent especially in todays “throw away” culture. This is the idea of the cherished object, or at-least thats what I’ve been calling it in my mind. I’ve thrown this phrase out there as my design philosophy lately, but really, what is a cherished...
cici invited me to pownce →
a few things
i think my semester is finally finally over (this includes last years computing class that i didn’t complete). i have never made a website before today. i made an html website in about 3 hours today. making a website (acting on the potential to design and publish one’s work in the way in which one chooses) is incredibly empowering. i know my way around the creative suite and...
"successful tumblelog?" i enjoy reading jakob, but...
Referring to my ‘milestone’ post, bjornstar said: The internet is full of e-penis contests, and this is the Tumblr e-penis. It’s as if to say, “Look at my massive ePenis!! Look how small yours is! HEE HEE HEE! HAA HAA HAA!” I thought we stopped having dick waving competitions when we graduated from High School, but then I remembered that for a lot of people that’s just as mature as...
So ...
Most people’s biggest problem then (I mean, by definition it would HAVE to be their “biggest”!) is “the feeling of the total and ultimate meaninglessness of their lives. They lack the awareness of a meaning worth living for. They are haunted by the experience of their inner emptiness, a void within themselves; they are caught in that situation [Frankl calls] the...
“let’s pretend we don’t exist,
let’s pretend we’re in...”
– -of montreal overheard at octane
Top 10 Incredible Recordings →
Including those of a castrato (a man who was forcibly castrated so that he would retain his boyish soprano), the first recorded human voice from 1878, and the last 30 minutes of audio from the Jonestown Massacre. via Kottke. — zachklein
“What matters is that you do good work. What matters is that you produce things...”
– -Dave Eggers Caveat: I do not deny the idea of objective quality in work. Curiosity and sincerity are not the only determining factors in success. I don’t think Eggers is saying that, but I do wish to make that clear.
“We care about doing what we want to do creatively. We want to be interested in...”
– Dave Eggers
Eggers Rant
I had read and enjoyed this rant a few years ago when I read it, but I just stumbled upon it again today. I think he talks a lot about not letting the judgments of others play into your everyday decision making. Anyway I could never do it justice so I will post my favorite part here: The thing is, I really like saying yes. I like new things, projects, plans, getting people together and doing...
from a design observer commentor
Article + Comments can be found here. Steve for your own personal edification you may want to ask Julie Lasky. Don’t think she was with ID at the time. The article was written in the early to late 90’s Most important, the survey named each American Design School and applied it a category based on its program. The Survey categorized Design Schools as: 1. Conceptual Problem Solvers,...
Delicious Sandwich: A Sandwich Blog →
stacy and i continue to talk about starting our food blog… one angle i’m interested in taking is “street food,” which, to me, includes sandwiches. and i just had an awesome sandwich from octane. it was satisfying in a way that i cannot fully articulate - i think the side salad must’ve seemed revolutionary to me after 48 hours of vending machine food.
a conversation with bennett about female...
Me: Bennett, do you have a girlfriend? Is it still Marie [note: marie is a girl in his class]?
Bennett: No, I changed up: Tatayana and Cameron now.
[Stacy and I exchange glances, suppressing laughter - he changed up? Who says that?? What four year old says that?]
Stacy: Oh! What do they look like?
Bennett: My friends.
Stacy: I know that; what do they look like?
Bennett: Black hair, black eyes, feet.
i read this post from kevin while sitting in...
I got home from the studio at 5:45 am last night… wait, this morning… Oh, that’s right, I didn’t sleep last night! I was there from 8pm till 5 am… I should be getting paid for this. I need some Octane… — kevinekmark
my little brothers blog is called the panda...
that is all.
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From Some Guys Tumblr: The DubCorp Business Model...
So I have been thinking a lot about my business model lately as well as the traditional paradigms for e-commerce sites. Typically, on the internet, people strive to be the best. They want to create the “next big” thing; the killer app that will revolutionize the way people buy or communicate online. In short, they want to be the #1 in their category, whatever that may happen to be. ...
“Deleting your Facebook is the new Facebook.”
– Jason Kottke Adam Lisagor, who is guest-posting to Kottke.org. BTW, can you actually delete your Facebook account, or just deactivate it?
What if Gmail had been designed by Microsoft? →
— mareen
“My aunt says that IKEA is Swedish for “how the fuck do you put this thing...”
– perry freaking barnes
Having worked as a journalist and script writer... →
Rem Koolhaas and Yours Truly: Both former writers turned designers. This man is one of my personal heroes. It is exciting to know that you’re not alone in your weirdness. It is especially exciting to know that someone you admire shares your weirdness.
the ekmark brothers tumbl
I’m just trying this “tumblr” thing out because my brother pressured me into it… And I am addicted to dumb blogging things like this. I guess I hope someone out there is interested in reading what I have to say. Word. — kevinekmark
McSweeney's. Always genius. →
— jamesnord
