July 2011
10 posts
Cinematic geography and the problem of genius →
“Academia teaches us to ask questions like Shay’s — and generally, to answer them ourselves. So we find parallels and influences that make sense on paper without worrying too much about whether they’re actually true.”
John August, on what has definitely, most definitely, been for me the hardest part of my transition from graduate school to professional life.
It’s when I...
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“Design is the activity we humans engage in when we are not satisfied with our...”
– Erik Stolterman in The Death of Design Thinking…
“The intellectual development around design as a special human approach to...”
– Erik Stolterman in The Death of Design Thinking…
WatchI had to use my phone to shoot the video so you’re not getting the full effect.
But this is how I’ve been blowing my mind for the last ten minutes.
The next step being to raid this space and take it to 11.
We live in a truly, wonderfully, magical era.
The next source of wealth creation? You.
Michael Barone of The Examiner:
Finding an answer, it seems to me, must start with recognition of a change that has been occurring for decades and that has accelerated with the financial crisis and recession: The fact that Americans are less likely to work their whole careers in large organizations and more likely to work in small organizations and skip from one to another.
We are less likely...
Lately my mantra has been, “What is this situation’s giant neon cowboy with animatronic dry-humping hips?”
Some personal metaphors require more explanation than others.
Go to Wikipedia and click “random article.” This...
“Terry Major-Ball.”