January 2010
61 posts
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own...”
– J.D. Salinger (via bmdesign) (via wearethedigitalkids)
“The real measure of wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your...”
– Source unknown (via pleasedontsqueezetheshaman)
This is why it's worth learning about advertising
rinich:
A lot of people are asking what Apple’s target market is, and how they’re going to sell this iPad. These people are all stupid. Apple has told us exactly how they’re going to sell it.
From Apple.com:
Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.
Bam! That’s their selling point! Somebody gets paid lots of money to write that sentence, and...
Chippendales and Class?
Chippendale 1876, from Thomas Chippendale (c.1718-79), English cabinetmaker. The family name (13c.) is from Chippingdale, Lancashire (probably from O.E. cheaping “a market, marketplace,” related to cheap). The dance revue began late 1970s in a Los Angeles nightclub, the name said to have been chosen for its suggestion of elegance and class.
merlin:
MacGuffin
A MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is “a plot element that catches the viewers’ attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction.”
Sometimes, the specific nature of the MacGuffin is not important to the plot such that anything that serves as a motivation serves its purpose. The MacGuffin can sometimes be ambiguous, completely undefined, generic or left open to...
“The best advice I have is: don’t wait. There’s so many ways you can get caught...”
– Good freakin’ advice—just begin. Mike Mills in Juxtapoz (via wearethedigitalkids)
The Madness of Crowds and an Internet Delusion →
newleft:
In the 1990s, Jaron Lanier was one of the digital pioneers hailing the wonderful possibilities that would be realized once the Internet allowed musicians, artists, scientists and engineers around the world to instantly share their work. Now, like a lot of us, he is having second thoughts.
Mr. Lanier, a musician and avant-garde computer scientist — he popularized the term “virtual...
WatchOh hey, Passion Pit. Lolla afterparty 2009.
