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This is the talk I keep telling everyone to watch. Best thing ever.
Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world—equal to but distinct from scientific and conceptual methods. Art addresses us in the fullness of our being—simultaneously speaking to our intellect, emotions, intuition, imagination, memory, and physical senses. There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images.
Dana Gioia at the Stanford University 2007 Commencement Ceremony
From an algorithmic perspective, the idea that style and substance are separate is appealing. It allows us to code markup and stylesheets independently, and fits the logical mindset shared by so many techies. But it’s a falsehood. Style and substance are irretrievably linked. Like space and time, they are neither separable nor the same thing – there exists no hierarchy between them, no primacy. One informs the other. The other informs the one.
It’s impossible to perceive content and presentation separately. The two combine to create something more valuable: meaning.
What is Tumblr?
Unlike blogging, where you spend time thinking carefully about what you say in each post, Tumblr is really more about the moment of consciousness, and capturing a snapshot of it. Hence, where blog posts are supposed to be solid and stand-alone, Tumblr posts stand in relation to an entire thread of posts. That’s why looking at a Tumblr page is like taking a peek into a person’s stream of consciousness.
Capture accidents. The wrong answer is the right answer in search of a different question. Collect wrong answers as part of the process. Ask different questions.
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Drift. Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgment. Postpone criticism.
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John cage tells us that not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. His advice: begin anywhere.
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Keep moving. The market and its operation have a tendency to reinforce success. Resist it. Allow failure and migration to be part of your practice.
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Avoid software. The problem with software is that everyone has it.
More of Bruce Mau’s “Manifesto for Growth” from Life Style
This fantastic quote is also featured in Masta Killa’s self-titled song:
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams (via brianlucid)
Why Photoshop for iPad Marks the End of the Desktop Computing Era
Jesus Diaz — The real Photoshop for iPad exists. Adobe showed it yesterday and it looks like a solid digital darkroom. But, more importantly, it marks another step in the ongoing evolution that is changing the way humans interact with machines. One that, in fact, is putting back our human nature into computing… Read more via Gizmodo.
note: please don’t mind gizmodo’s predictably sexualized graphic
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