October 2008
37 posts
WatchThe Unfinished Swan - Tech Demo 9/2008 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
23 Tubes, 1 Bowl
“Have you ever wanted to mix 23 kinds of toothpaste in a bowl, stir it up, and put the result in your mouth? Well this guy is living the dream!” (via Buzzfeed)
“A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be...”
– Warren Buffett on investing (via Gruber)
Watch“Who put this d*ck on my back?”
WatchILoveSketch on Vimeo (via Vimeo & somethingXY)
Ply It Forward
yourmonkeycalled:
My son is learning to use the bathroom by himself. After we’ve washed and dried our hands and thrown our paper towels into the trash can, he insists that we prepare some paper towel for the next person. He goes over to the dispenser and hits the lever a few times, enough for the next guy to dry his hands.
Everyone should do this. Imagine: you’ve just washed your hands at a...
Designers Love Constraints/A Recession is a...
“We now have a HUGE opening for designers and design thinking. Designers love constraints. Without constraints the cleverest parts of our brains are not awakened.” (via Not an MBA)
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Excuses and Constraints
“Constraints are a designer’s best friend. They’re signposts, not shackles. In a sense, constraints amount to the solution half-built. It is merely up to us to then realize the other half according to what these signposts indicate is appropriate.” - A List Apart, On Creativity (via Al Smith)
Watchwillw:
maniacalrage:
SNL: Mark Wahlberg Talks To Animals (via sujay)
Perfect impression and a fantastically ridiculous excuse to use it.
“The American Dream is an aspiration, not an entitlement.”
– Green the Bailout - T. Friedman (Freakonomics)
“The way devices are created these days, it can be fairly easy to bolt on a...”
– Adding Value and The Buddha Nature of Products
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[remembering]
Is it worth doing?
What was my impact?
Will it matter in the long haul?
What sort of connections did I create?
Wherever you live, whatever you do, you have an obligation. (via sethgodin & alsmith)
