January 2012
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December 2011
4 posts
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.”
– James Whistler (via elclinto)
November 2011
1 post
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Apple's Core Marketing Principles
Empathy
An intimate connection with the feelings of a customer. We will truly understand their needs better than any company
Focus
in order to do a good job on the things we decide to do, we must eliminate all of the unimportant opportunities.
Impute
People form an opinion about a company or a product based on the signals it conveys. People do judge a book by it’s cover. We may have the...
October 2011
2 posts
MMMinimal Tumblr theme →
Used by the brilliant Mark Porter Associates.
September 2011
4 posts
Artists and Rewards
If an artist strives for excellence in their work, economic rewards proportionate to the value that work delivers should be attached. Artists having stable finances means they can then safely create other forms of value that may not pay well like: helping good causes, spreading joy and making their neighbourhood a nicer place to live.
Sometimes markets exploit artist’s work and offer low...
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August 2011
3 posts
Unadventure as creation →
bobulate:
Eno on unadventure:
“In my normal life I’m a very unadventurous person,” Mr. Eno said. “I take the same walk every day and I eat in the same restaurants, and often eat exactly the same things in the same restaurants. I don’t adventure much except when I’m in the studio, and then I only want to adventure. I cannot bear doing something again, or thinking that I’m doing something again.”
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June 2011
7 posts
“Friendship is unncessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value;...”
– C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves (via wingstoourdesires)
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the...”
– C.S. Lewis (via southerngirlinchicago)
Quote by Jerry Bridges
Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace.
May 2011
9 posts
Open Letter To #VFX Artists & The Entertainment... →
ericalba:
The VES’ balls drop, finally. /cc @VisualEffectsSo
Good luck and Godspeed.
“A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They’re like strange...”
– — Bob Dylan
*12. KEEP MOVING*
(via bmdesign)
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Article on gamification applied to education
http://mashable.com/2011/05/26/social-media-games-education/
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”
– Aristotle
“A truth that’s told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent.”
– William Blake, excerpt from Auguries of Innocence
Nearly 100 fantastic pieces of Journalism. →
“There is never enough money to compensate you for your time away from things you...”
– Catharina Burns (via trishpapadakos)
April 2011
7 posts
Homeless man Speaks. →
WatchThe Heartstorming Philosophy
WatchMade in Toronto, The Bookbinder.
Why Renting is beginning to look like a great... →
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WatchA new TV ad I worked on that ran during the Master’s Golf Tournament on TSN for Horizons-a Canadian investing company selling all kinds of creative ETFs. The commercial was shot at and with James Wilson from Overdrive Design who blogged about the process in this post: TV production for the uninitiated.
March 2011
14 posts
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I Link, Therefore I Am: LinkedIn Strategies for... →
I was interviewed by Tiffany Meyers for Adbase about how I use Linkedin along with two photographers, Jason Lindsey and Lisa Sciascia.
cbc ideas - sculpting sound →
sheisking:
heard this episode of cbc’s ideas in the car last night. it’s called Sculpting Sound - an interview with janet cardiff & george bures miller (their site here). very, very relevant to some areas I’d like to explore.
some of my favorite Canadian artists
Royal Institute of British Architects Requires All... →
Will graphic design and advertising associations follow suit?
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I'm in UPPERCASE - Work/Life 2 →
Got my copy today, beautiful book. A lot of great work.
Luc Latulippe: Hero →
luclatulippe:
Dude threw on scuba gear, swam into a tsunami, & saved his wife’s life. http://bit.ly/etxpdi
Hideaki maintained his composure and navigated his way through the submerged city, finally tracking down his old house. He quickly swam through to find his totally-freaked-out wife, alone and…
Augmented Reality May Be the iPad 2's Secret... →
Street-Level Video Footage of Japanese Town... →
ericalba:
5 min. Incredibly fast.
::: mograph ::: →
Handy forum for Motion Graphics. Not very sophisticated business discussion though so far. Usage is not even discussed.
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WatchA chalk mural I did for Juniper Park. Additional description of the project’s details are on Vimeo.