June 2009
11 posts
Squarespace, a WYSIWYG CMS http://www.squarespace.com/
Jun 1st
May 2009
36 posts
Interesting guy, endorsed by Seth Godin. http://www.philcooke.com/
May 30th
Posted a Krop portfolio http://www.krop.com/benweeks/
May 29th
fantastic photographer and newstoday/qbn editors choice: http://www.carlosserrao.com/
May 29th
“If we act irresponsibly we’ll start to think incoherently. A lot of mental health problems start when people avoid responsibility. We’re responsible for our every: thought, word, deed, attitude and motive. Light received brings more light-light rejected brings darkness.”
May 28th
“The recession proof artist.” New York Times Video, http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/05/19/arts/1194840314497/the-recession-proof-artist.html
May 28th
Nice book in the intro to the video on this page. http://www.samatamason.com/
May 27th
Tycho makes great music. He’s also a designer. His blog is here: http://blog.iso50.com/
May 27th
May 26th
A former New Yorker staff writer who was let go reveals some of the hidden mystery behind the curtain http://www.danbaum.com/Nine_Lives/New_Yorker_tweets.html
May 24th
Spaget! rofl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFxnAPbDaPA
May 22nd
Shadow Government Getting Too Large To Meet In Marriott Conference Room B MAY 5, 2009 | ISSUE 45•19 COLUMBUS, OH—With its membership swelling in recent months, the mysterious organization that secretly pulls the levers of American power was forced to suspend its weekly meeting Monday, having grown too big to fit inside Marriott Conference Room B. “To successfully carry out our clandestine...
May 20th
Creativity 99% of the time, in my experience, the hard part about creativity isn’t coming up with something no one has ever thought of before. The hard part is actually executing the thing you’ve thought of. The devil doesn’t need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics. -Seth Godin
May 19th
The blog of viral marketing http://www.viralblog.com/
May 19th
Fallacies in Argumentation: Weak Analogy: 1. All dogs are mammals. 2. Toby is a mammal. Therefore, Toby is a dog. 1. All cats are animals. 2. J. P. Holding is an animal. Therefore, J. P. Holding is a cat.
May 17th
Zeitgeist Lies. http://explanationblog.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/the-myth-of-jesus-a-refutation-of-the-zeitgeist-part-14/
May 17th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZKGgo5JMRo Wow pretty good pop hooks and production from a random youtube dude, “space people from the future”
May 16th
http://davidkassan.com/ Amazing portraits. Best paintings I’ve seen in a long time.
May 15th
http://www.chrisgibbs.ca/video.htm Funny Videos. ‘The Power of Ignorance’ is playing in Toronto this saturday. Hilarious
May 14th
The TED Commandments - rules every speaker needs to know. 01. Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick. 02. Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before. 03. Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion. 04. Thou Shalt Tell a Story. 05. Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake...
May 13th
http://www.apassionatecuriosity.com/ a nice site for one of our local design school’s new crop of graphic design grads.
May 10th
http://www.playingforchange.com/episodes/7/Chanda_Mama Dang, I love this stuff!
May 8th
http://www.e-junkie.com/ “We help you sell online”
May 7th
http://blog.ted.com/2009/04/the_fate_of_the.php Interview with Jacek Utko, the great Polish newspaper designer
May 7th
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper.html “Can Design save the newspaper?”
May 7th
Nice Grid based site. http://www.thegridsystem.org/
May 7th
http://andyrutledge.com/human-frailty-and-design-professionalism.php great writing about design and web and how those things relate to human beings.
May 7th
http://www.thegridsystem.org/ great site about grids
May 7th
http://www.aisleone.net/ Good design blog and useful articles/resources.
May 7th
http://illustrate.sheridanc.on.ca/index_flash.php Sheridan Colleges 2009 Illustration grad class. Free downloadable icon font. I’ve enjoyed teaching this group. Concept by rethink.
May 5th
http://www.airside.co.uk/blog/?p=186 chicki0ns logo by airside for dreamranch
May 5th
http://www.fashionbuddha.com/ Nice Webdesign work. (I enjoy their work for the Levine/Leavitt site)
May 5th
May 4th
http://drawger.com/taxman/?article_id=7693 Post about illustration fees by Gary Taxali. Interesting to see Edel Rodriguez’s response and a number of other great illustrators ideas too.
May 4th
http://www.moock.org/blog/ Colin Mook’s blog. He is the flash actionscript guru.
May 4th
Warren Buffett MBA talks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfuXKpMFUjc&feature=PlayList&p=8A32E98047815B08&index=0
May 1st