February 2011
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It’s better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation.
– Herman Melville, American novelist best known for his novel Moby Dick
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January 2011
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Good designers must always be avant-gardists, always one step ahead of the...
– Dieter Rams
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To be a true business owner, make sure you could leave for a year, and when you...
– Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. | Derek Sivers
I need to re-read this on a daily basis until it sinks in.
Via Floris Dekker
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Little Big Details →
New Tumblr blog showcasing an inspirational collection of small UX details that make a huge impact.
Via @seth_weisfeld & @swissmiss
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Friday Afternoon in the Universe
“in all directions in and out you’ve got your men, women, dogs, children, horses, homes, pools, parturiencies…” I have absolutely no clue what this is talking about, but it has a fantastic style to it. Motion and design by freelance creative Sean McClintock based in New York City.
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The Japanese Popstars - ‘Let Go’
I just discovered this music video on Creative Boom’s new Tumblr site (using the Inspire Well theme) for The Japanese Popstars’ new track ‘Let Go’. The well executed and quite trippy animation style was directed by David Wilson and produced by the team at Colonel Blimp.
The animation reminds me of James Patterson’s, PRESSTUBE, work who really...
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Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably...
– Daniel Burnham, architect (1864-1912) - The man that built some of the worlds first skyscrapers and created urban plans for Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Manila before the profession of urban planning existed.
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Style Hatch Updates
Yesterday a collective 140+ updates were pushed live for all of the Style Hatch premium Tumblr themes—Backburner, Inspire Well, Nova, Savory and Traction. The updates included a number of new features, 3rd party support, improvements, feature requests and bug fixes. You can find details of each version update at Backburner 1.3.3, Inspire Well 1.3.0, Nova 1.1.1, Savory 1.0.1, and Traction 1.0.1.
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Little Movers
Follow the destructive path of a toddler in this spot for Huggies created by MassMarket, MJZ and Buck for JWT New York. See the full list of credits on Vimeo.
Thanks @tim_nolan for the link.
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