October 2011
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The Validation Generation →
We are the Validation Generation. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Dribbble and endless other sites are powered by intoxicating feedback loops. We don’t lack for confidence, but it’s a shallow confidence built on the shifting sands of social approval, a temporary high. The pursuit of ego gratification is addictive, but unsatisfying. I know this from experience, from counting...
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Take this lollipop →
Think Facebook is safe? He knows where you live.
Created by Tool of North America and directed by Jason Zada. If you don’t want to connect to Facebook to get the full creepy effect you can watch the video here.
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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source...
– Albert Einstein
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@Moore →
Thanks to a bit of help from the awesome folks at Twitter, I am now @Moore. All my followers and tweets transitioned smoothly from the old account, but make sure you send replies to @Moore if you want a response.
For those of you who are not following me on Twitter, I promise you’ll see virtually zero duplicate posts from my Tumblr blog. I like to keep both streams fresh and unique!
If...
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Jiberish Fall 2011 Lookbook
“For their Fall Collection Jiberish decided to venture outside of their traditional lookbook and create a video to showcase a few pieces through film.” —Michael Clark, videographer and creator of the lookbook.
As a bonus, I just realized that Michael Clark is active on Tumblr and using our Swell theme.
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Build it for you and scratch your own itch. Worry... →
Again, if you build an application that solves a problem you are having chances are that it will also help other people. You are the customer, you are the person with the problem and you know exactly what is needed to solve it or make your life less painful using technology. One of the main reasons I see people wanting to become entrepreneurs is to be able to make their own decisions and to be...
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Hidden habits of ineffective people →
All five of these habits are easy to pick up but will squeeze out every bit of your effectiveness. The first negative habit really stands out, and I have to constantly remind myself to create more than I consume.
Consuming more than you create Effective people tend to create a lot of content. Content can mean a lot of things - but the rule is always the same, create more than you consume....
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Explosions in the Sky - Poster Process
A few weeks ago I started noticing DKNG’s shots on Dribbble for “Mystery Project 11”, and yesterday they finally posted the full poster for the band Explosions in the Sky. Similar to their Black Key’s poster process they screen captured the entire design process and put together this amazing process video.
Watching this video makes...
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OM-Copter
What do you get when you strap a Red Epic 5k resolution camera with dynamic range of up to 18 stops and 300fps to a remote controlled drone? The OM-Copter by omstudios Berlin.
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Wordnik - All The Words →
“Hey I have this great idea for a new startup! We’re going to launch an online dictionary.”
What would be your first though? “Yeah right buddy. Good luck with that.” or “You know that might work.”
Wordnik proves that even the most crowded ideas still have massive room for improvement. When you look up a word on Wordnik they will return definitions from multiple sources, example usage...
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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...
– Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
From his 2005 commencement address Stanford University
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Designers Are The New Drivers Of American... →
This growing desire among designers to bring their user focus, strategic vision, iterative methodologies, and propositional thinking to the still-geeky, tech/engineering-centric world of startups promises to be transformative and explosive.
This is exactly why I left the ad agency world and ditched all clients after an amazing 11 year run. The future is incredibly bright.