May 2011
24 posts
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May 31st
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“[Design thinking is…] the shift from a passive relationship between...”
– Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO from his presentation at TED 2009 where he urges designers to think big.
May 31st
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 25th
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“Do what you think is right and apologize later.”
– Excellent quote from Scott Wilson’s, founder of MINIMAL and creator of the LunaTik, boss Ed Boyd while working at Nike.  Go to The 99 Percent and read the full article—Scott Wilson: Do What You Think Is Right & Apologize Later on design, entrepreneurship and taking risks—in fact I think I...
May 25th
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May 25th
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May 24th
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May 20th
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May 20th
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“I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that have not worked”
– Thomas Edison (via zerply)
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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WatchWatch
Enmeshed Marcus Eckert has master fine art of using animation with tempo and flow to illustrate a story.  Although the client names and references have been removed and voiceover has yet to be added this is worth a look. Seeing this makes me want to go back to my mid-2000s days at 2Advanced and dust off After Effects and C4D’s Mograph module.
May 16th
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“Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in...”
– Gustave Flaubert Great quote I just heard from Jina Bolton’s, Sushi & Robots and Engine Yard, talk on providing order and structure to front-end development in her session on CSS Workflow and SASS at Valio Con 2011.  Forget passion, focus on process and the rest will follow.
May 15th
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May 12th
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Forget Passion, Focus on Process →
Find meaning in what you’re doing. Work to improve your industry. Get joy from making a customer’s day. Surround yourself with the kinds of people and environment that keep you engaged. Figure out the details and day-to-day process that keep you stimulated. Focus on how you execute and making continual improvements. Get off on how you sell, not what you sell. Process is what motivates me and...
May 10th
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May 6th
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May 6th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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May 2nd
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