“Paying attention in a distracted world: it’s like bringing a gun to a knife fight.”
James Shelley
No Handed Bike Moves
A professional display of 50 No Handed Bike Moves performed to “Golden Tree” by Martin Brooks. Who knew the Official Federation of No Handed Bikes Skills had sanctioned over 50 moves?
Radarchop
“Combining two images that were on the Tumblr Radar within the same day.” — topherchris
Inspired by Tumblr’s own topherchris we quickly threw together radarchop.tumblr.com, and we are open for submissions! Just grab two images from today’s Tumblr radar, hack them together and submit the results along with links to the posts featured in the radar.
Day Dreaming
Ry Craike captured at home over Summer by Rick Rifici on his latest High Speed Camera the RED EPIC from the water at 300 frames per second.
I’m convinced that you could film just about anything in the ocean at 300 frames per second and it would look pretty amazing. The track in the video is The Suburbs by Mr Little Jeans.
“Oh that’s really cool! I’ve never heard of ppl using fb to do customer support!! Most just try to shove items in our face and expect us to buy things off fb!! Lol”
- Cher C., in reply to Style Hatch’s support on Facebook that we just rolled out
If you or the brand you work with has “Facebook eCommerce page” anywhere our your social media strategy, you should fire your team. Ok, that might be a bit harsh, but the truth is people interact with brands on Facebook to have a personal connection not have them “shove items in our face”.
Facebook and social media belong in the customer experience world, not “oh look we can sell our stuff there too”.
World’s Largest Rope Swing
Filmed in Moab, Utah at the Corona Arch, Devin Graham and his crew rigged up a massive pendulum rope swing. All you have to do is jump off the platform, free fall 130 feet, soar 10 feet above the ground, and shoot up another 100 feet. The guy who went first had to be insane. Check out the behind the scenes video for all the crazy details.
The are the same guys who filmed downhill trike racing at 50mph.
Why We Speak Freely on Social Networks
Social networking sites give us portals into another person’s (user’s) mind, so far as that person (user) makes public their thoughts, ideas, feelings and desires. At times, we are perhaps more honest online, and especially on social networks, than we are in real life.
I am pretty certain that we can all think of a few people where there seems to be a contradiction from their introverted persona in real live to their eager to share persona online. This article looks at several recent psychology studies that help explain our ability to speak freely online.
“When the medium is impersonal, people are prepared to be personal.”
“Culture, like brand, is misunderstood and often discounted as a touchy-feely component of business that belongs to HR. It’s not intangible or fluffy, it’s not a vibe or the office décor. It’s one of the most important drivers that has to be set or adjusted to push long-term, sustainable success.”
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.
Trike Racing
It takes guts to fly down a mountain at 50 miles per hour on a tricycle without breaks. Next up… human sling shot slip and slide.
Andrew B. Meyers
Perfect blend of color, composition, pop culture and humor. Check out more of Andrew B. Meyers stellar photography.
Nike Mag 2011
“Great Scott!” Nike is finally releasing the shoe that every kid in the 80s dreamed of owning. Unfortunately the auto-laces feature doesn’t come out until 2015. With a limited run of 1,500 shoes, Nike is auctioning them off on eBay to benefit the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. There is only 10 hours to go on some of the first shoes being auctioned, and the bids are already hitting $6,000.
Now where is my hoverboard?
Uncommon Ideals
Set in the North Sea, Chris McClean & Mark Waters captured the stunning landscape and surf for their entry into the London Surf Film Festival.
Follow designer, artist and director Chris McClean on Tumblr.
How Tumblr Created A Design Culture With No Design Team
Great write-up by Fast Company on Tumblr’s lean and amazing design team a.k.a. the amazing Peter Vidani. By the way, Tumblr is hiring a designer.
The History of Darth Vader
TBWA\Italy’s First Floor Under culture and design studio boils down the history of Darth Vader to a simple equation and pictogram.
Found on Eight Hour Day
