Foster The People’s album Torches has officially made its way into my regular rotation. Check out the full album on Rdio.
3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food ….into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…..
The other two short films EAT and LEARN by Rick Mereki, Tim White and Andrew Lees are up on Vimeo.
Back in the day when MTV had something to do with music, they put together this segment where Michael Jackson, Coolio, Ozzy and Dave Matthews explain the internet.
“In 1995 some 10 million people regularly used the internet. What has attracted many of them is the world wide web with its proliferation of special address truckstops called webpages.”
Photographer Benoit Paillé was asked to participate in an art installation in Aomori, Japan on the topic of school bullying. Benoit created a large canvas of the children’s eyes looking across at their drawings about bullying on the other wall. All of the eyes in the full set featured on Behance are rich with emotion.
Two of my personal favorite photographers, Tim Navis and Kim Høltermand, behind Desert City, are teaming up with film collective Scenic, composer Deru and other musicians and filmmakers to capture the remote reaches of Iceland. Now they only need a handful of people to help fund the project on Kickstarter. They have my pledge!
“The goal is not to fix your weaknesses. The goal is to amplify your strengths and surround yourself with the people who can do what you can’t do.”
Simon Sinek
If you Don’t Understand People You Don’t Understand Business
Sinek argues that as individuals and companies, everything that we say and do is a symbol of who we are. And it is only when we communicate our beliefs authentically that we can attract others to our cause, and form the bonds that will empower us to achieve truly great things.
Creative site on things to Always Remember by Scott Wise.
Via Jess Brown
This is among the harder-to-believe things I’ve seen on the Internet lately. It belongs in Terry Gilliam’s universe, not our own.
Amazing. A near perfect, counterfeit Apple Store in Kunming, China full of employees that all believe they’re working for Apple.
Part Things Organized Neatly and part “OMG my house is burning!”, the new Tumblr blog The Burning House interviews people asking them what would you grab on your way out if your house was burning.
If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question.
Found on Holiday Matinee
Giles Turnbull of the Morning News takes on the “20 Craziest Job Interview Questions” list that CBS Money Watch recently published.
Facebook: Twenty-five racehorses, no stopwatch, five tracks. Figure out the top three fastest horses in the fewest number of races.
The fewest number of races is one. Just keep those suckers running round and round and round until they collapse from exhaustion. The final three make it through, the rest end up as dog food. Actually, I thought that’s how they make dog food.
Nailed it!
Found on Kottke.org
I love seeing all the magazines and publications jump on board with Tumblr and actually post great stuff. Men’s Health is one of the latest magazine with three blogs on Tumblr.
Of course I’m personally excited to see them using the MARS, Inspire Well and Swell themes.
Una tarde patinando en la sierra de Madrid. A spring afternoon in the Madrid Mountains with the Longboard Girls Crew
Music: Pascal Comelade - Rue Des Soeurs Noires & The Decemberists - Rox In The Box
Ever wonder what everyone’s listening to as you walk around NYC? Youtuber Tyler Cullen decided to ask random New Yorkers with headphones on what song they are listening to.
For your listening enjoyment quickly put together an Rdio playlist with all the tracks mentioned in the video. I was pleasantly surprised that their growing library had all 21 tracks.
Only 30 years ago people did not make things. They would go to art galleries, buy records, read books by famous authors, and watch Hollywood movies all created by professional artists. Fast forward to the last decade—especially the last few years—and everything we know about consuming and creating has unraveled. The makers dramatically changing industries and the world forever.
Today everyone makes things. Not only has the digital age allowed people to become curators of culture, it has removed all the barriers for anyone to create. Everyone is a photographer, writer, designer, musician, film maker. Despite a recession there has never in history been a better time to create and find success as an artist.
The new documentary PressPausePlay explores the concept of hope, fear and digital culture in today’s society.
In the clip above author Seth Godin talks about his experience as an author and his decision to release his book Unleashing the Idea Virus online for free without his publisher. Since the free ebook was released online it has been downloaded over five million times and lead to a hardcover version that topped Amazon’s best seller charts.
I made more money from the book that I gave away than the one I had sold. The lesson is… this changes everything. The industry is dead.
- Seth Godin
Personally I decided to take a leap of faith in early 2009 leaving the ad agency world behind with the goal of being able to find happiness in creative work that I control, provide for my family, and grow a business that gives back to society and employs other talented people. It took several months of ad agency contracts and client work, but finally in late 2010 I was able to transition from clients to truly being independent. For the first time in my career I feel like I have full creative control over what make or pursue.
Best of all getting to this point didn’t require any luck, special favors or a pile of cash. It was accomplished through seeing an opportunity and acting on it with a bit of hard work. I strongly believe that there is no reason why anyone else couldn’t do the same in this amazing time we live in.
With all of this opportunity to create and get paid for it, how are you going to take advantage of the moment?
I can’t get enough of this epic and cinematic new track by Manchester Orchestra. I really hope that their new album Simple Math coming out May 10 will live up to this track.
