A trip down memory lane for all my German Friends here. #ha
Focus Means Ignoring
“As much as I love the social web, it exhausts me. I feel like I’m constantly leaving when I’ve only just arrived. Twitter (my social media of choice) is a constant stream of surprise not unlike walking down the streets of New York City.”
– Able Parris
Focus Means Ignoring, by Able Parris
Sometimes
I fully agree with Marc Johns.
Excellence
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
-Aristotle
(via The Happiness Project)
Have you heard this?
“I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: Have you HEARD THIS?”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Typographic Bird Houses
Nishant Jethi created these Typographic Bird Houses. Love the idea. In fact, I would like to live in a typographic home myself.
(Thank you Nate)
Magnifying Glass
“When you’re under the magnifying glass, you do what you can not to get burnt”.
Taken from this BigThink Article
Ray Bradbury on Optimism
INTERVIEWER: How important has your sense of optimism been to your career?
BRADBURY: I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing. If you behave every day of your life to the top of your genetics, what can you do? Test it. Find out. You don’t know—you haven’t done it yet. You must live life at the top of your voice! At the top of your lungs shout and listen to the echoes. I learned a lesson years ago. I had some wonderful Swedish meatballs at my mother’s table with my dad and my brother and when I finished I pushed back from the table and said, God! That was beautiful. And my brother said, No, it was good. See the difference?
Action is hope. At the end of each day, when you’ve done your work, you lie there and think, Well, I’ll be damned, I did this today. It doesn’t matter how good it is, or how bad—you did it. At the end of the week you’ll have a certain amount of accumulation. At the end of a year, you look back and say, I’ll be damned, it’s been a good year.
Read the full interview at the Paris Review.
(via Raul)
The SlingShot
The SlingShot is a sweet looking stabilizing grip for your phone that also folds out into a tripod. No doubt, MacGyver would probably use it.
#wishlisted
Friday Link Pack
(Jump to 6:28, that’s where the interview between Stephen Colbert and Neil deGrasse Tyson starts. Via organized wonder)
– Behance founder Scott Belsky + Jonathan Fields discuss organizing and empowering the creative world.
– This made me laugh: Capitol Butter Dish.
– TIME’s list of 50 best websites of 2012. (So happy to see that Cowbird made the list. )
– Vimeo just introduced a Tip Jar Functionality. Fantastic.
– Just what the world was waiting for, a Cake Divider. With only one simple click you can divide your Cake into 6, 8, 10 or 14 equal pieces.
– The Bow Tie is back and Le Bow Tique sells lots them.
– A fantastic article on Creative Leadership: Humility and Being Wrong by Doug Guthrie
– Khoi asks: Are Design Books Meant to Be Read?
– This is my favorite couples photo I have seen to date.
– Questions Jason Fried of 37 Signals asks when reviewing a design. (via Able)
– How to be a Table. (via Kate)
– 500 Worst Passwords Print by Kate Bingaman Burt
– A Side-by-Side Comparison of the 2012 Democratic and Republic Party Platform Documents (via Mandy)
– German government urges public to stop using Internet Explorer. Made me chuckle.
– The Apple iOS 6 Maps are amazing. Not.
– Thew new prix fixe menu at 11 Madison Park comes complete with dessert predicted by magic trick. (via youngna)
Eat Me Cookie Stamp
A cookie inherently screams EAT ME when I see it. This stamp is for people who need some convincing. Made me smile.
CreativeMornings Video: Erik Spiekermann
Ever since Jürgen Siebert started the CreativeMornings/Berlin chapter I have been secretly hoping for Erik Spiekermann to honor our humble organization with one of his talks. I happened! And it’s in English! Score! Hooray!
Ignorance
“Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
Abbesses Ceramic Set
I don’t think I have ever been excited about dishes. Until now. The Abbesses Ceramic Set is a beauty. And yes, it conforms to my swissmiss color palette. Now, let’s see if I can convince G…
#ohsowishlisted
Polka Dot Bike Stickers
If I had a bike to decorate I would buy these Polka Dot Bike Stickers and go to town.
#Iheartpolkadots
Results + Recognition
“A boss wants to pay for results, an employee wants recognition for effort. If a boss recognizes effort, they will get even better results.”
– Simon Sinek
Cloud
Cloud is an interactive sculpture made of 6,000 light bulbs. Created by Canadian artist Caitlind Brown! Absolutely fantastic. I can’t stop smiling!
(via laughing squid)
The Process
Paul Searle is kickstarting a documentary series exploring the creative processes of graphic designers, illustrators and letterers. The people involved, Ian Collins, Mike Monteiro, Kate Bingaman-Burt and Mary Kate McDevitt make me want to contribute.
AND, Paul is our amazing CreativeMornings/Portland videographer. I am so backing this. Join me?
Google Maps On iOS 6
I overheard a painful Studiomates conversation this morning about how bad the iOS 6 Maps app is and how everyone that upgraded to iOS 6 misses Google Maps. Apparently Google has promised to come to the rescue by releasing a standalone iPhone app. But until then there’s a work-around that will tie you over:
If you have iOS 6 on your phone, point your Safari browser to maps.google.com and click the export button in the middle of the menu bar to save the app to your homescreen. Once installed, you’ll now see “Google Maps” on your homescreen complete with its own appropriately designed app icon.
Thanks to ComplexTech for the tip!
(Thank you G)
New Makerbot! Woohoo!
I could tell something exciting wascooking yesterday, based on Bre’s teaser Tweets. A few hours later he announced the MakerBot Replicator™ 2 Desktop 3D Printer. (that’s a mouthful, boy. SEO anyone?)
If you’re not familiar with Makerbot: The Replicator is like a mini factory for your desk that lets you build anything. A 3D printer and dream come true for anyone who likes to make things. To get a glimpse of what people are actually building with Makerbot, check out Thingiverse.
As if that wasn’t enough, Bre and his team also opened a brick and mortar store in Manhattan.
Congrats Bre and Team!
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The Sill / Eley
I recently added a teeny tiny head-turner to my desk: Haworthia, a succulent native to South Africa, calling a modern triangular little vessel its home. I agree with The Sill‘s product description: The Eley may be small, but its presence is big.
A small and first attempt in bringing more greenery into my office environment. Baby steps!