“Man, give it five minutes.”
– Richard Saul Wurman
A quote taken from an excellent post by Jason Fried about our tendencies of pushing back, dismissing other people’s ideas too fast.
(via @brownthings)
5 Minutes
Work Really Hard
“If you work really hard and are kind,
amazing things will happen.”
– Conan O’Brien
Albatros Bookmarks
The Albatros is a new kind of bookmark that follows your reading. No need to remember the page number, each time you turn one, it inserts itself at the right place. The Albatros bookmarks have been invented and developed by Oscar Lhermitte and are made in France. Pre-order them here.
Zig Zag Baskets
These Zig Zag Baskets make me happy.
Three Dot iPad Case
This Three Dot iPad Case is beautiful.
Explore
My friend Maria Popova just launched Explore, a discovery engine for meaningful knowledge. A project by Coursekit, with Maria as the editor. Trust me when I say, you better bookmark this one.
Doing Nothing
“There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one.”
— Jerome K. Jerome
(via The Happiness Project)
Offscreen
Offscreen is a new print magazine that looks at the life and work of people that create websites and apps. Thumbs up!
The Lively Morgue
The New York Times has a new Tumblr featuring their archival photo collection, it’s called The Lively Morgue. They will be publishing several photographs each week, some of which will be available for purchase and some of which will be accompanied by a more extensive back story posted on the Lens blog. They will gradually digitize the tip of the iceberg of this enormous trove, guaranteeing its continued utility and accessibility in the future. Wonderful.
(via @helena)
Vogelflat
Who says only humans should live in highrises? Vogelflat is a dream come true for the modern, urban bird. #mademelaugh
Idle Mouse
The folks over at Idle Mouse are reminding us to slow dow and let our mouse rest, do things with our hands.
Got it. Note taken.
Micro Scooter Luggage
I am completely in love with this Micro (Scooter) Luggage. Yes, to scooting through an airport and unleashing your inner child.
The Artistifier
The Artsifier Artistifier turns any YouTube movie into a black and white silent movie. Hilarious name, great execution. Yay Internets!
(Thank you Alexandra)
Musical Democracy
Anthm turns your iPhone into a futuristic, handheld jukebox. Launch the app, start a party then you and your friends can add music into one playlist. You can request from millions (yes, millions) of songs. No need to use your own library of music, Anthm will stream all the music for you straight from Rdio.
Take 30 seconds to watch this video to see how it works.
We will be giving this a try at our studio tomorrow. Thanks for the find, Jonnie!
The Egg Carton
You might not realize but Easter is approaching fast! April 8th is just around the corner.
That’s why we launched the Tattly Egg Carton today! It includes one dozen white plastic eggs, two each of Floppy Ears, Nerdy Bunny, Red Kicks, Freckles, Funny Bunny, and Good Bunny, and a cute carton to hold it all together. The eggs can be reopened in case you want to add a little extra fun in them!
If you’re not into plastic eggs, but more into handwritten notes, you can also buy Easter Card Sets.
Check out the entire Easter Collection. Bunnies make me happy!
Make, break, collect, connect.
What happens when studiomate Frank Chimero takes a break from writing his book? This. A brand new personal site. His new site is a scrollable firework: Frank’s brilliant mind visualized. #hattip
(Book lovers, make sure to check out his library section!)
♥ / Songza
A big thank you to Songza for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed!
Relaxing? Working? Throwing a party? Songza has the perfect playlists for any occasion. Browse and stream thousands of original playlists made by music experts and conveniently organized by genre, decade, mood and activity.
The best part? This “music concierge” app is available for free and with no audio ads (!) on your iPhone, Kindle Fire, Android and the web.
If you need a Valentine’s Day soundtrack, the Candle-lit Dinner playlist gets the swissmiss thumbs up!
(Interested in sponsoring a week of my RSS feed, learn more here.)
iStockPack
Team Tattly is currently researching packaging and POS system ideas. I just stumbled upon iStockPack, a site that lets you to download vector files of packaging templates.
Question for my readers: Are there other similar resources out there that you can think of? Thank you!
Seppl | Esspresso Maker
This porcelain espresso maker called Seppl (chuckle) made me look. Seppl attaches to the wall which helps keep the work space open, ideal for small NYC kitchens. Quite a beautiful apparatus, no? Designed by Arvid Haeusser.
(Wish we could get one to try it here at
Café Jonnie, our http://studiomates.com/ coffee cafe run by studiomate Jonnie.)
(Thank you Peter)
The Art of Living
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
– L.P Jack
L.P. Jack from his Education Through Recreation, published in 1932.
(via Frank Chimero)
The Beekeeper
The third Made By Hand mini documentary is out: It is titled The Beekeeper and tells the story of a local NYC farmer called Megan Paska.
If you haven’t seen the first two of the series, check them out here: The Distiller and The Knife Maker.