Monthly Archives: June 2008
Buying In and Rob Walker at the Art Directors Club
Image source: murketing,eventbrite I’m a little behind in the blogging, but I heard Rob Walker for a Q&A with Danielle Sacks from Fast Company, on his book on murketing called Buying In. The event was at the ADC and hosted … Continue reading
warhol’s still here.
Video Source: youtube.com I was in Pittsburgh a few weekends ago, and finally made it to the Warhol Museum. Regardless if you like his aesthetics, Warhol’s influence on post-modern culture is unquestionable. Our current ideas of celebrity, selling out, authenticity, … Continue reading
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listening to bob mould in the age of music abundance
Image source: myspace.com I’m feeling really nostalgic lately, maybe it’s because the Pixies have reunited, or the launch of muxtape, or that I’ve been catching up with friends from high school and college in Facebook, and then of course, was … Continue reading
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the design of future things: evaluating design
Image source: jnd.org A couple of weeks ago, I finally finished, “The Design of Future Things,” by Donald Norman. I loved his popular book, “The Design of Everyday Things.” Norman is clearly an important thinker in the subject of design … Continue reading
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the transformational qualities of sex and the city.
Images source: latimes.com I just saw Sex and the City movie opening weekend, arriving to the theater 30 minutes early to find 100 people in front of me. I had avoided the trailers (which basically spills most of the movie) … Continue reading
Off topic: New York City Weirdness
I was walking in midtown today and saw crowds of people staring and pointing at the fairly new New York Times Building. I generally ignore this kind of gawking, but there were more people stopping than the average film shoot … Continue reading
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Gen X v. Millennials
Image source: Flickr Lots of press and media coverage on Millennials (and the Gen Xers who loathe them) has been recently crossing various news media outlets. The back and forth on Radar Online is particularly telling. The slap down by … Continue reading
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