October 2010
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Robert Reich: The Real Center of American... →
robertreich: The true center of American politics isn’t found where most of us agree. We fiercely disagree. That’s not a problem. Democracy assumes disagreement. The true center is about how we resolve those disagreements. Most of us believe we should work them out respectfully. We don’t believe in winning… It’s as if Professor Reich expressed verbatim the internal dialogue that...
Oct 31st
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Why Designers Should Learn Programming. Now. [Video] with Daniel Shiffman via fastcompany JNOMICS
Oct 29th
kaiserwilhelm asked: I just found out tonight and he passed away back in April. I met Will briefly in the late 90's. He was a very cool guy and willing to talk to a complete stranger about guitars. He had a passion and you could tell when you spoke with him.
Oct 29th
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“Precision, economy of statement, logic employed to ends that are disinterested,...”
– Modernist Poet Marianne Moore speaking of her craft.
Oct 28th
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One Art | Elizabeth Bishop
A little midweek poetry to inspire some non-work related thinking.  Enjoy. JNOMICS
Oct 27th
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MEDICOM X MICKEY MOUSE (DISNEY)
NOTE: Collaboration and Remix happen within a closed system of Intellectual Property protections.  Copyright exists in perpetuity - though it is not outlined as such by law - in that each time an extension of current limits becomes necessary, the estates and/or corporate interests who administer rights for valuable material (Disney’s interest in Mickey’s protection) lobby...
Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Rahm | Josh | Ari
Rahm Emanuel: “When people told me ‘It’s great to be here’, they meant at the house, not with me.” Josh Lyman: “Lady, the God you pray to is too busy getting indicted for tax fraud.” Ari Gold: “Fuck Richard Roper. You know I went to college with him? Yeah when he was pledging we used to tie beer cans around his nuts and make him walk across...
Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
thedarkwalk asked: I'm curious, how old are you? This is in reference to the comment about the post I made earlier today...
Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Fast Company: The Influence Project | Princeton... →
The idea is that a paper that gains many citations, or a site that garners many links, might ultimately not lead to a real shift in thinking, despite its apparent popularity. The converse is also true: Papers and sites that evade widespread citation might nonetheless find channels of influence despite their apparent obscurity, perhaps simply by affecting the point of view of a handful of...
Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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IT GETS BETTER IF...
It gets better if you choose not to be a victim.  It gets better if you choose not to hate those who hate. It gets better if you choose creation over destruction. It gets better if you get stronger. It gets better if you choose optimism over cynicism. It gets better if you choose information over ignorance. It gets better if you choose _______ over ______. Yes. It gets better. JNOMICS
Oct 24th
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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“And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden back. Oh, I...”
– Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken The last two stanzas always remind me of my grandfather telling some long-winded story about the life he thought he led.  Makes me happy. JNOMICS
Oct 22nd
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“Style happens when people are ‘looking on-trend and beyond trend and...”
– Anna Wintour - Editor, Vogue
Oct 22nd
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Matisse' 1905 Fauvist Classic | Pollock's 1950...
Henri Matisse - Lady in a Hat (1905) This classic work of Mattisse’ was a seminal piece in the Fauvist movement (1905-07).  Interestingly the work was generated at the start of the movement, and proved indicative of works to come.  The short-lived movement did not move beyond the innovations of its earliest works. Jackson Pollock - Autumn Rhythm (1950) This seminal work of...
Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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kaiserwilhelm asked: Typo in the title:

'Record Labels Are Evoling'

did you mean, 'evolving'?
Oct 20th
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LIL WAYNE' AND MOTOWN UNIVERSAL'S DIGITAL ALBUM...
Digital Release of Lil’ Wayne’s I Am Not a Human Being Lil’ Wayne and label Cash Money/Universal Motown, decided to release his recent album solely on a digital basis several weeks prior to the physical release. While the decision worried brick and mortar stores who sell the physical album, the decision is a shrewd experiment on the label’s part.  By releasing the album...
Oct 20th
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ATOMIC TOM | UNIVERSAL RECORDS and iPHONE VIDEO...
ATOMIC TOM’S iPHONE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR SINGLE “TAKE ME OUT” As of this writing the YouTube video of the iPhone enabled performance by Atomic Tom of their (Universal Records) single Take Me Out, has received 1.7 million viewings.  In a recent interview, the band indicated that the video was a well rehearsed publicity mechanism to promote the sale of their digitally released...
Oct 20th
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KANYE WEST | GOOD FRIDAYS | RECORD LABELS are...
Kanye West - GOOD Fridays In anticipation of his forthcoming album release, Kanye West (with permission of his label Def Jam) have released 10 fully realized tracks on consecutive Fridays for free download by fans (no fan club membership required).  This idea has become common, especially in the “indie” realm, but seeing an artist as significant as West not only embracing it, but...
Oct 20th
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RECORD LABELS are EVOLVING
Over the last few months I’ve noticed that major record labels, and the artists they support, are beginning to adjust their approach to the marketing and selling of new projects in much the same way that “indies” and the developing online music community have been doing for the past few years.  I highlight these examples not as evidence of how lost the “majors” are,...
Oct 20th
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NIKE | AIR JORDAN | SNEAKER REMIX
Remix as an idea is an increasingly important cultural phenomenon that is often conflated with notions of open intellectual property protections and free access/use of the designs creative people and firms generate.  That is, support for a culture of remix is generally thought to necessitate increasingly lenient administering of IP protections.  However, recent sneaker designs by Nike contradict...
Oct 19th
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IF YOU THINK JNOMICS IS RAD PLEASE RECOMMEND....
(click here or on the image) A recommendation would be much appreciated in any category that you think fits. Thanks! JNOMICS
Oct 19th
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COLLABORATION and PAPIER COLLE
(GEORGES BRAQUE) (PABLO PICASSO) Always inspired every time I come across a new example.  This is creative economy. JNOMICS
Oct 18th
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thedarkwalk asked: this is so weird, i had an inkling to send you a message...i dont know why haha
Oct 18th
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Oct 16th
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THE MISSION OF VOGUE & ANNA WINTOUR
VOGUE strives to be: America’s cultural barometer, putting fashion in the context of the larger world we live in - how we dress, live, socialize; what we eat, listen to, watch; who leads and inspires us…Vogue’s story is the story of…what’s worth knowing and seeing, of individuality and grace, and of the steady power of earned influence. JNOMICS
Oct 16th
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INNOVATION | PICASSO - STILL LIFE with CHAIR...
Still Life with Chair Caning represents one of the seminal contributions of Pablo Picasso to Modern Art.  To create the piece, he took a piece of cheap oil cloth, spread it over an ovular surface and THEN painted the image.  This simple process constitutes the first effort at collage by a modern artist.  From this, the art of collage evolved. This is the theoretical basis for creative economy. ...
Oct 16th
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“We also find that consumer product innovation spans a wide range of fields, from...”
– Via The Atlantic (via modernandmaterialthings) Note: Von Hippel originated these ideas in the 70s.  Not too shabby. Dig. JNOMICS
Oct 14th
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jonathanmoore: John Maeda: Looking for Superman How do you lead a creative enterprise through crisis while trying to stay true to your core as an artist and a designer? The underlying force of creative economy. JNOMICS
Oct 13th
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JNOMICS ?
Does the viability of an economy of ideas have more to do with international development than with a true global economic shift towards markets of idea-based-goods(IP)? 
Oct 13th
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Kandinsky: Development Creativity and Innovation
“Only after many years of patient toil and strenuous thought, numerous painstaking attempts, and my constantly developing ability to conceive of the pictorial forms in purely abstract terms, engrossing myself more and more in in these measureless depths, did I arrive at the pictorial forms I use today, on which I am working today and which, as I hope and desire, will themselves develop much...
Oct 13th
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“But the focus on people leads us to overinvest in the rewards for individual...”
– Ezra Klein decries how the myth of the lonely genius has led us to focus too much on enriching inventors and too little on the social and legal framework that makes invention possible. (via arlpolicynotes)
Oct 11th
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We No Longer Live In Actual Countries But Digital...
(via Techcrunch) Dig. JNOMICS
Oct 10th
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“It is the scintillating, molecular fabric resulting from the multiplication of...”
– William Rubin “Jackson Pollock and the Modern Tradition.” Artforum
Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 9th
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THE WIRE CREATOR DAVID SIMON SAYS THANK YOU TO THE...
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Oct 8th
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Oct 8th
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“The history of man is hung on a time line of explorations and this is...”
– Sam Seaborn explaining why going to Mars matters, as written by Aaron Sorkin for The West Wing.
Oct 8th
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Nobel Laureate Mario Varga Llosa (via NYTIMES): A... →
Oct 8th
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What do Social Networks Manifest?
Are social networks becoming virtual manifestations of the relationships and systems the have historically defined industrial society?
Oct 7th