December 2010
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JOHN'S PHONE (via Fast Company)
(The world’s simplest cell phone via Fast Company)
Feeling inspired by smart design.
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thedarkwalk asked: It does make sense...thanks for the reply!
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Why a Google x Groupon Deal Makes Sense (via... →
What Groupon would add to Google is a completely different market and revenue stream—one that is not dependent on advertising and that, unlike Google Books or YouTube, is not currently mired in massive copyright litigation. Groupon is already profitable and makes money from selling stuff—albeit, coupons.
First, if Google does one thing well, it’s technology. It can...
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(via Mashable) Will Groupon’s Fate Be Decided... →
The chatter surrounding Google’s $5.3 billion offer to acquire Groupon continues to grow as the group buying service’s board of directors prepares to decide the company’s fate.
The rumor mill has been out of control. Most media outlets now agree that Google has submitted a $5.3 billion acquisition offer for Groupon with an additional $700 million earnout based on performance. It would be by...
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November 2010
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“You know I thug ‘em, fuck ‘em, love ‘em, leave ‘em...”
– Jay-Z: “Big Pimpin” - 1st Verse
Remove Jay-Z the celebrity from the interpretation, and read this strictly as one writer’s portrayal of a character’s mentality/world view; the pimp. Yes, we might be offended by the content, or feel that it is of questionable moral standing,...
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JNOMICS, Billboard and GOOD Fridays
Billboard just published an article commenting on the significance of West’s GOOD Friday releases for the music business. Not surprisingly, other major artists (Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, Rza) are looking to copy West’s approach, yet the approach does not guarantee success, as Billboard and label executives note. The material must be top quality, and the artist must maintain the support...
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(via Mashable) Gap Wants You to “Add to... →
Significant that technologies first embraced and/or developed by Facebook are beginning to disseminate across the entrepreneurial and corporate landscape.
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Sign of the ‘Times’: Dylan’s Lyrics for Sale →
“Sotheby’s plans to auction Mr. Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to “The Times They Are a-Changin’” as part of a larger sale of books and manuscripts, the auction house said on Monday. In a catalog listing, Sotheby’s described the item as “a sheet of unruled three-hole notebook paper” on which Mr. Dylan wrote four verses of the famous protest song in simple block lettering (which you can see in...
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How Stanford Fosters Creativity →
How Ideo founder David Kelley built a school for design and creativity at Stanford. A fascinating pieces that places creativity as essential to innovation across many academic disciplines.
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Wikileaks' Assange letter to Ambassador Susman →
I don’t make a habit of posting overtly political substance on this blog, but find this story fascinating. As of this writing, I’m decidedly undecided as to the benefit of the information made public by Wikileaks, but certainly see reason for concern on both sides of the debate. Given a global landscape of such complexity, political positions become harder and harder to assert. ...
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WikiLeaked Diplomatic Cables Confirm China’s... →
infoneer-pulse:
According to the NYT, some of the new leaked cables point directly at China’s Politburo for instigating the original attacks:
A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable reported. The Google hacking was part of a...
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FASHION => ART => FASHION | JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
(via FLAVORWIRE)
By the mid-80s Basquiat — the first black American artist to achieve international art stardom — was collaborating with Andy Warhol and partying hard in downtown circles that included Julian Schnabel, Keith Haring, and Madonna (his one-time girlfriend). According to legend, the enfant terrible would paint barefoot in expensive Armani suits, and then go out clubbing in the...
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FASHION => ART => FASHION | YAYOI KUSAMA
(via FLAVORWIRE)
It makes sense that Kusama — whose colorful artwork is usually focused on obsessive repetition of vivid Pop patterns — is like the Rainbow Brite of the art world, known for her bright wigs and polka-dotted dresses. After arriving in New York from Japan in the late 1950s, she became the avant-It Girl, and opened a fashion boutique offering clothes that were “nude, ...
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“Does creation reside in the idea or in the action?”
– Sir Alan Bowness
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“People always demand that art be comprehensible, but they never demand of...”
– Kazimir Malevich - 1919
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Homeland Security Is Seizing Internet Domains Left... →
The Department of Homeland Security’s ICE has launched a major crackdown on websites enabling copyright infringement or selling counterfeits of trademarked goods. In just the past few days ICE has seized at least 12 domains, TorrentFreak reports.
All of these domains now display the image shown here.
The sites fall into two categories: torrent sites that enable the download of...
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“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making...”
– Max Planck (physicist) - Planck’s Principle
On the nature of discovery that leads to innovation.
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Appeal Court Upholds Guilty Verdict for The Pirate... →
At what point will we accept the fundamental illegality of piracy networks?
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NY TIMES: Researchers find that taking a daily... →
inothernews:
Incredible news.
In a development that could change the battle against AIDS, researchers have found that taking a daily antiretroviral pill greatly lowers the chances of getting infected with the virus.
In the study, published Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that the hundreds of gay men randomly assigned to take the drugs were 44 percent...
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Groupon Enters the Music Business w/ Rihanna (via... →
As well as the “variety of unbeatable features that have made Groupon a global phenomenon” the press release states, “LOUD will be available as a $5 digital download in the inaugural holiday store of Groupon, the Grouponicus Store, beginning November 22, 2010.” That’s a pretty big coup for Groupon, given the big-star status of Rihanna, and the fact that LOUD is...
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GOOD Fridays, a Twisted Fantasy, and How Kanye... →
Linked is an article I wrote for Technorati.
Article first published as GOOD Fridays, a Twisted Fantasy, and How Kanye West Demonstrated the Surprisingly Progressive Nature of Record Labels on Technorati.
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WatchEminem ft. Dr. Dre - I Need a Doctor
Yes, please.
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(via Benjamin Edelman) Hard-Coding Bias in Google... →
But on numerous occasions, Google has promised not to succumb to temptation to bias its search results. To the contrary, Google has committed to provide users with the best possible links, chosen fairly and even-handedly. For example, Google has promised:
“At Google we do not manually change results.” —Udi Manber, Google VP in Charge of Search Quality, April 16, 2008, in Popular...
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Wikipedia's Networked Economy
(via Information is Beautiful)
(via Wikipedia)
Dig.
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via Mashable: OK Go to Write Its Name in GPS... →
When a band that sells too few records to maintain the interest of its label is able to exit one business relationship and establish new professional partnerships, exploiting alternative creative mediums, to maintain a profitable small business, that is good. Both firms (the label and the band) win. Aggregating this dichotomy across the industry maintains the mutual benefit for all firms. ...
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“Past and present, they don’t matter, now the future’s sorted out.”
– Phoenix - 1901
On innovation.
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Danah Boyd: “Bullying” Has Little Resonance with... →
And here’s where we run into another major component of bullying… attention. In a world of brands and marketing, there’s a sentiment that there is no such thing as bad attention. Countless teens are desperately seeking attention. And there’s nothing like “starting drama” to guarantee both attention and entertainment. So teens jump in, adding fuel to the flame because it’s fun. They know...
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Takashi Murakami on the meaning of his exhibition...
For a Japanese like me, the Château de Versailles is one of the greatest symbols of Western history. It is the emblem of an ambition for elegance, sophistication and art that most of us can only dream of. Of course, we are aware that the spark that set fire to the powder of the Revolution came directly from the centre of the building. But, in many respects, everything is transmitted to us as a...
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RAD EYEWEAR DESIGNS from BERLIN BASED MYKITA
Bernhard Willhelm SS2011 Shoot
Bernhard Willhelm SS2011 Shoot
Bernhard Willhelm SS2011 Shoot
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thedarkwalk asked: It's actually this week...I thought it was last week. We are all going to the Latin American Art one.
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WatchGreat piece from Jeff Staple’s 1-2-1 Interview series. It’s a series of vignettes with various artists discussing their elementary educations and introductions to art. Dig.
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In the Grip of the New Monopolists via WSJ →
As I have eluded to in previous posts, the story of the Internet’s short-term future and the economy it supports will be about Antitrust. This article from the Wall Street Journal eloquently sets the stage for the legal, business, and economic battles to come:
The Internet has long been held up as a model for what the free market is supposed to look like—competition in its purest form....
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Yochai Benkler: "From Free Software and Wikipedia... →
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