February 2011
166 posts
Medium Rare: Ten Lessons for Young Designers by John C. Jay of Weiden+Kennedy →
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1: Be authentic. The most powerful asset you have is your individuality, what makes you unique. It’s time to stop listening to others on what you should do.
2: Work harder than anyone else and you will always benefit from the effort.
3: Get off the computer and connect with real people and…
Episode 21 : Blowin' Up The Spot →
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“Whole body blingin’ like 3PO.”
- J Dilla
A quiet month for me personally (day job excluded) but a huge month for the world - big changes in the Middle East have had me even more glued…
If someone had told me in my teenage years that there’d be a walkman which didn’t need tapes and could store thousands of tunes, plus show little videos and allow me to play NBA Jam on the bus - and that I’d be able to own one - I’d have thought they were mad. Funny how things work out :o)
USA TODAY: With 2.8 million units sold, the fastest-growing music format in 2010 was... drum roll please... VINYL. →
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According to recent Nielsen SoundScan numbers, vinyl was the fastest-growing musical format in 2010, with 2.8 million units sold, the format’s best year since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991.
Vinyl’s increase in popularity is providing a beacon of hope for independent record stores — an industry that has suffered with the increase of digital downloads this past decade.
*airhorn*
Democracy Born in Chains | Naomi Klein →
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by Naomi Klein - February 13th, 2011
Great article, taken from the excellent book “The Shock Doctrine” - here’s hoping the countries going through big political changes at the moment don’t get stitched up like the ANC did in South Africa…
“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You would never see an ”Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order” sign, just ”Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.”
—Mitch Hedberg
