Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Evil Plans
Having just blogged about his first book (Ignore Everybody) last week, it seems Hugh Mcleod has just sent off the manuscript on #2: Evil Plans. I am so looking forward to next April.
"Evil Plans," heh. Could there be a more appropriate book for a guy who blogs under "Dr. Coyote"?
"Evil Plans," heh. Could there be a more appropriate book for a guy who blogs under "Dr. Coyote"?
Friday, June 11, 2010
Xerox and the Information Age turn 50.
Read all about it in The Atlantic. Not a dry story about the copy machine's invention and struggle to market, but rather a brief waltz through the history of what people did with it, how it was the first step in our current multi-continent spray of customized information.
Now I understand a little better why totalitarian regimes keep copy machines under lock and key.
Now I understand a little better why totalitarian regimes keep copy machines under lock and key.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Book: Ignore Everybody
... and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
I don't know, it just sort of grabbed my eye while walking through a bookstore last week. The recommendation from Guy Kawasaki on the back cover ("Hugh's book will kick your ass and push you out of your zone of mediocrity and stagnation.") (!) pretty much clinched the purchase. What is it about? It's about 40 short essays on some basic truths of holding down a living in any creative field. Examples: "Worrying about 'Commercial vs. Artistic' is a complete waste of time," and "Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity," followed by a page or two of elaboration, and a couple of the author's cartoons.
Biggest problem with this book is that if you're open to the ideas it may be from a "yeah, got bit by that dog back in '97, he's right, won't do that again" viewpoint. The people who need this the most, people who haven't been mauled by a stobor yet, may not be listening. I know that if someone'd handed me this book when I was 20 I'd have shrugged it off. But if I could send one back in a time machine, I'd still try to send one to myself.
Enough for now. I've got to go be all creative and stuff and make a living. Here's a link to the guy's web site: http://gapingvoid.com/.
I don't know, it just sort of grabbed my eye while walking through a bookstore last week. The recommendation from Guy Kawasaki on the back cover ("Hugh's book will kick your ass and push you out of your zone of mediocrity and stagnation.") (!) pretty much clinched the purchase. What is it about? It's about 40 short essays on some basic truths of holding down a living in any creative field. Examples: "Worrying about 'Commercial vs. Artistic' is a complete waste of time," and "Companies that squelch creativity can no longer compete with companies that champion creativity," followed by a page or two of elaboration, and a couple of the author's cartoons.
Biggest problem with this book is that if you're open to the ideas it may be from a "yeah, got bit by that dog back in '97, he's right, won't do that again" viewpoint. The people who need this the most, people who haven't been mauled by a stobor yet, may not be listening. I know that if someone'd handed me this book when I was 20 I'd have shrugged it off. But if I could send one back in a time machine, I'd still try to send one to myself.
Enough for now. I've got to go be all creative and stuff and make a living. Here's a link to the guy's web site: http://gapingvoid.com/.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Green Flashes
I've seen them, but they happen so fast it's always a case of "did I just see that?" Well, here's some photographic evidence.
Friday, June 4, 2010
The origins of Surf Rock
Turns out, Dick Dale dug up his signature song "Misirlou"from his Middle Eastern family background. And it always just sounded like so much Space Race coolness to me. Read all 'bout it here, and listen to some of the weird old versions of it too while you're visiting.
All courtesy of Dinosaur Gardens: "Excavating the tar pits of popular culture." Indeed!
All courtesy of Dinosaur Gardens: "Excavating the tar pits of popular culture." Indeed!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
No sense of adventure.
US wary of nuclear blast to stop Gulf oil leak (Reuters).
And I was so looking forward to roast balrog.
And I was so looking forward to roast balrog.
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