Posted in iPad, iPhone, Macintosh, Opinion, Process, Social Software on Feb 16th, 2012 2 Comments »
Preface Last month while reading an interview with Jason Kottke, a blogger I’ve been following for many years I noticed this question and answer: What’s your online reading setup look like these days? RSS? Twitter? Multiple devices? For discovery, Twitter and Stellar. No RSS…stopped doing that a few months ago and I feel like it [...]
Posted in Process, Video on Feb 8th, 2012 No Comments »
The Derelicts a short film by eGarage from eGarage on Vimeo. Bitchin’! I’m totally stoked. [via Devour]
Posted in Process, Video on Feb 8th, 2012 1 Comment »
I can’t get enough of these industrial processes. [via The Kid Should See This]
Posted in Places, Process, Tools, Video on Jan 25th, 2012 8 Comments »
Fantastic. I started on an Olympia portable typewriter although didn’t learn to touch type until my third computer. I noticed the reporter in the video wasn’t using all her fingers and was looking at the keyboard. [via Retronaut]
Posted in Audio, NPR, Process, Stories on Jan 24th, 2012 2 Comments »
How The Glock Became America’s Weapon Of Choice fresh Air had a fascinating show today about the plastic Austrian pistol, it’s history and evolution. I’m not into guns but this was a fascinating listen for me nonetheless.
Posted in Creativity, Process, Tools, Video on Jan 24th, 2012 No Comments »
PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo. The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of [...]
Posted in Patterns, Process, Video on Jan 24th, 2012 No Comments »
This is my favorite 4min selection of a larger work by Ralph Steiner. The original was silent, and the DVD had it set to classical music. I have swapped the audio for an electronica/industrial track by 3 Liquid Hz – Little Boy. I like the remix (by VertikalDesign) and I can imagine that the original [...]
Posted in Process, Time Lapse, Video on Jan 23rd, 2012 6 Comments »
Time Lapse – Rail Bridge Replacement, Cow Lane, Reading from Chris Wilkinson on Vimeo. Upper Cut Productions was commissioned by BAM Nuttall and Network Rail to film a rail bridge reconstruction project in Reading, during the Christmas period of 2011. 3 weather-proofed time lapse cameras were installed in various locations to capture the progress of [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Ideas, People, Process, Video on Jan 21st, 2012 No Comments »
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player LACMA has a great exhibit up: California Design, 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way”. Worth seeing if you’re in the area. Deborah Sussman, whose work is included in the exhibition, talks about her early history with Charles and Ray Eames and her long career as an influential designer.
Posted in Art and Design, Process, Video on Jan 16th, 2012 No Comments »
Lubalin’s narration is great in this short video on the history of the PBS logo. [via Coudal Partners]
Posted in Ideas, iPhone, Process on Dec 28th, 2011 No Comments »
British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot I’m not sure Nick D’Aloisio has “hit the jackpot” but he’s come up with an interesting app for iOS devices. He built it to speed up his own use of the web for study and research. The BBC piece is mostly focused on the fact that he’s [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Process, Video on Dec 23rd, 2011 6 Comments »
This is quite an amazing video of Japanese gift wrapping. I used large photographs that were on my seconds pile this year and the rag paper is to thick for this technique but this technique would work well with old maps or any thinner newsprint. Note the diagonal pattern, amazingly simple yet a beautiful design. [...]
Posted in Architecture, Art and Design, People, Process, Video on Dec 20th, 2011 No Comments »
Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter American Masters just aired a great documentary on the designers Charles and Ray Eames, the influential American designers. I highly recommend watching it by following the above link.
Posted in Apple, iPad, iPhone, Process on Dec 16th, 2011 1 Comment »
Samsung’s New Texas Factory for A5 Chip Production Now Fully Operational If you don’t think Apple is making a lot of iOS devices, read the numbers on this: Samsung built a 1.6 million square foot, $3.6 billion plant in Austin, Texas to build Apple A5 processor chips for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices. Since [...]
Posted in Photography, Process, Tech Stuff, Video on Dec 14th, 2011 2 Comments »
I don’t watch Monday Night Football but this behind the scenes slide show tour narrated by Mike Tirico is absolutely amazing. What a team. What a process. [via Devour]
Posted in Objects, Process, Video on Dec 9th, 2011 1 Comment »
Fascinating process. I never would have guessed the brush rolling the lip or how they get them off the forms. Gotta go out and get some balloons now, I have a whole new appreciation. [via The Kid Should See This]
Posted in Places, Process on Dec 1st, 2011 4 Comments »
The Amazon Swansea, Wales fulfillment center One of the largest Amazon warehouses in the world. Wow. [via Shawn Blanc]
Posted in Architecture, Audio, Ideas, NPR, Process on Nov 14th, 2011 No Comments »
Terry Gross (Fresh Air) recently interviewed Kate Ascher on the topic of How The World’s Tallest Skyscrapers Work. Fascinating stuff. Kate’s book The Heights looks good. What struck me in this interview is that the world’s tallest building (at the moment), The Burj Khalifa, built in Dubai is a very modern building built in a [...]
Posted in Apple, iPad, Politics, Process on Nov 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Voting by iPad in Oregon on Tuesday Election workers are taking the iPads to disabled voters who might otherwise have difficulties marking their ballots, the AP wrote. These voters are able to pull up the ballot on the iPad and tap the screen to mark the candidate of their choice before printing out their completed [...]
Posted in Food, Objects, People, Process, Video on Nov 4th, 2011 10 Comments »
Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo. “Buckets of blood and sweat.” (practice) “Convergence of handmade and food” (a bit of luck but more like smarts) This is an excellent video and Joel’s narration makes it even better. What he says about the satisfaction he derives from [...]
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