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It’sNotWhatYouGotIt’sWhatYouDoWithIt

admin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:18:32 +0000

Tony Schwartz: The Myths of the Overworked Creative from 99% on Vimeo.

Great talk from ‘renowned media guru’ Tony Schwartz (no, me neither) about how it’s not how much time you have, but what you do with it that counts. The obvious is stated repeatedly – it’s not multitasking, it’s spreading yourself too thin; giving your full attention to one thing results in better work than giving a little bit to everything; email is evil, but addictive; working instead of sleeping will not make you more productive – but all of it is worth hearing again, especially Tony’s suggestion that our ability to work follows the same 90 minute cycle format as our sleep. Basically, everything he said explained my current struggle to get my head into anything like a creative space, so in future I’ll be sleeping more and turning the internet off.

LikeAMisoNoodleSoupSellingMachine

admin — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:07:47 +0000

Two amazing Japanese TV ads from the ’90s starring the one and only James Brown.

A prime example of how some people can be and can act so uncool that they become a whole new definition of cool. Far from being his ‘sell out’ moment, the ever individual Brown embraces the act of selling just-add-water-instant-noodles so fully, and with such complete disregard for what the viewing public might think of a legend of his stature and credibility quite literately selling his soul, that he delivers a soul-selling-noodle-ad like only James Brown could, and that in itself is amazingly cool. Misoba!

TheLastHalfPipe

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:02:17 +0000

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LeatherKing

admin — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:12:09 +0000

Great little film by The Selby about Mitch Alfus aka The Leather King. Quote of the film: Constructive criticism that’s all.

TerryAsJustinBieber

dangennoe — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:01:54 +0000

Tell me you follow Terry Richardson’s tumbler/photo blog. What?! What’s wrong with you?! Go here now.

SnowWhite’sApple

dangennoe — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:38:16 +0000

Cool Snow White and The Joker iPad vinyl stickers.

If I had an iPad I might be tempted by a gothed-up Snow White.

BecauseItHurts

dangennoe — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:36:05 +0000

There is an advert that pops up every so often over there on the right hand side. It may or may not be there now. Have a look. It’s one of these google ads that is generated according to surrounding content. It features a picture of a very smiley bald man with a laptop (or sometimes an equally delirious lady with lovely long hair and a laptop) and above his head it cheerily reads: Why not be a writer?

I think the same thing every time I see it.

BECAUSE IT HURTS AND MAKES ME WANT TO BREAK THINGS.

Just saying.

SignHere

dangennoe — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:10:02 +0000

I don’t think Hunter S. Thompson liked contracts.

BenFoldsTributeToChatroulette’sPianoman

dangennoe — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:30:15 +0000

Ben Folds pays tribute to Chatroulette’s Pianoman Merton. Genius.

CoffeeOverload

dangennoe — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:03:34 +0000

I like coffee. A lot. But not this much.