17 days ago
Linkorama : Video? I Doubt It - The pictures you take with this camera will almost certainly look great with little effort, while your videos will require huge effort and probably still end up lousy.
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20 days ago
deusx : Really Simple Goal Setting | Zen Habits - "You can still do the other goals, but put them off for a month or two. Focus on one goal for at least a month … and turn it into a habit. So if you want to run a marathon, create the habit of running each day. If you want to write a novel, create
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25 days ago
veen : Psychology Today: The Creative Personality - "Perhaps the most important quality, the one that is most consistently present in all creative individuals, is the ability to enjoy the process of creation for its own sake."
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deusx : Learning from King and Whedon, and getting out of the ghetto | J.C. Hutchins' 7th Son: OBSIDIAN (Current Shows) - "You’re never just a blogger, or a podcaster, or a YouTube Director. If we mentally adhere to these labels, we willfully paint ourselves into creative corners. If the fumes don’t kill you, the frustration will."
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deusx : Berners-Lee: Challenge of the web is 'creative connectivity' - Education - Macworld UK - "In the future, the web should be able to connect people's ideas in such a way that one person could store his partly formed ideas and leave a trail of his thinking for other people trying to solve the same problem, he said."
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6 month ago
deusx : Become a victim of the OBSIDIAN blackout — and make history | 7th Son: J.C. Hutchins' Podcast Novel Trilogy - "Now, you’re not an actor. You’re not a movie director. But you’re more than capable of creating creative, compelling, “authentic” content, because you are a creative, compelling, authentic individual. Be confident in your abilities. I have
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8 month ago
Andy Baio : Kevin Kelly on 1,000 true fans - this model for indie creators is a natural use of the Internet, but still rare
philgyford : Kevin Kelly - The Technium - 1,000 True Fans - The idea that you only need a relatively small number of people willing to pay you occasionally for your work in order to make a living. (Stewart Lee suggested he needed 7,000 fans in 2005.)
deusx : Kevin Kelly -- The Technium - "I don't know the actual true number, but I think a dedicated artist could cultivate 1,000 True Fans, and by their direct support using new technology, make an honest living. I'd love to hear from anyone who might have settled on such a path."
Rod Begbie : Kevin Kelly -- 1,000 True Fans - "Anyone producing works of art needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living." Discussed this over lunch today, and could definitely think of a handful of bands I'd pay $10-a-month to "patronize". [via] #
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gleuschk : Create your unique style using our layout planning tools | Plan my Room | mydeco - no kitchens yet -- wonder if there's some way I can be notified when there are?
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9 month ago
gleuschk : The Future Of Apple Is In 1960s Braun: 1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future - wow, the ur-ipod is shocking
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11 month ago
adamrg : How to Prevent Another Leonardo da Vinci
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14 month ago
philgyford : Gapingvoid: how to be creative - Looks like a good read. "Just get on with it" probably summing much of it up.
adamrg : gapingvoid: how to be creative
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15 month ago
43folders : creativepro.com - Getting Design Done - "When there, pull out your @creative lists and get to work. I find this is a great way to tackle smaller creative problems."
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17 month ago
43folders : Main Page - Mycoted - "Mycoted is dedicated to improving Creativity and Innovation for solving problems woldwide..."
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17 month ago
adamrg : The Continuous Environmental Scan - Where Do You Get All Your Ideas?
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17 month ago
Cameron Moll : The Secret of Apple Design - The Secret of Apple Design. "'The most fundamental thing about Apple that's interesting to me,' [Mark Rolston] says, 'is that they're just as smart about what they don't do. Great products can be made more beautiful by omitting things.'"
adamrg : Apple Design - An interesting look at design and what makes good design. (Answer: Steve Jobs.)
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philgyford : TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video) - A talk about education sounded very dull. But no, this is really good, well worth watching, and lots of fun. He's a bit like Tommy Cooper at times. (via Tomski)
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17 month ago
Linkorama : The (Bayesian) Advantage of Youth - The principal asset a young tech entrepreneur has is that they don’t know a lot of things.
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18 month ago
Linkorama : A closed mind about an open world - It is not that openness is always right. Rather, it is that we need a balance between open and closed, owned and free, and we are systematically likely to get the balance wrong. Partly this is because we still do not understand the kind of property that e
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20 month ago
Linkorama : Social Origins of Good Ideas - Substitute "idea" for "person." This is where I live and why I hang out online for no really well-defined purpose.
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21 month ago
43folders : Literature and Latte - Scrivener - Scrivener hits 1.0 and is available for purchase. 43f review coming early next week.
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23 month ago
deusx : Creators, Consumers, and What’s “Right?†at Blogature - "Part of a close creator/consumer relationship is about treating the people who appreciate what you’re creating with the utmost respect."
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23 month ago
gleuschk : advent calendar, 2006 - you know it's that time of year when
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jkottke : How to be interesting - How to be interesting. "The way to be interesting is to be interested" and "interesting people are good at sharing". (via spurgeonblog) [via]
adamrg : russell davies: how to be interesting - An excellent list of things that I don't do enough... yet.
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25 month ago
43folders : DaveJeffery.com: Top 10 Creativity boosters - "Here’s a quick top 10 list of sites that I visit and things that I do to get my creative juices flowing."
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