1 month ago
philgyford : Kevin Kelly -- The Technium - Neo-Amish Drop Outs - People who stopped using email etc.
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1 month ago
philgyford : Cool Tool: Best home chemistry lab book - Sounds like fun! In theory. In reality I never used the chemistry set I had as a kid much, so maybe not.
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2 month ago
philgyford : Bottle Tracker - Baby Tracker Software by Trixie Tracker - Anything this obsessive makes me feel much more relaxed about my levels of personal quantification. (via Kevin Kelly)
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3 month ago
Andy Baio : Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno predict unthinkable futures from 1993 - "it costs half a day's pay to drive your car into the downtown area of a big city"
philgyford : Conceptual Trends and Current Topics - Unthinkable Futures - I like this kind of "thinking the unthinkable" as a way to come up with new ideas about what the future could be. So easy to get stuck thinking about the most likely outcomes otherwise.
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4 month ago
philgyford : MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU - I generally think graffiti is just selfish vandalism, including this, but it's still an impressive feat - a long stop-motion animation using graffiti. Must have taken an age. (via Kevin Kelly)
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4 month ago
philgyford : Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All - New York Times - A paper rebuts the Easterlin paradox (that above a certain level money doesn't make one happier). (via Kevin Kelly)
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5 month ago
philgyford : Kevin Kelly -- Help Wanted -- The world's best how-to? - "What are the best how-to books, videos, software, websites that you've ever seen?" From 2004.
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5 month ago
philgyford : Kevin Kelly -- The Technium -- The Forever Book - Not just a library of all essential knowledge about human civilisation, but it would contain instructions for how to recreate a version of itself. From 2006.
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6 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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8 month ago
philgyford : The Adaption to my Generation - A Daily Photo Project ++ c 7 11 23 ++ JK Keller - Self-portrait photos, daily for eight years. Not as hypnotising as Noah Kalina's SImpsons-parodied one, but more extensive. Best when he grows his hair. (via Kevin Kelly)
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11 month ago
plasticbag : Kevin Kelly's review of Scan Café is interesting for those of us who have considered bringing all our old photos into the 21st Century... - I think I'll give them a go once I've finally made the move to the US.
nelson : Scan Cafe - cheap bulk scanning
Rod Begbie : Cool Tool: ScanCafe - I've been looking for a cost-effective way of converting our wedding photo negatives into digital files for a while, and this looks like it might be the way to go. $0.19 per negative. #
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22 month ago
jkottke : A timeline of timelines - A timeline of timelines.
joshua : A Timeline of Timelines
philgyford : Cabinet Magazine Online - A Timeline of Timelines - A history of different timelines. (via Kevin Kelly)
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plasticbag : The Cintiq—as described on Kevin Kelly's site—is basically a combination tablet and monitor that allows you to do illustration work in a way that resembles working on paper - There's a substantial chunk of writing on the page from Scott McCloud talking about how he uses it too. It looks pretty extraordinary, actually. Wouldn't mind one of those, although god knows what I'd use it for.
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41 month ago
Andy Baio : Fundable launches - like Dropcash for groups; if the goal isn't met, everyone gets refunds
mbertier : Welcome to Fundable ? Fundable [via] #
philgyford : Fundable Online Fundraising - Ask people to pledge money to something you do. No one pays anything until you reach your funding target. (via Kevin Kelly)
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