Category: Creativity
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Fine Art Photography: Water, Ice and Fog
Fine Art Photography: Water, Ice and Fog by Tony Sweet showcases photographs of of water in its three states. Yes, there are great shots, but this book is a how-to book. Sweet discusses the composition of the shot and the elements of photography that went into it. What lens was used, at what aperture, at […]
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Modern art as a weapon
During the Cold War, the CIA supported artists such as Rothko, de Kooning and Pollock, all in the name of defeating Communism. Why did the CIA support them? Because in the propaganda war with the Soviet Union, this new artistic movement could be held up as proof of the creativity, the intellectual freedom, and the […]
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jobs are creative acts
Ben Pieratt writes that jobs are creative acts As a creative person, you’ve been given the ability to build things from nothing by way of hard work over long periods of time. Creation is a deeply personal and rewarding activity, which means that your Work should also be deeply personal and rewarding. If it’s not, […]
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Homemade Angry Birds game
A mother made a homemade variation of Angry Birds with the birds made out of various household items. Angry Birds Live, she calls it. I used a tennis ball for the red bird, a ping-pong ball for the blue bird, modeling clay for the yellow bird, an Easter egg for the chicken, and a black […]
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Light painting with an iPad
To do light painting well, it takes , planning, coordination and patience. Achieved with long exposures and a bright, glowing source of light moving in front of a camera, cool things can happen. But what if you could program your light source to emit patterns of light? That’s about what you get below. Making Future […]
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Lost World’s Fairs
Lost World’s Fairs show cases how damn awesome HTML5 is in the hands of a capable designer. Initially, the project came about when Microsoft asked the designers to showcase Internet Explorer 9’s support for WOFF. Says Jason Santa Maria: Today marks the beta launch of Internet Explorer 9. To celebrate the release, Nishant Kothary from […]
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Just start
Jason Z. of the 37 Signals crew writes when web developing, the first step is to start. While it would be easy to recommend stacks of books, and dozens of articles with 55 tips for being 115% better than the next guy, the truth is that you don’t need learn anything new in order to […]
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Paper Arts, Dallas, TX
Tucked away in a small strip center South of downtown Dallas (Peak and Elm), Paper Arts offers a mind boggling selection of papers from all over the world. One of a kind, hand crafted, exotic, off beat, special purpose–they have it or can get it. In my own impromptu tour, I was told that “we […]
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Brett Favre is like the Internet
In a great example of divergent thinking, Kottke collects a series of tweets by Tim Carmody comparing Brett Favre’s career to that of the Internet. In 1995, Favre wins the MVP, the Packers get to the NFC Championships, and Windows 95 brings the internet & graphic interface to the masses.
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Of terminology and semantics
Debates over terminology and semantics are for archivists and academics. If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them. –Ryan Freitas