Stumbling on Happiness
Posted on April 30, 2007 by C Johnson
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Bookshops are littered with ‘how to’ books: how to get rich quick, how to loose weight now, how to succeed in business without really trying (Yeah, I went there). But ‘why’ books? That’s another story. Perhaps it’s because most people have ready-made opinions on how to do something, but being able to answer why things are? Not so easy.
Information Junkies
Posted on April 27, 2007 by C Johnson
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It seems that today everyone is obsessed with something: obsessed with celebrity, obsessed with information, obsessed with… obsession. Everyone wants their fifteen minutes—most settling for even just fifteen seconds. (Sanjaya, anyone?) We seem to be plagued with an overpowering need to know. Everything. Now.
Enter WikiAnswers. YahooAnswers. Answerbag.
More Than Meets the Eye
Posted on April 26, 2007 by C Lin
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Nike Transformer wha? What are those crazy Japanese people up to this time? Tomy Company, a Japanese toymaker, has collaborated with Nike to release a toy that transforms from a pair of plastic half-scale Nike shoes into a toy robot. The shoebot goes on sale in Japan today for $22!
Mark Strickland :: Indomitable Spirit
Posted on April 25, 2007 by C Johnson
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For about three years I was the most spoiled art fan in the world. I worked smack in the middle of London’s west end and was literally a fifteen minute walk from The National Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, The Guildhall Gallery, The Somerset House, County Hall’s Dali Permanent Collection and the Saatchi Galleries, not to mention the countless independent back alley galleries that littered Coven Garden. So my lunch break was a rather routine affair: grab a sandwich, walk to the gallery of my fancy and indulge: renaissance, post modern, impressionism, and surrealism— the possibilities were inexhaustible. (And free, thanks to the grace of HRM the Queen.)
The Return of One-Click Web Publishing
Posted on April 24, 2007 by Tuesday Creative
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Back in the golden era of the internet (read: the mid-nineties) before web design was complicated by fancy acronyms like AJAX and CSS, publishing your website was fairly simple. You wrote your HTML in notepad, uploaded it with your favorite FTP client and you were done. Now that web design almost surely includes at least half a dozen other technologies, many web designers will have half a dozen programs open like a couple browsers, an FTP client, one or more text editors (sometimes one for each language you’re writing!), a terminal program, maybe a couple source code references as well. That’s a lot of overhead for making a webpage.
The Myspace Party from Hell
Posted on April 23, 2007 by C Lin
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17-year-old Brit Rachael Bell had apparently posted a Myspace bulletin advertising a party at her parent’s house without their permission, resulting in approximately $50,000 in damages. The invitation was headlined: “Let’s all trash the average, family-sized house disco party.” There is some dispute as to whether Rachael’s post was intentional or whether her Myspace account was hacked into. Here’s a brief account of what ensued:
I’m Still in Love with Han Solo
Posted on April 20, 2007 by C Johnson
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Chick-Lit Warning: the following blatantly biased soapbox post contains high levels of estrogen.
Growing up, Star Wars was a ‘boy’ thing. It was what your older brothers and cousins played out in the street and in the back garden while we girls were meant to be playing dress up or some such nonsense. I wasn’t supposed to care about a galaxy far, far away or the fate of the empire or whether or not Luke was destined for the dark side…
Sacrum Has Vanished!
Posted on April 19, 2007 by S Running
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In case you haven’t heard of him, Sacrum B. Rown is a mysterious personality who blogged about brand topics. Or should I say he was a mysterious personality, because it looks like he took his whole site down the other day and completely erased his identity. There was much speculation as to whether or not he was a real person, since he presented himself in a ‘Borat’ flavored fashion. I’d guess his real name is probably Marcus Brown or something, but his site was fascinating and thought provoking.
Gym Rats: Confessions of a Personal Trainer
Posted on April 19, 2007 by B Gieson
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In an effort to better know the people that make up Tuesday’s creative environment, we’ll be presenting a series of blogs from a variety of people at our studio in which we invite them to take a look back at what they did before joining Tuesday. Beau Gieson, one of our studio’s designers, has graciously deigned to be the first victim…
Mark Ryden :: Tree Show
Posted on April 18, 2007 by C Lin
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My sister called me in a frenzy one day. “Chy,” she said, “can you go to the Mark Ryden signing at MOCA on Saturday? PLEASE?” I had seen Ryden’s work at a gallery in Los Angeles a few years ago and had heard the buzz surrounding his work. Back then, I was always referring to him as ‘the guy who paints Christina Ricci’ to those who didn’t know him by name. I had no idea my sister liked Ryden’s work. To me, this phone call was significant because it meant two things: 1. My sister was now obsessed with Mark Ryden. 2. The probability of Ryden now turning mainstream was a high one. Number 2 was proven true when I found myself waiting in line for four hours in front of MOCA in downtown Los Angeles. Ever since then, Ryden has been on my radar.
