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June 25
hrrrthrrr: The Ultimate Washing Detergent Test: The Postal System. Ad campaign for Breeze Excel where clothing detergent samples were sent in a box wrapped in a white tshirt, so when arrived it was perfectly dirty to test the sample on! Very clever indeed! This is a great idea! How do I get one?

hrrrthrrr:

The Ultimate Washing Detergent Test: The Postal System.

Ad campaign for Breeze Excel where clothing detergent samples were sent in a box wrapped in a white tshirt, so when arrived it was perfectly dirty to test the sample on! Very clever indeed!

This is a great idea! How do I get one?
June 24
“ Jeff’s attention to business process details and distinctive, “honk-like laugh” are similarly admirable traits as far as we’re concerned.

Twitter Blog: Welcoming Bijan and Jeff

Spark Capital + Bezos Expeditions invest in twitter
June 19
chetgulland: Honestly, I just didn’t feel like pulling out my credit card and entering into text fields…If I like it I’ll go back and pay. (New Girl Talk PWYC). Wondering how different the world would be if amazon hadn&#8217;t patented the one click!

chetgulland:

Honestly, I just didn’t feel like pulling out my credit card and entering into text fields…If I like it I’ll go back and pay. (New Girl Talk PWYC).
Wondering how different the world would be if amazon hadn’t patented the one click!
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Kevin Kelly &#8212; The Technium&#8212;Better Than Free &#8220;Even a dog knows you can&#8217;t erase something once it&#8217;s flowed on the internet.&#8221; When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied. Kevin Kelly&#8217;s Eight Generatives Better Than Free Immediacy Personalization Interpretation Authenticity Accessibility Embodiment Patronage Findability

Kevin Kelly — The Technium—Better Than Free

“Even a dog knows you can’t erase something once it’s flowed on the internet.”

When copies are free, you need to sell things which can not be copied.

Kevin Kelly’s Eight Generatives Better Than Free

  • Immediacy
  • Personalization
  • Interpretation
  • Authenticity
  • Accessibility
  • Embodiment
  • Patronage
  • Findability
June 16
Nike PhotoID Custom Sneakers: Cellphone Pics Get You Custom Color Sneakers in Nike PhotoID Promo This is really awesome. I dont think many people will purchase sneakers this way. The reason I love it, is because the beauty of this project lies in that fact that it blends the real world and the machine world. Magic in the clouds FTW Watch the unembeddable video here [image compiled in aviary]

Nike PhotoID Custom Sneakers: Cellphone Pics Get You Custom Color Sneakers in Nike PhotoID Promo

This is really awesome. I dont think many people will purchase sneakers this way. The reason I love it, is because the beauty of this project lies in that fact that it blends the real world and the machine world.

Magic in the clouds FTW

Watch the unembeddable video here

[image compiled in aviary]

June 15

When in doubt zoom out!

I’m a big reggie watts fan. I especially love this knowledge he just dropped:

situationist:

I once coined a phrase, “When in doubt zoom out”. I’ve had to keep this in mind a lot lately. I forget how easy it is to lose perspective in the midst of a busy life. We all have busy lives but one of the most important skills is to gain perspective and see the largest picture possible while still functioning in the immediate present. Anything is solvable, there is always a way to the next dream or desire in this state. 
June 13
“ Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may have dropped considerably, but the value of your time increases every minute you live past the age of 25, or move out of your parents’ house, whichever comes later. At some stage in your life, you reach a point where Mac and Cheese and free food at happy hour and buying used clothes are disappointments rather than choices. At some stage in your life, asking your friends to work for free is no longer “hanging out”, its imposing or freeloading. It’s at that point you are going to realize that you are working really hard and scared shitless about whether you will be able to make a living doing what you love. Then it will hit you that you are subsidizing the cost of video advertising inventory for Google or MySpace or whoever, while not being able to make ends meet. Mark Cuban (thanks, Sarah) (via marco)
June 12
Bill Gates rocked the 80’s « Specs & Spectacle
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“ There is a basic psychology of the human species which is resistant to change, but it’s not in my DNA to give up.

Jay Harman

Slipstream - Nature Gave Him a Blueprint, but Not Overnight Success

June 11
“ It won’t all happen immediately. But in the long run, we are all the Grateful Dead

Paul Krugman

Bits, Bands and Books, Paying for Creativity in a Digital World - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com