The Fierce Imagination of Haruki Murakami
You could even say that translation is the organizing principle of Murakami’s work: that his stories are not only translated but about translation. The signature pleasure of a Murakami plot is watching a very ordinary situation (riding an elevator, boiling spaghetti, ironing a shirt) turn suddenly extraordinary (a mysterious phone call, a trip down a magical well, ...
On Creativity
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they ...
Visual Grub, an Instagram Mac Client
If you’re a fan of Instagram, you’re going to want to try out Visual Grub, a free Mac desktop client made by Ryan Grimm. Download it from the Mac App Store here. It’s full of features, including: View your Instagram friend feed A feed of the photos you’ve liked View what’s popular right now See ...
Thank You, Steve
I got my first Mac when I was thirteen (thanks to my progressive parents) and my life hasn’t been the same since. Steve Jobs inspired me beyond the physical products that he helped make at Apple, but through his ideas and his relentless pursuit of his own vision to change the world. He elevated design ...
Designers Are The New Drivers Of American Entrepreneurialism
As with The Designer Fund, this article by Bruce Nussbaum captures the emerging emphasis on designers as entrepreneurs. One key to entrepreneurs’ success is that they frame things differently, they connect existing dots in unique ways. via Designers Are The New Drivers Of American Entrepreneurialism | Co. Design.
ifttt
Trying out ifttt (if this then that), a web service that lets you create your own automated tasks, triggers and actions from various social media and digital channels (email, sms, instagram, twitter, dropbox, etc). For example, you can create a task to save every new photo you take in instagram to dropbox. Love the idea.
On Perfection
“It was like perfection was the thing that was destroying me — being totally focused on making it perfect,” she says. “And I found that when I would improvise, I didnt care about the technique. I would just put my mind outside of where I was, and just be in the music.” via Zoe Keating: ...
Wacom Inkling
Wacom Inkling is the easiest way yet to go from hand-drawn to vector: With the Inkling, digital drawing feels like traditional drawing because it is. The Inkling is basically an A4-sized clipboard that works with any old piece of paper you have lying around, complete with a pressure-sensitive drawing stylus that’s actually a pen. You ...
Pano: Waikiki
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