Eliminating unnecessary things
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about eliminating unnecessary things. This comes partly because it’s about time for me to Freecycle a few things (Freecycle being a local group of folks that email the group when they have something to give away). And I’ve been wondering, how much do I really need? Now, that itself […]
Seth Godin
Ahhh, I love Seth Godin. Some folks disagree with him, sure, but I think they miss his point. Seth’s been preaching about marketing for quite a few years now, specifically about its need to change. Spewing demands to buy products at people…no longer works. People ignore that now. And this goes much deeper than advertising, […]
The first samurai manga: Dororo
I recently finished reading something special. Dororo is a 3-volume manga by the “God of Manga,” Osamu Tezuka. It’s essentially the invention of the modern samurai adventure genre. Man, is it dark. The story opens with a young father who promises his unborn son’s body parts to 48 demons, in return for land and power. […]
Review and Contemplations on Making It All Work
It’s funny what disappoints people. Years ago, David Allen created a productivity system called Getting Things Done, which I’ve talked about quite a lot here on the blog. He recently published a new book, Making It All Work, and the GTD community has gotten excited about what new gems of wisdom it might contain. There’s […]
The Guerilla Art Kit
So, a couple of weeks ago I was in a fancy stationery store, which sells all sorts of satisfyingly tactile papers, pens, sealing wax, etc. Which was where I looked down and saw a book called the Guerilla Art Kit. It’s a celebration of public artwork, such as posters and stickers posted on public buildings […]
Stock Music.net
For those of us who actually create media, it can be really hard to find good music that you can publish as part of your own work. Whether it’s a trailer, a music video, or a larger work like a film, licensing can be really complicated. Which is what makes sites like StockMusic.net so wonderful. […]
The Abominable Charles Christopher
There are so many good webcomics. And so many good artists. The Abominable Charles Christopher updates only once a week, and it’s a four-panel strip, so not much happens. It’s slow. And it’s beautiful and emotionally involving. It’s drawn by an artist who works at LucasArts, so its beauty should not be surprising. But the […]